352 bhp, 4,390 cc DOHC V-12 engine with six Weber carburettors, five-speed manual transmission, independent front and rear suspension with unequal-length wishbones and coil springs over telescopic shock absorbers with anti-roll bars, and four-wheel disc brakes. Wheelbase: 2,700 mm
Manufactured in July of 1969 to European specifications, 365 GTB/4 Daytona chassis number 12801 was originally finished in Rosso Rubino (106-R-12) with a black (VM 8500) leather interior and grey carpet. Refinished in dark blue shortly after it was built, the car was sold by Ets. Charles Pozzi, the French Ferrari importer, to famous luxury shoemaker Charles Jourdan on 25 May 1970 and was temporarily registered as 67 WWF 75. It was then registered in his ownership as 400 MN 26. It remained with Monsieur Jourdan until 3 March 1971, when it was sold to Joseph Zagori, a candy manufacturer of Paris and Marseilles, and at this time, it had 4,379 kilometres on its odometer and was registered as 8052 WZ 75.
Under Zagori’s ownership and upon Charles Pozzi’s advice, Pozzi’s dealership undertook several modifications to improve the car’s overall performance during its commute from Paris to Marseilles. These updates were installed on a gradual basis between 1972 and 1976 and were implemented by Pozzi’s chief mechanic, Claud Fernandez. According to the Pozzi books, the car was outfitted with a factory Group IV-style roll bar, a competition differential, a new Group IV-style nose, competition carburettors with new induction pipes and an airbox, wheels to fit larger Michelin TB5 tyres, bigger brakes, and Group IV air scoops to cool the rear brakes. All these modifications are documented with associated job numbers, and the invoices are included in the file that accompanies the car.
Zagori joined the Ferrari Club de France on 11 July 1974, and through his association with the club, met noted Ferrari collector Pierre Bardinon. It was a serendipitous meeting, as Zagori’s wife, terrified by the Daytona’s performance, wanted it gone as much as Bardinon wanted to own it. In September of 1976, it is believed that the Daytona entered the Mas du Clos Collection, at the time the world’s most important Ferrari collection. Importantly, this was the only Daytona ever owned by Pierre Bardinon. He registered it with the Creuse Department after having used it on trade plates 283 W 34 and, with the brakes converted back to standard units, regularly exercised it on the Mas du Clos track.
Departing from Bardinon’s ownership in 1982, the car was purchased by Comte Frédéric Chandon de Briailles, the head of the famed Champagne House of Moët et Chandon and a close friend of Pierre Bardinon. Comte Chandon used the Daytona sparingly, with registrations 884 AFN 91, 905 JKY 75, and 4321 MT 52 as it moved amongst his various properties in France. In 2004, the Daytona was sold to his cousin, Jean Berchon, the organiser of the famous 250 GTO tour that is held in Europe every five years. The car was used by Monsieur Berchon on several rallies, including the opening of the 250 GTO 50th Anniversary Rally in July 2012. It was always meticulously maintained by the best experts, including an engine and gearbox rebuild by GiPiMotor in Brussels in 2009 and 2010, with new paint in 2014.
Following its purchase by the current owner in 2015, the car’s nose has been returned to its original Plexi configuration. The car retains an extensive file of documentation, chronicling much of its life and including copies of most of the French registrations, including the original registration to Monsieur Jourdan, full invoices from new, as well as a handful of period photographs. With such a wonderful and fully documented history, it is only fitting that chassis number 12801 returns to its adopted home of France. Having spent time in the collection of none other than Pierre Bardinon, it shall surely stand proud within the garage of its next owner.


