Ferrari 365GTS/4 Daytona Spider Restoration

Name: Ferrari 365GTS/4 Daytona Spider
Brand: DK Engineering
SKU: DKENG-112
Availability: LimitedAvailability
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1 of 7 RHD Examples Completed

This example is 1 of just 7 RHD examples, all of which were built to the more desirable European-specification. Early correspondence between Maranello Concessionaires and the original owner, Mr Kevin Mcdonald of Doncaster shows the car to be originally supplied in Rosso Chiaro over Nero. Mike Salmon of Maranello Concessionaires even advised against fitting air-conditioning, in light of the Daytona being an open-top car!

First registered in August 1971, the car wore Mr Mcdonald’s personal registration, KMD 1 and would be retained by him until and serviced by Maranello Concessionaires until 1974. In May 1974, the car was offered for sale by renowned dealership, Duncan Hamilton & Co, selling two months later to its second keeper, Mr Robert Danny of Middlesex.

Early ownership is documented by a scan of the Buff logbook.

The car changed hands two more times subsequently before purchase by Anthony Bamford (now Lord Bamford), prolific car collector and managing director of JCB Excavators. At the time of his purchase, he had been in charge of the company for four years and was just 34 years old.

During Bamford’s ownership, he commissioned GrayPaul Motors to manufacture a fitted hardtop, to fit the Daytona’s existing mounting points. This project was carried out to considerable expense. From the invoice in the history file, we can see that by this time in 1981, the interior had been retrimmed to a Crema Connolly hide as the hardtop was completed to match.

From our research, it appears the car travelled to the USA in the late 1980s. It was offered for sale with famed Ferrari dealership Ron Spangler of Bel Air in a printed advert, without a photo in 1987. It is likely the car was not declared exported when it spent time in the USA as the DVLA records suggest the car remained in the care of Bamford until 1989.

This Daytona Spider has been in the care of the current owner, a notable car collector, for just shy of 32 years and has been used extremely sparingly since. As such, since 2011 the car has covered fewer than a thousand miles.

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