1971 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Berlinetta
- Engine
- 4.4L V12, 352 bhp
- Colour
- Black
Ferrari 365 GTB/4 'Daytona' berlinetta, chassis 14239, built to U.S. specification for model year 1971 and originally delivered in the rare Oro Chiaro factory colour over a black leather interior. Collected directly from the Maranello factory by its first owner, a Detroit businessman, who drove it on Italian export plates before shipping it to Michigan. The car subsequently passed through a series of American owners across California, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, was restored in black at some point in the early 1990s, and retains its original engine, interior, and correct-type gearbox.
Ownership
- —Auction saleSold US$467,000
- 1971-08-01 → 1976Factory deliveryJ. 'Sonny' Stinsonfull documentation
Collected the car personally at Maranello, driving it briefly in Europe on Italian export plates before shipping it to Michigan. Showed the car at multiple Ferrari Club of America events in 1972 and 1973.
- 1976 → 1978Acquisition unknownMarty Yacoobianpartial documentation
Based in Calabasas, California; car relocated from Michigan to the West Coast during this ownership.
- 1978 → 1982Acquisition unknownRaleigh Saddlerpartial documentation
Los Angeles-based owner who listed the car for sale in the LA Times in July 1982, described at that time as black over black with Borrani wire wheels.
- 1982 →Private saleSteve Cookpartial documentation
Acquired the car in 1982, year of the LA Times listing; precise exit date not stated.
- → 1986Acquisition unknownLewis J. Stowe IIIpartial documentation
Based in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania; owned the car until 1986.
- 1986 →Acquisition unknownGreater Philadelphia area ownerpartial documentation
Anonymous owner in the greater Philadelphia region; precise tenure end date not given.
- → 2002Acquisition unknownTwo unidentified owners following Neilsennone documentation
A pair of anonymous owners in the chain between Neilsen and the car's return to Michigan around 2002.
- 2002 → 2017Acquisition unknownMichigan single ownerpartial documentation
Kept the car for approximately fifteen years in Michigan; the consignor or source of this sale.
- Date unknownAcquisition unknownHoward Cohenpartial documentation
San Francisco-based owner; car had been refinished in black before reaching him, acquisition date described only as early 1990s.
- Date unknownAcquisition unknownErik Neilsenpartial documentation
One of several owners following Howard Cohen, before the car returned to Michigan.
Competition
- 1972Ferrari Club of America1972 Ferrari Club of America Annual Meet
Car exhibited by first owner Sonny Stinson at this FCA national gathering.
- 1973Ferrari Club of America1973 Ferrari Club of America Annual Meet
Car shown again by Stinson at the following year's FCA national event.
Maintenance & restoration
- —Restoration
The car was refinished in black at some point in the early 1990s prior to acquisition by Howard Cohen; the scope of the restoration beyond the colour change is not detailed.
Prose places this work in the early 1990s but gives no specific year.
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