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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Michelotti NART Spider

365 GTB/4 Michelotti NART Spider1971
Production1971
EngineV12
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This one-off was built on Ferrari 365 GTB/4 chassis number 15965, which Luigi Chinetti had originally sold to a US customer as a standard coupé. When the car returned to Chinetti, he commissioned Giovanni Michelotti to design a new body: in 1974, the chassis received an aluminum body with a pronounced wedge shape and targa roof, presented in red and white at the 1975 Geneva Motor Show. Chinetti withdrew its entry for Le Mans shortly before the start, and at Daytona the car was barred from competing due to its non-standard bodywork. It still exists and is in running order.

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Good to know

  • The NART Spider was entered by Chinetti's team for Jean-Pierre Malcher and Patrick Langlois in the 1975 24 Hours of Le Mans, but never started.
  • When Otto Zipper entered the car three years later for the 24 Hours of Daytona, it was rejected due to its non-standard bodywork.
  • In 1975, Chinetti acquired a GTS/4 heavily damaged during filming of the movie "A Star Is Born" and commissioned Michelotti once again to craft a new body.
Learn moreFrom coupé to unique creation

From coupé to unique creation

Luigi Chinetti initially sold chassis 15965 as a standard coupé to a customer in the US. The car was returned shortly thereafter, and Chinetti commissioned designer Giovanni Michelotti to create a new body. The aluminum coachwork with a pronounced wedge shape and targa roof was displayed in red-and-white livery at the Geneva Motor Show. Two subsequent race entries fell through, yet the car survives today and is operational.

Summarized from the cited sources; every figure was automatically verified against the sources.

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