Ferrari Daytona Teaser Sections
What you can expect from our two-volume book around the 365 GTB/4Ultimate Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona: Teaser Sections
Ferrari Daytona 365 Book – Volume One: Arrival of the Spider
I felt no particular pressure, nor a real sense of challenge, when I went a step further and designed the open-top version of the Daytona,’ said Leonardo Fioravanti, referring to a personal picture of a yellow Ferrari 365 GTS/4, with the ‘S’ standing for Spider, spelled with the ‘i’, as Ferrari’s crosstown rival Maserati maintained the ‘y’ spelling. Fioravanti smiled, because just as he had known that the berlinetta version of the Daytona ought to have been introduced in the ground-breaking metallic red, he had also been certain that the launch colour for the convertible had to be yellow.
Ferrari Daytona 365 Book – Volume Two: Into Battle, 1971
Although not just yet, for in 1971 – the year the world lost both Coco Chanel and Louis Armstrong, Rolls-Royce went bankrupt, lunar astronauts drove around in the ‘moon buggy’, and Sean Connery made his last official outing as James Bond in Diamonds Are Forever – the 365 GTB/4 had to endure one final season of being stranded in the homologation wilderness.
The first 365 GTB/4 to compete in 1971 was the car that spawned the Competizione dynasty: chassis 12547…..