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By June 1975 the car was for sale with Randy Smith of High Point, North Carolina
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and passed through dealers FAF Motorcars of Tucker, Georgia to Spencer Folsom
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of nearby Pine Mountain. From Folsom the car passed to C.Lynn Abel of Atlanta.
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Abel advertised the car that summer in the Ferrari Club of America newsletter
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where it appears to have been described as supplied new, still with grey/black
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livery. It had covered 29,000 miles according to the ad.Within the next two years
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the car crossed the country to spend most of the next three decades on the west
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coast. Advertised by Ferrari of Los Gatos, California in May and June 1978, by
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this point it had gained the wire wheels it still currently wears. In the late 1980s
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the car underwent a thorough restoration, which saw the paint scheme change to
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the Giallo Fly that it has worn to this day.
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The car changed hands in 1989, sold to noted collector Tom Price, owner of the
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most coveted of all Ferraris: a 250 GTO. Properly maintained in his ownership,
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the Ferrari remained there until 2005, when it spent a little over a year in the
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next owners custody before being acquired by the Oldenburg Family just after
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Pebble Beach week. Over the course of the last 8 or so years, the Daytona has
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been thoroughly, all the while being maintained in house. The benefit of its
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simple and known chain of owners is that its modest 47,000 mile odometer
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reading is almost certainly from new, something few cars of similarity can attest
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to. The low and original mileage is as well certified by the wonderful
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preserved condition of its interior still having the original mouse hair dashboard,
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leather driving seats, headliner and door side panels. It looks and smells like a
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wonderful and original Daytona. With the striking original livery, known history
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and desirable specification this is a great example of the legendary Daytona.
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