Daytona body assembly

Hello,
after reading different books and articles about how production Daytona bodies were made, I come to the conclusion that :

- chassis were made at Vaccari
- body panels were (power-)hammered at Pininfarina
- then sent to Scaglietti who assembled these panels (see picture) and painted the body
- Scaglietti also fitted some harnesses
- bodies were then sent to Maranello to fit the rest.

Am I right ? I thank all the experts and enthusiasts of this site for their answers (and pictures) !
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While I wasn't there, I've always been under the impression the coach work panels were made at/by Scagliettis, utilizing both hand held and mechanical equipment/techniques, but rest of your list seems to correlate my understanding of the Daytona (& other "Scaglietti-built" models) production procedures.

To me, the most intriguing part of the coach work production is depicted in the shown photo in which a fairly elaborate assembly fixtures were apparently used, presumably to ensure relative consistency, yet based on (my) quite extensive studies, the (apparent) overall asymmetry of the entire body is surprisingly significant, although seemingly consistent throughout most of the production.

 

Except some prototypes and one-offs all bodies were made by Scaglietti in Modena. NOT by Pininfarina.

Marcel Massini

 

Thank you mister Massini,

In the article showing this picture (see text in french), the journalist who visited the factory in 1969 explains that the panels were nevertheless made at Pininfarina, before being sent to Scaglietti. Michael Dregni says so in his book « inside Ferrari ».
None of the many pictures taken by Peter Coltrin at Scaglietti in 1969 show bodyworkers shaping panels there...

Was that a temporary situation or did it last longer ?
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