Daytona Owners and Parts Manuals

no. there are 72 manuals available.
usa cars got a supplental manual.

 

Hi Ed,

Are you saying that you have seen an owner's manual that had a marking like "?? - 1972" or "?? - 1971" on the last page?

All the "pop-up lights" manuals I have ever come across were marked "74-1973". and if that second number is a print or "valid" year, then they might have been printed after 1972.

I could imagine that in 71-72 they were just giving-out 1969/70 manuals with the supplement (which is marked "47/71") added (though oddly, the supplement does not actually say anything about the headlight operation).

Does anyone know for sure how to read those "date" markings? Or better yet, personally took delivery of a car in 71 or 72 and know that they got a "pop-up lights" manual with their car?

Regarding the parts book, I have seen a "70/72" version, but that printing includes supplemental sections marked "Settembre 1972", which would seem to place its printing after August 1972.

If Dino6304's parts book has the "Gennaio 1971" supplement at the front, his set of books might well be original to the car.

If Dino6304 decides that his set is wrong, I'd happily trade for his, straight-up...

Cheers,
Alex

 

Just to be clear this parts book is publication sequential number 70 published in 1972

 

This is what I always presumed was what the numbers meant, but if that is right, then either there are (1) some (seemingly uncommon) "?? - 1972" owners manuals out there, or (2) 1969 manuals were used for a very long time (possibly through 1972), or (3) the "1973" in "74 - 1973" is a typo.

I would not be willing to place a large bet on what the truth is...

That said, if pub #70 was after Sept 72, then pub #74 would seem plausibly to be in 1973...

Anyone happen to know what pub #s 71, 72, and 73 were?

 

Publication 74 is the first with a 1973 publication date

71/72 MANUAL Dino 246 GT workshop manual
72/72 MANUAL Dino 246 GT owner's manual
73/72 BROCHURE 365 GTB/4 brochure, reprint of 49/71 and 64/72, 27 years
74/73 MANUAL 365 GTB/4 owner's book

So the original owners manual 34/69 used for about 4 years

The truth is out there

 

Ok, so GreyBoxer shamed me into "putting in the time"; to better determine whether there really was no 1971 or 1972 Daytona Owner's Manual, what we need is a listing of all publications between the 1969 version and the 1973 version.

I was able to find most of the numbers (listed below), with the notable anomalies being:
1) Could not find 58/71, but is is possible that "48/72" on the Dino Owner's Manual reprint (of 48/71) is a typo
2) Could not find 38/69 (note that the year might be 1970 on this one)
3) Could not find 51/71, but it seems plausible that this is the 1971 Dealer Directory (which near as I could find does not have any number indicated on it)
4) Could not find 42/70. 43/70 or 44/70
Missing numbers are probably not sales literature, because they are not listed in Randall Baselt book (50/71 is not listed there either, but this may because of the claim that it is very similar to 55/71).

Anyone have definitive info on the anomalies above?.

69/72 1972 Ferrari 365 GT4 2+2 brochure
68/72 Ferrari Dino 246 GT Spare Parts Catalogue
67/72 1972 Dealer Directory
66/72 246 Sales Brochure Dino GT
65/72 1972 246 GTS Sales Brochure
64/72 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Sales Brochure (pop ups)
63/72 365 GTC4 Additional Instructions For The USA Version
62/72 1972 Consumer Information book
61/72 Ferrari Dino 246 GT Chassis Service Manual
60/72 Dino 246 Owners Additional Instructions Manual GT
59/71 1971 Ferrari 365 GTC/4 Parts Catalog
58/71 ?
48/72 Dino 246GT Owners Manual
57/71 365 GTC4 USA Supplement
56/71 365 GTC4 Consumer Information
55/71 365 GTC4 Brochure
54/71 365 GTC4 Owners Manual
53/71 246 GT Consumer Information
52/71 246 GT Parts Catalogue
51/71
50/71 365 GTC4 Brochure (Italian)
49/71 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Sales Brochure (pop ups)
48/71 Dino Ferrari 246GT Owners Manual
47/71 365 GTB/4 Additional Instruction Manual USA Version
46/71 1971 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Chassis Service Manual
45/70 1970 Ferrari Dino 246 GT Mechanical Parts Catalog
44/70
43/70
42/70
41/70 246 GT Sales Brochure
40/70 246 GT Sales Brochure
39/69 Ferrari Dino 206 GT Spare Parts Catalogue
38/69
37/70 Ferrari 1970 Dealer Directory
36/70(?) Ferrari 512S / 512M owner’s manual
35/69 Ferrari 365GT Spare Parts Catalog Manual Book
34/69 365 GTB/4 Owners Manual (plexi)

 

38/70 MANUAL 512 S owner's book

I have no record for 42/43/44

51/71 MANUAL sales and service organisation booklet, no number, 1971

58/71 MANUAL Ferrari cars general parts catalogue

I don't think the 72/73 era reprints were renumbered so 48/71 had reprint 1972 added (or similar)

 

Excellent!

