Peter Jordan Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 I would appreciate any help in identifying this Pininfarina design Ferrari: Registration plate suggests 1973-4, but it may be a "personalised" plate, in which case the car could be younger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Knight Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Hi Peter I think it is a 1970 Ferrari 365 GTS Daytona Mal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Jordan Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 Mal, Many thanks, I have done an internet search on it, looking for a view of the rear of the car. I have an image of the rear, which I did not upload as the background was not good, and it does like the model you mention. The one I found just sold for $3.3 million. I wonder about the year, the registration has a suffix "M" which was used August 1973 to July 1974. That may not mean anything as it might not be the original registration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Perhaps it wasn't imported for a while. Nowadays you can't have a personalisation suffix that makes the vehicle appear newer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
York Photographer Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Its an European spec Daytona, The US cars didn't have the pop headlights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Jordan Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 So if I put "1970s Ferrari 365 GTS Daytona Right hand drive European specification" in the key words I will have covered it without misleading anybody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Clarke Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 I thought the pop-up lights were introduced to comply with US regs as the original fixed-light design were deemed too low for the US? So Ferrari made the change to pop-ups in the way that the US Corvettes were made. At least that's what I understood, may be wrong though! And isn't it properly known as 365 GTS/4 Daytona Spyder? But even classic car experts may disagree with that. You could just leave it as right-hand drive as it could be an import and conversion (and I think one or two fixed roof versions have even been converted to look like Spyders). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnie5 Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 I think it is actually called the 365 GTB/4 Daytona Spyder. The Convertible model is the rare one and has historically been worth much more. Don't forget to add keywords like convertible cabrio drop top spyder. Here is a link. There was quite a market at one time converting the hardtop model to a convertible so you have to be careful. If you follow the link there are original and conversion cars listed and a very large price difference between the two. https://www.classicdriver.com/en/cars/ferrari/365-gtb4-daytona-1969-1973?page=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Thompson Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 iCarCheck says Autocraft Daytona Red 1978 Petrol engine 5343 litre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnie5 Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 My mistake if it were real a real Ferrari it would be a GTS. Only 122 Spyders were. I looked up Autocraft and they made replicas. Here is a link to one for sale. http://car-from-uk.com/sale.php?id=98482 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Jordan Posted September 5, 2015 Author Share Posted September 5, 2015 I read that there were only 122 Spyders made, so I decided it was probably not one of those. I had not thought that it might be a replica, but if so it was superbly made. Thanks everyone for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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