One-Owner Daytona?

An uncle of a friend of mine who lives in Rome bought his new red Daytona back in 1970, and has owned it ever since. In 1989-1990 people were harassing him with absurd offers for his car - as much as 500.000 of today's Euros!!! But he loved his baby and never gave in to greed, he kept the car.

35 years later, today he's a nice old retired gentleman who still enjoys the Daytona with his wife on weekend breaks or just to meet old friends at the bar.

Now, that's true Ferrari passion!!

I wonder how many genuine "one-owner" classic Ferraris are still out there? Any ideas? I bet that very, very few resisted the temptation of the crazy money of the late '80s.

 

Wolfgang, this gentleman is the uncle of Giovanni, my Elise-driving friend who will join us in Tuscany. We can ask him about his uncle's Daytona, and ask him to take a picture for FChat next time he has a chance to visit him.

 

I think he will die before he sells it. No chance guys! Unless you want to wait long enough and then contact the family telling them that you're willing to help them get rid of grandad's old junk...

I heard from my Maserati Club USA friends of someone that found a Bora for sale as part of an auction "lot" which included old furniture and various household junk. The old man had died and his family didn't have a clue what a "Masarahti" was, they just thought it was a cheap foreign old Camaro-lookalike. Apparently one Maserati enthusiast from NY got tipped off, went to the auction (somewhere in the US redneck-backcountry) and got the Bora (original, low mileage and really in good nick) for less than the price of a used Golf... no-one else bid for it!!

 

How much was paid for the 917? Surely not as cheap as the Bora?