always my favorite Ferrari
In November 1971, journalist Brock Yates and racing driver Dan Gurney won the inaugural Cannonball race across the United States in a Ferrari Daytona. They made the 2,876-mile run from the Red Bull garage in Manhattan to Redondo Beach, California, in 35 hrs 54 mins at an average speed of 80.8mph.
The Ferrari 365GTB/4 Daytona is one of the most beautiful cars ever made. ...
This was the last and greatest of all the front-engined, rear-wheel drive two-seater Ferrari's and some purists regard it as one of the best Ferraris of all time. The Daytona, model name 365GTB/4, oozed style with its Pininfarina body with long hood that hid a quad-cam VI2 fed by six Weber carburettors. To balance out the huge engine, the gearbox was mounted at the rear in the transaxle, giving near perfect 52:48 weight distribution. As with many Ferraris of the era, the Daytona used double wishbone suspension and anti-roll bars both ends, and had vented discs to cope with the enormous speed it was capable of. The chassis was a multi-lube affair hidden by a steel body but with alloy doors, hood and trunk lid. For 1970 this was the fastest car in the world; in fact, it remained that way for years, because 100mph (160km/h) could arrive in under 13 seconds.
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