Star is Born wrecked Daytona--did the studio dump it?

A year or two or three after he purchased the car, Jon Shirley told me that his Michelotti re-bodied 365 Daytona 14299 was the car wrecked in the movie --- or perhaps one of the several wrecked in the movie, the car --- or one of the several cars --- that was --- were --- provided by Chinetti to the movie producer. After being sold by Shirley in the Gooding auction at Pebble Beach last year, this car was shown along with several other modified Ferraris at this years Cavallino. including the Glistening Gold 330 with the tail (whale?) fins.

 

That was a REAL Ferrari in that movie???? REALLY?

Hopefully someone has more detail on the story if true.... wow. I saw that in
the theater with my now-wife (then girlfriend, followed by 20 year marriages each,
then divorces, then together again and remarried in 2004) - I always thought it
was a Ferris Beuller kind of thing.

More info PLEASE!!

Jedi

 

This might help:

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/vintage-thru-365-gtc4-sponsored-vintage-driving-machines/357829-red-daytona-spyder-movie-star-born.html#post141247673

 

Wow - and I was Post 2 in that thread LOL!

Still amazes me

Jedi

 

.

 

The car 14299 was the car that Chinetti ordered for his wife. Jon Shirley sold it at
the Gooding 2013 Pebble Beach auctions as lot 120 for $720,000. I suppose that
this does not include a 10% commission. It is blue with Chinetti's wife name
Marion inscribed above both left and right door handles. There is a lot of
information about the car in the Gooding catalog which makes no mention of
the Star is Born movie, so I guess that the story that I told in my previous post was wrong
--- but I was just repeating what I was told years ago.

 

14299 was the one built for Chinetti's wife Marion. It sold for $720k at the 2013 Gooding Pebble Beach auction.

1971 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona NART Spider

Body by Michelotti; S/N 14299; Metallic Blue, Grey/Cognac leather; Blue cloth top; Older restoration, 2- condition; Hammered Sold at $654,545 plus commission of 10.00%; Final Price $720,000. -- Chrome spoke polished rim Borrani wire wheels, Michelin XWX tires, Alpine CD stereo, brown leather rim Momo steering wheel, A/C, two tops, tools, 1980 Turin show car, Ferrari Classiche attested -- An expensive exercise that resulted in making a Daytona look like a Corvette, commissioned in 1976 by Luigi Chinetti for his wife Marion. Restored to like new with excellent paint and very good lightly worn and creased interior. -- It's easy to be conflicted by the coachwork on this Ferrari one-off. Its lines suggest a C4 Corvette, but they are intrinsically sleek and aerodynamic. The wide grille below the front bumper foreshadows the frontal treatment of recent front-engined Ferraris. The angular rear deck and fenders could have come right off a Pontiac Fiero. So, an open Daytona with one-off coachwork and Chinetti family history at a post-block transaction price just under 3/4 million dollars. Not a bad thing.

The 365 GTB/4 presented here is a remarkable example of the coachbuilt Ferrari. Completed at the Ferrari factory on May 19, 1971, 14299 was originally built as a US-specification 365 GTB/4 Berlinetta and finished in the elegant color scheme of Grigio Ferro with red leather upholstery. The Daytona was delivered new to official North American distributor Luigi Chinetti Motors of Greenwich, Connecticut, and subsequently sold to its first owner, Dr. Silva.
After several years of use, Dr. Silva returned 14299 to Luigi Chinetti; and, in 1976, he shipped the lightly used Daytona to Carrozzeria Giovanni Michelotti in Torino, Italy, for a special project.

Of the very few custom-bodied Daytonas ever built, Luigi Chinetti was responsible for the vast majority, commissioning five highly individualized examples between 1974 and 1976. Working in cooperation with Carrozzeria Michelotti, Chinetti commissioned his first coachbuilt Daytona in 1974. Unveiled at the Torino Motor Show, the one-off design featured a Targa top, dramatic cut-down doors and molded bumpers. For the 1975 NART Le Mans effort, Chinetti ordered a Daytona Competizione (15965) with Michelotti coachwork. Similar to the original 1974 design, this body featured clean modern lines and a Targa top.

In 1976, Chinetti ordered three Michelotti Spiders of the same design based on chassis 14299, 15003, and 16467. In fact, Michelotti built all three cars using the same wooden body buck, incorporating minor differences in trim, color, and specification. When Marion Chinetti passed away in December 1982, her coachbuilt Ferrari remained in France and, in 1984, it was shown at the La Baule Concours d'Elegance.

In 1985, the Ferrari made its return to the US and was sold to Los Angeles classic car dealer Marty Yacobian. In November 1986, Mr. Yacobian displayed the special Michelotti Daytona at the Palm Springs Concours d'Elegance.

In January 1990, 14299 was offered at the annual Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction and sold to Richard Gorman of Vantage Motorworks in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. From there, the Michelotti Spider was sold to Marv Tonkin, brother of famed Portland Ferrari dealer Ron Tonkin.

In September 1991, the current owner acquired 14299 from Al Mohr Imported Cars of Seaside, California. Today, the Michelotti Spider remains in exceptionally original condition and, at the time of cataloguing, the odometer displayed just 1,568 miles. It is believed that this figure represents the total mileage since the Carrozzeria Michelotti rebuild in 1976 and not the total mileage from new.

As would be expected of a well-preserved original Ferrari, the Michelotti Spider retains the correct tool kit and jack as well as its original accessory hardtop. In addition to these features, the Ferrari Classiche Attestation Certificate of Historical Interest and a history report compiled by Swiss historian Marcel Massini are included in the sale.

See also:

365 GTB/4 14299 Michelotti Spyder

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1KJ5292tzw]1971 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona NART Spider - YouTube[/ame]

 

I knew the owner of 14829, Joe Crevier pretty well back in the 70's. Right after he bought the car, we were out in it and he said they used three cars in A Star is Born. One for the California shots (I think that was his), one for the Arizona running shots and then a previously wrecked car. He also said, though I never saw it, that the had the contract for rental on the car for ASIB.

14829 was supposedly also used in Gumball Rally. and from what I have heard the wreck was 16467. But there are several murky stories on when and where it was wrecked. The one that seems to make reasonable sense is that it was wrecked in the filming of Gumball Rally and then used as the wrecked car in ASIB.

Or maybe not!

 

Christian?

 

Hello,
My first post. If you guys were still interested, I know a whole bunch about the car. I went to school with Joe Crevier's son Bob. We used to race 100cc Sprint Karts together (before the 125cc shifters). I've been to his home many times and actually got a chance to pit for him when he ran at Riverside with his Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Coupe/Racecar #16407. One of his drivers at that time was Al Unser, Jr. I had no idea how lucky I was at that time! Anyway, let me know if you guys want more info...