Should the Daytona have the chassis number stamped behind the steering wheel?

Steve: I do not believe early Daytona's had the steering column with the boss for the chassis number. I went back and looked at photos of 12467 when we had it, and it does not have the boss. The whole situation was in response to U.S. regulations that came in about the time of the first Daytonas.

 

Yes, it's only the U.S. version Daytonas which have a steering column boss containing the chassis number.

 

No it's not.

This is a RHD UK supplied car.
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My RHD UK Daytona 14121 didn't have the steering boss serial number either, I think it was just the later cars.

Best,

David

 

correct, later euro cars got the sn boss. thats when ferrari began to standardize the euro cars to the usa cars.
fwiw, the early euro cars had aluminum doors, later euro cars had steel doors.
all usa cars had steel doors.

 

I've seen many 17000-series late-production Euro LHD 365 GTB/4s. NONE of them had the steering column boss.

As far as RHD 365 GTB/4s, I had no idea they have the steering wheel boss! (i.e. learn something new everyday).

 

My Daytona is is a euro model 16977 (50th from the last) and it doesnt have a steering column vin.

 

Most RHD 1973 cars had the chassis number on the boss. I am not sure about other markets, or exactly when it came in. I am sure Mark has more photos than me so he may be able to say what the earliest he has seen is.

Just a little note to what Edd said, the door skins [ not the whole doors] on early RHD cars were Aluminum, i think.

 

Usually only the skins are/were as per above, not entire doors, but their frames seem to have gone through several other changes during models (4 1/2 year) production run. And as with most details regarding these cars, perhaps using a word "all" may not apply as literally as its meaning might suggest.

 

Ed,

It's actually market specific, not a blanket all later cars received the VIN on the steering column. Almost nothing on a Daytona is that simple. For example, later UK cars received the all amber front directional lenses like the USA cars, but with the prancing horse in the reflector because the UK didn't have the same reflector surface area law. The non-USA cars did eventually receive the steel doors of the USA cars as you stated. One could right a book on all the differences on a Daytona based on the year of production and what markets they were for.

Steve

 

Hi Steve
Just a small addition, UK cars had the Amber front indicators from the start, they did not need the white ones, as the early cars had the white front side lights above the bumpers and the later cars 73 on, had a side light bulb in the headlights. I think possibly a couple cars had the amber indicators changed at a later date by the owners to make them look different!

As far as I am aware all RHD cars had the same spec as UK cars, ie gators over the gear leaver, small round indicators in the front wings etc.
I did not know the prancing horse on the reflectors was a UK or RHD thing, so i have learned something already today!

 

The indicator on mine with the prancing horse. Photo I believe by Jonathan Tremlett
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To go a little off-topic, when did Ferrari start with the s/n plate on the steering column? What model was the earliest? I've seen 365 GT 2+2s with the plate on the column. I thnik that's probably the earliest model to receive this. Correct?

Best, Peter