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www.QV500.com - Ferrari Daytona Part 5: 365 GTB/4C Series II |
 Chassis 15667, 1972 Le Mans 24 Hours |
By the time Ferrari's Daytona was granted homologation into Group 4 during January of 1972, a second batch of five GTB/4C's was already under construction at the Servizio Assistenza Clienti in Modena. Taking advantage of rulings that permitted much greater output, albeit at the cost of increased weight, in addition to Ferrari's newly built examples, all four of the five Series I GTB/4C's that had initially been raced in Group 5 trim were subsequently rebuilt to this new spec. A number of key differences helped identify these second series Competizione's from Ferrari's earlier version that had itself only debuted the previous autumn. |
| Set-up changes came in the form of a quicker steering rack and lighter Campagnolo cast magnesium wheels that were nine and eleven-inches wide at front / rear respectively - these further increasing track and improving handling. Ferrari were now able to fit an aluminium undertray that smoothed airflow while like all three series of Daytona Competizione's, the Series II used a development of Colombo's Tipo 251 60° V12. Compression was raised to 10.1:1, output officially going up to a conservative 402bhp at 8300rpm although with the switch from predominantly alloy bodywork to steel (as dictated by the Group 4 regulations that demanded the GTB/4C use the same materials as production Daytona's), performance gains were not as substantial as you might otherwise have imagined. Further bodywork enhancements included extended wheelarch flares to cover those wider Campagnolo wheels but other than a more pumped up appearance, relatively few aesthetic alterations were made. |
| Chassis | Details |
| 15225 | Sold new to Georges Filipinetti for Scuderia Filipinetti 1972 Le Mans 24 Hours (Parkes / Lafosse / Cochet) 7th overall, 3rd in GT class 1972 Tour de France (Elford / Stone) DNF |
| 15373 | Sold new to Jacques Swaters for Ecurie Francorchamps 1972 Le Mans 24 Hours (Bell / Pilette / Bond) 8th overall, 4th in GT class |
| 15667 | Sold new to Charles Pozzi 1972 Le Mans 24 Hours (Ballot-Lena / Andruet) 5th overall, 1st in GT class 1972 Tour de France (Andruet / 'Biche') 1st overall 1972 Paris 1000km (Ballot-Lena / Andruet) 10th overall, 4th in GT class 1973 Le Mans 24 Hours (Serpaggi / Dolheim) 9th overall, 2nd in GT5.0 class |
| 15681 | Sold new to Colonel Ronnie Hoare for Maranello Concessionaires, right-hand drive 1972 Le Mans 24 Hours (Westbury / Hine / Konig) DNF Sold to Anthony Bamford 1972 Kyalami 9 Hours (Brown / Sytner) 12th overall 1st in GT5.0 class 1973 Le Mans Test Day (Green) 15th fastest overall, 4th in GT5.0 class 1973 Le Mans 4 Hours (Green / Corner) 6th overall, 3rd in GT5.0 class 1973 Le Mans 24 Hours (Green / Corner / Moores) DNF 1973 Thruxton EGTC (Brown) DNF |
| 15685 | Sold new to Luigi Chinetti for NART 1972 Le Mans 24 Hours (Adamowicz / Posey) 6th overall, 2nd in GT class 1972 Watkins Glen 6 Hours (Jarier / Young) 6th overall, 1st in GT2.5+ class 1973 Daytona 24 Hours (Merzario / Jarier) DNF Sold to Kenneth Starbird 1975 Riverside 6 Hours (Morton / Kline / Cord / Tomasello) 16th overall, 13th in GTO class 1976 Daytona 24 Hours (Mintner / Adams / Cord) 6th overall, 6th in GTO class 1977 Daytona 24 Hours (Adamowicz / Barbour / Cannon) 30th overall, 18th in GTO class |