One of the most famous Ferrari Dayonas out there, this 365 GTB/4 Shooting Brake is in search of a new home – again.
Assembled in 1972 and delivered new to Chinetti-Garthwaite Motors, a Philadelphia-area Ferrari dealer, it was transformed by the dealership owner, after Bob Gittleman, an architect and builder, visited Chinetti Motors and asked for “something a bit different“.
Mr. Gittleman was a Ferrari fan with a soft spot for shooting brakes, so Chinette designed a new roofline, extended from the B-pillars, a large non-opening rear window, cargo area accessible through twin upward-opening glass panels, a tweaked front fascia and revised grille. After the sketches were completed, Robert Jankel’s Panther Westwinds, located in Surrey, England, was selected for the build.
“It was pretty straightforward. We got some rough sketches and had to interpret them and basically design the car. He (Chinetti) didn’t specify how it should be finished, but it has a very exotic interior“, Jankel said, referring to the repositioned instruments and numerous wood trim.
After being completed, it nabbed the attention of Ferrari Club of America’s Prancing Horse magazine and it remained in Gittleman’s possession for several years, until it changed hands three times in the 1980s. In 1999, the Daytona Shooting Brake was exported to Belgium, where it was displayed at the Concours d’Elegance at Paleis Het Loo in the Netherlands the year after, and it was also showcased at the 2001 Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Its current owner acquired it in late 2013 and commissioned a total refurbishment, including a repaint and mechanical restoration, and it was displayed last year at the 2015 Salon Prive Concours d’Elegance.
It currently has less than 4,500 miles (7,242 km) on its odometer and will search for a new owner at this weekend’s Gooding&Co Monterey sale, where it could change hands for an estimated $750,000-$1,000,000.
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