1973 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Berlinetta Competizione Conversion

Ferrari make some of the most amazing sports cars on the planet from a visual perspective but they also deliver in the performance department too and that’s why they are such a fixture on racing circuits. If you love the Italian supercar and are of a racing persuasion, you’re going to want to check out one of the latest lots from RM Sotheby’s – this spectacularly cool 1973 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Berlinetta Competizione Conversion. This one in million offering has been converted by Piet Roelefs to Group IV Competition specification and will wow with its performance on the track.

The 1973 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Berlinetta Competizione Conversion from RM Sotheby’s is presented in its original colours of Giallo Fly over Nero so there is a real touch of authenticity to proceedings and makes it appeal even more to those Ferrari and race aficionados out there (with deep pockets). It is eligible for many historic racing events and rallies so if that’s the sort of thing you like to do with your luxury car collection, you’ll be in your absolute element with this one from RM Sotheby’s Monte Carlo auction.

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Ferrari’s 365 GTB/4 Daytona would become celebrated as one of the marque’s great grand touring cars; presented as a mechanically developed version of the 275 GTB/4. Not wanting to lessen the specification of the four-cam’s engine, it continued to be fed by six twin-choke downdraught Weber carburettors and lubricated using a dry sump system, so to remain as a proper competition derived engine. It is little wonder then that soon after launch, privateers such as Luigi Chinetti’s NART team began to push the factory to develop the Daytona Competizione for Group IV racing. And it is one of these examples that you can get your hands on here courtesy of RM Sotheby’s.

The 1973 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Berlinetta Competizione Conversion from RM Sotheby’s is one of just 27 examples of this type of Ferrari produced so it really is one for those collectors who like an air of exclusivity to their collection. The cars’ specifications varied, with the earliest factory example being alloy-bodied, while later cars gained 450 brake horsepower engines. Their success was nothing short of extraordinary: in a period career spanning 12 years, 365 GTB/4s achieved 4th overall at the 1971 Tour de France, 5th overall and 1st in class at the 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1st and 2nd overall in the 1972 Tour de France, two further class wins at Le Mans in 1973 and 1974, and at the 24 Hours of Daytona with a 2nd overall and class win in the 1973 running and a further class win there in 1975.

Evoking one of Ferrari’s most celebrated and successful GT racers, this Daytona Group IV Competitizione Conversion from RM Sotheby’s would be the ideal tool for 1970s racing series or even longer historic rallies such as the Modena Cento Ore and Tour Auto. It was previously a stablemate of some of Ferrari’s most successful competition cars and it comes presented in its original eye-catching Giallo Fly, meaning that this spectacular Ferrari would be a deserving addition to any competition car collection.

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