In March 1998, the Ferrari was sold by Mow and passed through several marque-specialist dealers and collectors in that year’s firming collector-car market to Wayne and Marilyn Nelson, who acquired S/N 14403 in October 1998. In January 2000, the Nelsons displayed S/N 14403 at the world’s largest Ferrari concours, the Cavallino Classic in Palm Beach, Florida, where it earned the coveted Platinum award in its class—an honor repeated there in 2001 and 2002. The highly valuable Daytona passed from the Nelsons through several other collectors after August 2006 before it was acquired in 2008 by Barry Snyder, who showed it at the 2008 FCA Annual Meeting, where yet another Platinum award was received. In January 2009, Ferrari Classiche certified S/N 14403 and issued its Red Book, documenting and confirming the spyder’s chassis, engine and transaxle to be original and matching. In the early 2010s, the spyder was sold to an owner in England and registered there before acquisition in 2013 by a new owner in Portugal, who had the Ferrari returned to its original Giallo Fly (Fly Yellow) color at Autofficina Cremonini, located near Modena, Italy, at a cost of €76,860. The vehicle received its Factory Certificate of Authenticity from the Ferrari Factory in 2015. In December 2018, this car was comprehensively serviced by the official Ferrari service center Ferrari Portugal, with 28,131 miles noted and the invoice totaling €4,708.87. In 2020, the spyder was exported back to the United States. As now offered, this four-time FCA Platinum award winner represents the pinnacle of Ferrari’s classical V-12 heritage with its exclusivity, electrifying performance and, of course, its stunning, Scaglietti-built open coachwork. Retaining its original, matching-numbers 4390cc DOHC Tipo 251 V-12 engine that delivers an unbridled 352 HP with six Weber 40 DCN21 A twin-choke carburetors and Magneti Marelli AEC 103 electronic ignition, S/N 14403 also retains its original 5-speed manual gearbox/rear transaxle, the original Koni suspension and its original disc brakes. Other highlights include power windows and a black soft top as built. Iconic Borrani wire wheels finish it off handsomely. It’s accompanied by a Ferrari tool roll, as well as a Marcel Massini history report and the all-important Ferrari Classiche Red Book confirming the Daytona spyder’s correctness and originality, including its matching-numbers mechanical features.
