1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona

First registered on the 3rd August 1972 as one of just 158 UK-supplied, right-hand drive Daytonas

Owned between 1973 and 1975 by Sir Elton John and believed bought from the proceeds of 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'

Copies of the original build sheet, order forms, delivery correspondence and every service receipt from new are present

Also included is every MOT certificate corroborating the indicated mileage of some 82,000

The interior was re-trimmed in factory-specification Black VM8500 Connolly Vaumol hide in 2017

This matching-numbers Daytona is among the finest we have ever seen and is competitively guided

Two years after Lamborghini debuted the mid-engined Miura in 1966, Ferrari launched its defiantly traditional and determinedly contrasting alternative, the 365 GTB/4. Almost immediately, the model gained its 'Daytona' moniker in honour of Ferrari's 1-2-3 result in the 1967 24-hour race of the same name. The Daytona's engine and handling certainly didn't undermine its racing associations and with the 4.4-litre, quad-cam V12 producing an astonishing 352bhp it was, in period, the fastest road car in the world. Not only was 175mph more than brisk but, crucially, it was faster than the Miura. The 5-speed gearbox was mounted at the rear for optimal weight distribution and helped give the Daytona its predictable handling and solid road-holding.

Delivered new on the 3rd August 1972 through Maranello Concessionaires Ltd, the official Ferrari agent for Great Britain at the time, this car is one of only 158 genuine right-hand drive vehicles supplied and is one of the nicest Daytonas we have seen in recent years. Early registration information identifies famous Ferrari enthusiast and songwriter Mr Elton John, of 14 Abbots Drive, Wentworth, Surrey, as the recorded owner and keeper of the car. We understand that Sir Elton purchased the Daytona in 1973 from the proceeds of his famed album “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road