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50 Years a King – Ferrari Daytona : Sword & Sledgehammer
Ferrari’s mighty 365 GTB/4 ‘Daytona’.
A car born at the height of its powers – where it has stayed for half a century.
‘Sword & Sledgehammer’ charts the history of this extraordinarily accomplished car, in parallel with one enthusiast’s all-too-brief ownership.
Covering 250 pages, there are over 200 previously-unpublished colour photographs (dating back to the 1970s – many by the author and some from other private collections).
In total, over 130 individual Daytonas are shown or referenced, and there is an index of their chassis numbers (where known), registration plates and brief histories. The book also explores the cars that laid the ground for the Daytona, and those with the daunting task of competing with – and replacing – it.
Front Cover: The author’s car (#15837) in the Sussex countryside, 2004
