Ferrari and racing have always been inseparable, and a select few of the road cars carry that bond in their very names. The 250 MM took its title from the Mille Miglia, the 250 GT ‘Tour de France’ from the event it came to dominate, and the 365 GTB/4 became the Daytona in honour of Ferrari’s crushing 1, 2, 3 victory at the 1967 24 Hours of Daytona. Each race the name recalls, and each model that wears one, holds a place of its own in the Maranello story.

It is a fitting name for a car that sits between two worlds. On one side, the Daytona stands among the last of the great Ferraris to be clothed by hand, its body formed in steel and aluminium by Scaglietti’s craftsmen in Modena – the close of a coachbuilding tradition that had run unbroken since the marque’s earliest days and given shape to the icons of the 1950s and 60s. On the other, it looks forward: penned by Leonardo Fioravanti, the young designer at Pininfarina who would go on to draw two of Ferrari’s greatest, the 288 GTO and the F40. The Daytona is at once an ending and a beginning – and one of the most revered front-engined Ferraris ever built.

Powered by Gioacchino Colombo’s legendary 4.4-litre V12, the Daytona combined effortless grand touring refinement with genuine supercar performance, establishing itself as one of the defining Ferraris of its generation.

This particular example is one of just 158 right-hand-drive Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytonas supplied to the UK and was delivered new through Maranello Concessionaires Ltd to its first owner, Capt. Charles St. John Graham Moncrieff of Perthshire, a former Captain in the Scots Guards who was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Originally specified in the striking and highly desirable shade of Rosso Ferrari, it is one of only four UK-supplied examples finished in this rare factory colour.

Thereafter the car passed in 1977 to Colin Briggs, Scotland’s first ever Ferrari dealer, whose memory is still cherished among Ferrari collectors today – not least as he was the only customer to have his Ferrari 288 GTO built with non-standard seats.

The third of its four well-documented custodians was Lord Mexborough, a renowned Ferrari and Porsche collector. His thirty-four-year ownership accounts for the greater part of the car’s life, and the Daytona was an integral part of his collection.

In 2014 the Daytona passed to its most recent owner, another Scottish collector who kept the car for more than a decade. During his ownership the car received a comprehensive refurbishment in 2018, which included a complete engine rebuild by a marque specialist, a respray in its original colour of Rosso Ferrari, and a full retrim by the renowned O’Rourke Coachtrimmers, whose work has graced some of Ferrari’s most celebrated road cars.

Presented in exceptional condition throughout and retains its full matching number status, including its chassis, body, engine and gearbox. In addition, the car displays just over 22,000 miles, which is believed to be its total mileage from new and supported by its very impressive history file.

It is also accompanied by its original handbooks which include the original warranty card – a feature that is rarely seen on cars of this age, the dealer directory, operating, maintenance and service handbook, spare parts catalogue, Fiamm certificate and its original leather pouch. The car also boats its original Ferrari briefcase tool kit, tool roll, spare wheel, original jack and wheel brace.

A truly exceptional example!