Lot details
Registration No: KLL413N
Chassis No: 17579
Mot Expiry: Aug 2006

First registered on 10th October 1974, this Ferrari was reputedly one of just 134 right-hand drive 365GT4 2+2 cars to leave the Maranello factory. Surviving as a fixed-head coupe for over a decade, chassis 17579 was reconfigured / rebodied in the style of a 365GTS/4 Daytona Spyder during the late 1980s by Emilio Garcia's E.G. Autokraft firm. With factory Daytona production so unevenly split between 365GTB/4 Berlinettas (1,284) and 365 GTS/4 Spyders (125), Autokraft had already had plenty of 'roof-chopping' experience when that decade's classic car boom finally convinced Garcia to engineer his own fibreglass reproduction coachwork (one of the seven genuine right-hand drive 365GTS/4 cars apparently changed hands for £1.6million in 1989). Enlisting the help of Peter Jacobs (the man responsible for the Ford RS200's composite panels), Garcia created what has since been acknowledged as the most dimensionally accurate Daytona Spyder facsimile ever put on the market. But whereas the majority of the eighty or so kits E.G. Autokraft produced were married to Jaguar running gear, the then custodian of chassis 17579 decided that his Daytona Spyder reproduction would be Ferrari through and through.
To this end, he had the car's wheelbase shortened to the appropriate length (a process simplified by the elliptical tubular construction of a 365GT4 2+2's Tipo F101AL chassis frame) but retained its Maranello-supplied all-round independent coil-and-wishbone suspension, four-wheel ventilated disc brakes and power-assisted steering. The heart of any Ferrari, chassis 17579's 'quad-cam' 4390cc 320bhp V12 engine was carried over unaltered as was its five-speed manual gearbox (though, the torque tube drive to the back axle had to be truncated). Completing the illusion were four Cromodora 'centre knock-off' alloys (7j front / 9.5j rear). Almost two decades on from the reincarnation, chassis 17579 remains nigh-on indistinguishable from its metal-skinned siblings.
Finished in silver with blue leather upholstery, it is described by the vendor as follows: "The vehicle runs and drives well. All the electrical components work with the exception of the off-side headlight motor (though, there is a manual winder under the bonnet to raise the light pod). I have had twin electric fans fitted to cope with heavy traffic. The interior needs some TLC (all present but worn). The roof has a small tear in the side panel but should be an easy repair. The exterior could do with some paintwork". A rare Ferrari masquerading as an even scarcer one (but with the added advantages of PAS and rust-free bodywork) chassis 17579 is offered for sale with MOT certificate valid until August 15th 2006.

PLEASE NOTE: We apologise but this vehicle has been withdrawn from the 26th July 2006 auction.