One For The Price Of Four

The 1972 Ferrari Daytona is one beautiful car, and it’s a Ferrari, so it also has that elite status that something like a 1972 Corvette just doesn’t have.

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Have you ever been duped by an artificial sale while online shopping? The kind where they up the retails so they can seemingly take more off the top? Lots have, probably including myself, if I kept track. One for the price of one can be had every day, and two for the price of one can be had periodically on some items. Three for the price of one and beyond? Either it was too much money, to begin with, or there is a tremendous amount of profit margin in whatever the item happens to be. One for the price of four, though? That must be a misprint… It has to be. I can’t believe my copy of Microsoft Works from 2008 thinks the word “Camaro” is a misspelled typo, but can’t do everyday financial math… Luckily for my obsolete word processor, however, that it indeed is written correctly. Since I mentioned a Camaro, imagine buying one so special, so unique that it cost four-times the price of the typical floor model. That would be one expensive Camaro. This is a Ferrari, though. A custom one, and it cost four times what your average floor model Ferrari cost. That’s the price of every house you can see from the driveway said Ferrari is parked in combined, in Ferrari numbers.

I priced out a gallon of red car paint once and went with yellow because it was cheaper, so I’m not exactly the expert voice of Ferrari elites, but I try my best on the things that I think are cool. The 1972 Ferrari Daytona is one beautiful car, and it’s a Ferrari, so it also has that elite status that something like a 1972 Corvette just doesn’t have. As I say, I’m not an expert, but I’m guessing that customizing a Ferrari is not only an unspeakable sin but that it tremendously affects the resale value. In this case, I think it’s okay, as it’s documented, it’s unique, it’s beautiful, and it’s the only one. The 1972 Ferrari Daytona 365 GTB/4 Shooting Brake started life as a regular old Ferrari Daytona in the United States and was sent to the United Kingdom for Panther Westwinds to work their magic and turn it into a wagon right off the showroom floor. I guess it took them two years to accomplish, which is understandable given the excellent results, and also because they never built a second one. When all was said and done, the conversion quadrupled the price of the original car, but for the sake of history, I’d say it was worth it. Walnut decorates the interior everywhere that there isn’t leather, and the gauges have been relocated to the center of the dash and console, which is probably the only thing I don’t care for. The front of the car remains seemingly unchanged, but the rear flows perfectly into a functional little wagon. It’s not shy on glass for a small car, two side windows wrap around the top and a huge rear window. Probably my favourite feature is the fact that the rear window is fixed in place, while the side glass opens up. It’s so much easier to load this way, and there’s something exotic about gullwing anything. Sure, you can’t haul long stuff sticking out the back, but if you can afford a Ferrari or four, you can afford the odd truck delivery.