Cars
A game choice
This article explores the unique Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Shooting Brake, a singular car created by Luigi Chinetti Junior, also known as “Coco”.
Luigi Chinetti was a precious man for Enzo Ferrari: a famous driver who was also very well connected within the American world of racing and luxury cars, he was Ferrari's official importer for North America before the Company set up its own subsidiary, and also ran semi-official cars in the colours of his racing team, NART (North American Racing Team). His son, Luigi junior, who everyone called “Coco”, continued to work in the automobile world and created several singular and particularly interesting cars by transforming stock Ferrari models into something unique. These included a series of Shooting Brakes inspired by the needs of rich (and noisy...) hunters because they were ideal for transporting rifles and hunting game.
The large rear cargo area that was now accessible through twin upward-opening glass panels, designed to make it easy to store rifles and hunting game in a decidedly unusual Ferrari.
We presented the first example, a 330 GT 2+2 “rebodied” by Vignale on 2nd October, and today we present a second one, a 1972 365 GTB/4 Daytona, chassis #15275, which was the creative product of a renowned American designer: Bob Gittleman.
