Official Daytona Pics

400 mile drive to Portland and back for the Forrest Grove Wine Tour and Concours.
Not much luggage room, but we always make it work. Seen here with my Buddy Kenny and checking out of the Hotel
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FGM
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Many years ago during the Oldtimer Grandprix at the Nurburgring...

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I think this one is my favorite. Credit to Autosport Design.
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I should've taken a photo but didn't want to be disrespectful to the (unknown) to me owner. At The Panel Shop in Stratford, CT a few weeks back, they were doing some INSANE work on a beautiful Rosso Rubino (to my eye) Daytona. If the owner is on FChat, you have a gorgeous car that's getting the best treatment in body work I've ever seen in person. Those guys are other world.

 

I never cared for Borrani wheels on Daytona or C4, they just don't work with the lines. 2+2 is fine either way.

 

I prefer the cromodoras also but that particula Daytona just blows my mind.

 

I agree. Plus Borrani wheels were overmatched by the torque that the 365GTB/4 engine put out. I've heard that driving hard will result in popping spokes on those wire wheels.

 

I find it hard to believe that Borrani or Ferrari would allow a wire wheel to be an option for the Daytona knowing that the wheels could not handle the power.
I have been to Borrani at least a couple dozen times and have seen wheels made for cars that are more powerful.
But just for fun I will ask Matteo about in when I see him in Sept when I'm there.
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FGM

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Check out this thread it has a lot of information on why wire wheels went away as tires got wider and stickier and torque increased:

https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/a-question-about-wheels.369759/

 

Wire wheels over 50 year old alloys that bend or get hair line cracks when tyres are removed, I would take the wire every time.

I drove my car fairly hard without a problem and it is now being driven even harder on rallies with wires on.

I love the look of wire wheels.

 

I couldn't agree more with Wheels1. I have wires on my Daytona and over the past 25 years have never had any problems. I think that they look great.

 

15417 yesterday:

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Lovely, and here's the factory invoice.

Marcel Massini

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^ what are front and rear body protections as stated on the invoice?
also, the wire wheels are the non standard, and non optional over sized wheels. only wheels available were 7 1/2” for both wires and cromos.

 

White styrofoam pieces to avoid damage during shipping.

Marcel Massini

 

Front wheels are correct Ed.

 

^ doubtful. rears look like 9” and front look like 8”.

 

Agreed they look wide in this photo but I checked them on Sat.
This was one of the cars I was judging.

 

^ Well, in all fairness, a lot of people do and have always done non standard modifications to their cars, regardless of make or model, new or used and some do few, while others a lot.
I’ve even heard of & seen some 250 GTOs with non standard components & mods.

 

i can understand modifying a gto, but a daytona! thats heresy

 

... back to Daytona Pics.
Although not an “Official “ (as in “Factory issued”), here’s another from my files:
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Back then, that was the equivalent of about 9000$ Canadian.

Wow!

 

As I recall the 1972 Daytona Spyder was priced about $27,000 CDN and a tough sell. That didn't stop the Toronto Ferrari dealer from getting a new yellow Daytona Spyder from the Detroit Ferrari dealer to sell in Canada!

 

Several Toronto Daytona coupes were ordered with a black interior but with the grey carpets for a nice contrast. That interior should create a fine result!
"Files" meaning the restoration has progressed beyond this stage now???