RARE 3 SEATER FERRARI 365P

For Luigi "Coco" Chinetti, circa 1970, there was only one conceivable way to drive the Ferrari 365P: flanked on either side by two luscious ladies. A second option--wife on one side, mother-in-law on the other--would certainly never do for the international playboy, son of Luigi Chinetti, the first American Ferrari importer. No doubt British motoring cartoonist Russell Brockman got it right when he penned a delectably difficult moment in the life of this automobile: the 365P is parked, with both doors thrown open, and the two lovely lady occupants fight tooth-and-nail while the male driver smirks nearby. That cartoon driver might have been Giovanni Agnelli, though, the only other owner of a 365P. Agnelli, heir to the Fiat fortune, had to wait a year longer for his, the second and last 365P Berlinetta Speciale. Chinetti took delivery of this car after it debuted at the 1966 Paris Auto Show and made an appearance at London's Earls Court Motor Show. It was the last Ferrari prototype developed specially for a private customer. Once received, Chinetti Senior delivered the car to a New York City man who found it a tad impractical for big city driving, so returned it to Chinetti barely used. That's when "Coco" got ahold of it, for a few fun drives between 1970 and 1973 or so. After that, the car sat in storage, but recently re-emerged, after a careful restoration by Carini Carrozzeria in Portland, Connt. Since then, the car returned to England to participate in the Goodwood Festival of Speed, then came back Stateside and cross country to California's Concorso Italiano. The three front seats are only the most obvious innovation in this car, which allowed Pininfarina to play with several new ideas. One glance confirms that the 365P is a stylistic sister to the Dino prototype which debuted a year earlier, but the 365P is larger, as it's built around the engine and chassis of the 365P2 and 365P2/3 racers. Ferrari developed those powerful race cars for Chinetti's North American Racing Team (NART) and other non-factory teams. Like the Dino, the 365P has the high rising front fenders and the prominent side air scoops. The convex rear windscreen is another Dino echo, while the roof sports a unique feature: a specially tinted non-heat-transmitting glass.... Read more: http://www.europeancarweb.com/features/0407ec_1965_ferrari_365p_berlinetta_speciale/index.html#ixzz1andJS9XU

Added 3 Jun 2026