We are talking about the first Prototype of the famous Daytona. All in all still a bit callowed, but that's what makes it special. The car was designed by Fioravanti at Pininfarina's as styling concept #109E and then used by the Factory for development. In 1968 the car is said to have been purchased by powerboat champion Vincenzo Balestrieri from Enzo Ferrari directly. It passed to another Italian owner who kept it until 1972. The car was exported to the States at some point and at least owned by four individuals, repainted Red, before it was offered for sale by Classic Motors of La Jolla. Dutch enthusiast, dealer and broker Sander van der Velden purchased the car to the Netherlands in 1988 who sold it to a Dutch owner before the car went to Switzerland for the 1990s.
It was offered for sale by Car Classic Geneve and obviously acquired by current Dutch owner, Gerard van Bergen. In 2004 a complete restoration did start with a bare metal respray in original Grigio Argento. Over the years of van Bergen's ownership he undertook everything to return the car to Fioravanti's original design. The wrong 275 GTB-style head lights were removed and the "original" head lights refitted, fillung up the cut-outs that were need for the 275 GTB-style head lights. Most recently, the rear lights have been exchanged back to the -probably originally fitted from Ferrari's spare part storages- Superfast-headlights. Today the car comes with the Classiche Certificate and even #10287 looks a bit non-descript compared with all the colourful other cars around it, it attracted many people, who raised as many questions about it and the title "Best of Show" is well deserved!
Today's Slide Show features #10287 and -for our Subscribers- the next update of the History Files, following our next major update, will include the known history of #10287. Stay connected!