1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona
- Engine
- 4.4L quad-cam V12, six twin-choke carburettors, dry-sump lubrication
- Colour
- Argento Auteuil (silver)
Chassis 16331 is one of just 158 right-hand-drive Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytonas produced, delivered new in February 1972 in the rare Argento Auteuil over Nuvola leather specification with Cromodora wheels and air conditioning. Originally acquired by Viscount Downe, a prominent motorsport patron, the car passed through a small succession of notable British enthusiast owners, most significantly David Lomas, whose meticulous logbook documents every journey from 1980 to 1998. All numbers remain matching and the history file traces ownership comprehensively from new.
Ownership
- —Auction saleSold £320,000 (≈ $400K)
- 1972-02-01 →Factory deliveryViscount Downe (John Dawnay)partial documentation
Original retail purchaser after a prior order by Mr Heryet was cancelled; car was sourced via Maranello Concessionaires. Dawnay was active in top-level sportscar racing and sold the car shortly after registration.
- → 1980Private saleSir Raymond Johnstone CBEpartial documentation
Scottish businessman who acquired the car through Maranello Concessionaires shortly after Dawnay registered it.
- 1980 → 1998Acquisition unknownDavid Lomasfull documentation
Car enthusiast who maintained a detailed journey logbook and accumulated invoices from specialist workshops; a bare-metal respray was carried out in 1993 and is fully documented. Lomas passed away in 1998.
- 1998 → 2007Acquisition unknownPrivate collectorpartial documentation
Car was part of a private collection and covered only around 900 miles during this period.
- 2007 → 2010Acquisition unknownGareth Richardsonpartial documentation
- 2010 →Acquisition unknownIan Tandypartial documentation
One of a sequence of owners following Richardson; exact transition dates between Tandy, Evans, and Ewin are not individually specified.
- → 2017Acquisition unknownNeil Ewinpartial documentation
Car was serviced by Italia Autosport of West Yorkshire during the 2011–2017 period, with earlier work by SMDG Performance Cars and DK Engineering.
- 2017 →Acquisition unknownSignificant private collectionpartial documentation
The car became part of a sizeable private collection later in 2017.
- Date unknownAcquisition unknownChris Evanspartial documentation
Held the car in sequence after Tandy, before Ewin.
Competition
No competition history extracted from the catalogue.
Maintenance & restoration
- 1993BodyworkRS Panels
Full bare-metal respray carried out to a high standard, comprehensively documented.
Work was completed during David Lomas's ownership and is fully supported by documentation in the history file.
- —ServiceGraypaul and DK Engineering
Ongoing maintenance documented through invoices from multiple specialist workshops covering the period of David Lomas's ownership.
A significant quantity of invoices accompanies the car.
- —ServiceItalia Autosport
Documented servicing and maintenance work carried out by a West Yorkshire specialist during Neil Ewin's ownership, with additional earlier invoices from two further specialists.
Prior invoices also from SMDG Performance Cars and DK Engineering.
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