Jay Leno & David Lee 1971 365 GTS/4

Great video .

my favorite Ferrari!

Dave Lee’s estimate of $4.5 million these cars is a bit high though

 

If you don't try you can't succeed.

Marcel Massini

 

DL does not come off as a particularly knowledgeable enthusiast in these videos. Glad he addressed the non-functioning radio on the car rather than the prominent misfire and slipping clutch...

 

Jay: Does it still have the original clutch do you think?
David: I think so, yeah.​

In my book a 52 year old clutch deserves at least a little respect.

 

Does anyone know the chassis # ?

 

14403

 

That's what I suspected when I noticed it didn't have A/C.

 

The only sad part is that these are too valuable to drive — unless you’re Jay Leno… still the coolest Ferrari ever made, IMO.


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Back in the 1990s, our company, Symbolic Motors, traded then-owner William C.W. Mow (“Chairman Mow” of Bugle Boy Jeans) an ex-Skeets Dunn F40 with sub-1000 miles straight across for 14403.

At the time, 14403 had just finished a full restoration done by Franco Barbuscia (Franco’s European Sports Cars in Van Nuys, California), and was painted red. I can state with 1000% certainty it received a new clutch during the course of that restoration!

 

Only a non-US-version Daytona Spider is a 365 GTS/4. For homologation reasons, Ferrari designated the US-version Daytona Spider as a 365 GTB/4 (although there’s one exception to that with the very first US-version Daytona Spider which is stamped “365 GTB/4” on the chassis, but also has a chassis plate mistakenly stamped “365 GTS/4”).

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Not that I wanna be burned at the stake or anything, but I thought the Borranis looked small.
14s?
Car makes me weak in the knees. Always has.

 

High by circa-2x.

 

No, they’re 7.5J x 15.

8” front and 9” rear Borranis really look beefy on a Daytona and fill out the fenders nicely.

In that era of Ferrari road cars, 14” Borranis are found on 330/365 GTC/GTS and 275 GTB/GTS/GTB4.

Like a Porsche 914/6, 206/246 Dinos also ride on 14” wheels. I once even saw a 246 GTS on Borranis.

 

Mow paid US$ 140 K for Barbuscia's work on 14403. Car had original books and tools, leather pouch but the warranty card was missing. That was in 1995.

Marcel Massini

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I wonder why it has a recent French number plate...

 

Jay should have been driving a Daytona that was in really good technical condition. He certainly would have had a big grin on his face the first time he revved it above 4500 rpm. That's when a Daytona really wakes up.

see here (repost):

 

Sir, this is a plate from Portugal, not France.
The previous owner, Mr. C. M. L. M., prior to David SK Lee, lives in Oporto, Portugal.

Marcel Massini

 

Thank you Sir, could not differentiate small blue P from F on plate.

 

I hope that doesn’t mean Jay was irresponsible and/or stupid enough to drive unlicensed/-registered, perhaps even uninsured vehicle on public roads.

 

Suggest to ask the owner.

Marcel Massini