So 51/71 and 58/71 would seem to be solved.

It looks like I goofed on "36/70"; it looks like that is actually yet another 246 Owners Manual

What I listed as "36/70" is actually 38/70, as you point out. So another one solved.

So, only 42/43/44 are the remaining mysteries

 

42/70 Dino 246GT brochure Printed as 41/70
43/70 Dino 246GT brochure Printed as 41/70
44/70 Dino 246GT brochure Printed as 41/70

 

Hi Kerry,

Also excellent!

Do you happen to know what the differences were between the three (four if you include 41/70) 246 brochures? Were they for different markets?

— Alex

 

Jimmie is right, I need to stop asking questions that I can investigate myself; particularly when I am intrinsically inclined to always verify myself anyway...

So I can confirm that there are at least Italian and French versions of 41/70 (that have this same document number on them).

I also found one for sale that claims to be in German (though there were no pictures that showed any of the text).

Assuming that the German claim is not in error, that would seem to indicate that there were at least 4 printed versions of 41/70; which would seem to line up...

Here is the final revised listing (and many thanks to Jimmie and Kerry!):

69/72 1972 Ferrari 365 GT4 2+2 brochure
68/72 Ferrari Dino 246 GT Spare Parts Catalogue
67/72 1972 Dealer Directory
66/72 246 Sales Brochure Dino GT
65/72 1972 246 GTS Sales Brochure
64/72 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Sales Brochure (pop ups)
63/72 365 GTC4 Additional Instructions For The USA Version
62/72 1972 Consumer Information book
61/72 Ferrari Dino 246 GT Chassis Service Manual
60/72 Dino 246 Owners Additional Instructions Manual GT
59/71 1971 Ferrari 365 GTC/4 Parts Catalog
58/71 Ferrari cars general parts catalogue
48/72 Dino 246GT Owners Manual
57/71 365 GTC4 USA Supplement
56/71 365 GTC4 Consumer Information
55/71 365 GTC4 Brochure
54/71 365 GTC4 Owners Manual
53/71 246 GT Consumer Information
52/71 246 GT Parts Catalogue
51/71 1971 Dealer Directory (no document number actually printed on directory)
50/71 365 GTC4 Brochure (Italian)
49/71 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Sales Brochure (pop ups)
48/71 Dino Ferrari 246GT Owners Manual
47/71 365 GTB/4 Additional Instruction Manual USA Version
46/71 1971 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Chassis Service Manual
45/70 1970 Ferrari Dino 246 GT Mechanical Parts Catalog
44/70 246 GT Sales Brochure (marked "41/70"; alternative market)
43/70 246 GT Sales Brochure (marked "41/70"; alternative market)
42/70 246 GT Sales Brochure (marked "41/70"; alternative market)
41/70 246 GT Sales Brochure
40/70 246 GT Sales Brochure
39/69 Ferrari Dino 206 GT Spare Parts Catalogue
38/70 Ferrari 512S / 512M owner’s manual
37/70 Ferrari 1970 Dealer Directory
36/70 246 GT Owners Manual
35/69 Ferrari 365GT Spare Parts Catalog Manual Book
34/69 365 GTB/4 Owners Manual (plexi)

 

Great job !
Now, if you just reverse this ^^ list to chronological publication date order, starting with the earliest.

 

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Language, from Sauze, Ferrari 50years of factory publications.
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Print number 74, year 1973.

Marcel Massini

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In 1965 the factory started to number their official publications, owners manuals, sales brochures, books, handbooks, posters, postcards, spare parts catalogs, folders, dealer directories, workshop manuals, etc.
It began with:
01/65 = 275 GTB/GTS Owners Manual blue cover I/E/F.
The first two digits being the print number (not the number of copies printed!), the second one being the year of publication.

Today (December 2022) the latest factory publications are numbered like this:
8104/22 = Ferrari Yearbook 75th Anniversary Edition 2022 (hardbound book).

Which means there have been approx. 8'000 factory publications since 1965. Most but not all factory publications got such a number from 1965 to 2023. However, there are also plenty of anomalies.
Such stuff is also important for collectors of official Ferrari literature and there are many all over the world.

Marcel Massini