Yes, shock of shocks a post on Ferrari. Found this shot of a 365gtc/4S- ??? I thouhgt it didn't look to bad, the line of the car has always been a little more voluptuous than the Daytona (in my opinion), and this version highlights it a bid more. Having said that, the Daytona is still one of my favorites. I saw Ian Gow's car a few years back and it would put a horn on a jellyfish. Of course there are conversions and there are conversions, so you would have to view the car in the flesh, but that aside- which would you prefer, spyder or coupe? Cheers MG Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Coupe for sure,conv looks a bit corvettish.I am not a fan of after market chops,seems to destroy that unique style that was so well designed in the first place.
I agree; but I reckon a cut Daytona (a good one) works visually because the factory did one themselves.
I believe 360C is saying that the factory designed a style for a conv Daytona which when copied correctly looks ok.
If you look under a Daytona, you will note very substantial "X" shaped crossmembers between the engine and rear transaxle. The tubes are the same dimension as the main chassis rails. A C4 has a front gearbox (to make room for rear seats) so the bracing is further back in a longer chassis and I imagine a cut car would have major flex issues. I suspect the factory didn't build a C4 spider for this reason. I also suspect they weren't that keen on building Daytona spiders, Pininfarina forced their hand by building such a stunning show car then customers beat them up with orders. To take a labour-intensive low-volume car and then set up an even lower volume assembly process for a convertible is no recipe for profit.
