I found this data about this car from M. Urban F. Register 12891 #78/1284 Sept 1969 in Bianco Polo 20-W-152/Nero VM 8500 Spider Conversion by Mike Sheehan’s European Auto Rosso Corsa/Rosso Daytona Seats Nero Inserts then Nero/Nero Daytona seats Rosso inserts LHD EU body # 74 Plexi, ex-Paul Rauch
Yes, this black Daytona conversion is at Pasteiner's on Woodward Ave this past Saturday. It was delivered Tuesday and I was able to get the title and registration on Thursday after much perseverance at several branches on the Michigan DMV since they are all on overload due to Real ID. And Lori and I love it - the Daytona is everything we expected it to be. In the photos that jm2 posted I'm the tall guy in the blue long sleeve shirt. A few comments and answers to questions: -The engine number shows as 251 which makes sense with the early build sequence number of the car - probably #78. Photos attached with advice from this forum on locations. Photos attached. -My wife Lori and I are quite experienced with the "Is it real?" conversation since we own and drive 1964 Shelby Cobra #2367 that has of course many recreations (although mostly of 427/428 cars rather than a 289 like ours), and a 1938 Jaguar SS100 of which Suffolk built more clones than the 116 original 3 1/2 Litre SS100s built. -So I had my eyes open when I decided to buy this "Spyder" and I like the Plexi, the Euro spec, the 11500miles and the Borrani wheels (we have three Jaguars with wire wheels that are way easier to clean than Borrani's now on the Daytona and on our 1961 Maserati Vignali Spyder). -#12891 is a very thoroughly restored, well kept Ferrari with fully documented history. I make a one page history/overview page to post on our cars at appropriate events - the photo above is round one of the page for #12891. I'd really appreciate comments and corrections to that page from all of you. We are both retired and like doing car events, so you will see us and we can swap fun car stories. Dave Wathen Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
251 is the engine tipo, not the engine number, which if an early Daytona with matching engine it was born with should be 12891, the same as the chassis number. B178 is the internal engine number of this engine. Not sure when the changeover took place but early Daytonas had the engine number stamped where it is stamped FERRARI 251 on this engine.
Again not sure exactly when, but new in Germany Euro Daytona chassis number 12799 had the 12799 engine number stamped on the engine, internal number B140. Image Unavailable, Please Login Pic posted on Fchat by @motoringicons 12891 could have been around the changeover time. 12891 was within the first 100 Daytonas built so perhaps it is only the very early Daytonas that have the chassis number stamped on the engine. In all the sale descriptions of 12891 I have not seen it described as matching numbers, but that does not necessarily mean it is not matching. More investigation needed, perhaps with Ferrari itself for the ultimate confirmation.
Daytonas were produced through to 1973. Miura is the correct spelling. Ferrari won the 1967 24 Hours of Daytona with the mid engined racing Prototype 330 P3/P4 and the 365 GTB/4 was unofficially nicknamed Daytona as a tribute to winning that race but has nothing in common with the 330 P3/P4. 0-60 MPH in 5.4 seconds according to independent road tests of the time. 318 ft/lbs of torque at 5500 rpm. The Webers were not bigger. Mike Sheehan of EAS did not use Scaglietti factory parts (whereas Bacchelli & Villa did but were not Ferrari Factory blessed). EAS made their own parts or had them made I believe and I also think it was Symbolic during the restoration that carried out much of the Daytona Spyder strengthening of the wheel wells using steel and the other Spyder strengthening mods that you have listed.
