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AMSTERDAM - Itâs reported that Florida-based architect and real estate developer Bob Gittleman approached Philadelphia car dealer Chinetti Motors in the early 1970s. He was interested in the Ferrari Daytona, but wanted something slightly different being a keen shooting brake connoisseur.
Bob Gittleman s original Ferrari-based Daytona Shooting Brake
âDealership owner Luigi Chinetti Jr. was a gifted stylist and Gittleman commissioned him to design the car. They together envisioned a one-off winged wonder. The extraordinary butterfly rear windows allowed easy access to the walnut covered boot, especially when parallel parked. Behind the steering wheel only walnut panelling: the instruments were mounted centrally in the dashboard. It was an exquisite thing,â says Graham King, a senior reporter at Motor1.