1973 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona
- Engine
- 4.3L V12 DOHC, dry-sump, ~352 bhp
Ferrari 365 GTB/4 'Daytona' chassis 16943, completed in October 1973 and delivered to the United States through Luigi Chinetti Motors, is a low-mileage, largely unrestored example of Ferrari's ultimate front-engined V-12 berlinetta. Believed to retain its original 5,710 miles, the car passed through a documented sequence of American owners, earned Platinum honours at the Cavallino Classic under two separate owners, and holds a Ferrari Classiche Red Book certification. Numbers-matching throughout, it received only one significant cosmetic intervention — a repaint to its factory colour — during its five-decade life.
Ownership
- —Auction saleSold US$544,000
- 1973-10-23 → 1974-09-01Factory deliveryLuigi Chinetti Motorspartial documentation
East Coast Ferrari distributor based in Greenwich, Connecticut; received the car directly upon completion and may have loaned it to a Chicago-area dealer for display at a major auto show in early 1974.
- 1974 → 1974Acquisition unknownKnauz Continentalpartial documentation
Lake Forest, Illinois dealership that possibly exhibited the car at the 1974 Chicago auto show; involvement is described as uncertain by the marque historian consulted.
- 1974 → 1974-09-01Acquisition unknownAlgar Enterprisespartial documentation
Paoli, Pennsylvania Ferrari retailer through whom the car was sold to the first private buyer in September 1974.
- 1974-09-01 → 1976Private saleIan S. Murraypartial documentation
Senior executive at a Memphis-based agricultural commodities firm; first private owner of the car.
- 1976 → 1977Acquisition unknownFrederick Fitzgeraldpartial documentation
Advertised the car publicly in two publications, citing approximately 3,100 miles and a claim it had never been driven in wet conditions.
- 1977 →Private saleDick Barbour and O. Edgar Rouhe partnershippartial documentation
California-based partnership that acquired the car; ownership subsequently transitioned to Rouhe alone.
- → 1995Acquisition unknownCharles T. Wegnerpartial documentation
Described as a seasoned Ferrari devotee; the car returned to Illinois under his care, showing roughly 3,980 miles.
- 1995 → 2004Private saleArthur E. Coia IIpartial documentation
Providence, Rhode Island owner who commissioned a respray to the original factory color in 1996 at a Fort Lauderdale specialist; occasionally brought the car to concours events.
- 2004 → 2013Private saleMarc Fisherpartial documentation
Greenwich, Connecticut owner who kept the car for approximately nine years before selling to another East Coast buyer.
- 2013 → 2014Private saleEast Coast enthusiast, identity unspecifiedpartial documentation
First in a sequence of brief custodianships that preceded the car's arrival in the current collection.
- 2014 →Acquisition unknownCurrent significant collectionfull documentation
The consigning collection acquired the car in the summer of 2014; Ferrari Classiche certification with Red Book was obtained in 2024.
- Date unknownAcquisition unknownO. Edgar Rouhepartial documentation
Retained sole ownership for approximately nine years after the partnership dissolved.
- Date unknownAcquisition unknownBruno Broseghinipartial documentation
Intermediate owner between Rouhe and the subsequent long-term Illinois-based custodian; no further details provided.
Competition
- 1999Cavallino Classic1999 Cavallino ClassicPlatinum Award
Car was exhibited by Arthur Coia at the Palm Beach event and earned top concours recognition.
- 2009Cavallino Classic2009 Cavallino ClassicPlatinum Award
Marc Fisher repeated the prior owner's Platinum distinction at the same Palm Beach concours five years into his ownership.
Maintenance & restoration
- 1996BodyworkShelton Ferrari
Exterior refinished to match the car's original factory colour specification; described as the most substantial work the car has received throughout its low-mileage history.
Commissioned by Arthur E. Coia II; workshop located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
- 2024Inspection
Ferrari Classiche certification completed, resulting in the issuance of a Red Book confirming the car's originality, including numbers-matching engine and gearbox.
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