365 GTB/4

365 GTB/4 (Tipo 251) records one precise Ferrari performance-car identity from 1968–1973. Officially the 365 GTB/4 and only unofficially Daytona, Ferrari’s 1968 flagship carried the front-engine V12 berlinetta into a sharper design era.

The mechanical centre is a naturally aspirated 4,390 cc 60-degree V12 identified as Tipo 251. The reviewed sources support 259 kW (352 PS). A four-cam 4.4-litre V12, rear-mounted transaxle and independent suspension preserved Ferrari’s front-engine GT formula beneath a new fastback body. Figures from a neighbouring road, racing or later derivative are not substituted when they sound plausible.

Power reaches the rear wheels through a 5-speed manual transaxle. Engine position, firing order, induction, driveline placement and gearing all shape what a recorder can capture. A useful submission therefore identifies the exact car, operating state and recording chain rather than offering an anonymous V12 or four-cylinder clip whose badge cannot be verified.

In this published sequence it follows the 275 GTB/4 (GTB/4), retaining a recognisable idea while changing the documented product boundary. Ferrari repeatedly evolved its front-engine berlinettas through chassis, valve gear, displacement and competition purpose. Keeping those changes separate preserves both historical meaning and the usefulness of future sound comparisons.

The listening cues four-cam, 4.4-litre V12, grand touring, transaxle are orientation rather than evidence. A cold start may reveal cranking, carburetion or injection behaviour and settling idle; acceleration can capture induction, combustion and gear changes under load; a fly-by moves emphasis toward exhaust, tyres and the acoustic environment. Each view documents a different part of the same factory configuration.

The focus here is the 365 GTB/4 berlinetta across Perspex and retractable-headlamp phases. It excludes the factory 365 GTS/4 Spider, competition cars, conversions and replicas. Survivors may also carry replacement engines, exhausts, carburettor changes, revised gearing or period competition modifications.

This page consequently starts silent instead of borrowing a famous video or a weakly identified recording.

The documentary photograph follows the same rule. The image illustrates the model but does not prove the chassis, original mechanical state or specification of every surviving example.

Full enrichment means leaving uncertainty visible. Manufacturer material establishes the primary identity and technical baseline, while independent exact-model reporting supplies a check on production and configuration language. Claim dispositions keep those roles distinct, so later evidence can refine one statement without rewriting the entire passport or weakening the contribution trail. That structure also gives future contributors a clear indication of which assertion still needs stronger primary evidence.