Penned by Filippo Sapino of Pininfarina, the Ferrari 365 GTC/4 debuted at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show with a sharp, wedge-shaped design, marking a bold departure from its predecessors. Pininfarina replaced the flowing lines and elliptical grilles of its predecessors with a flat, angular front, featuring a low nose, full-width black rubber bumper, and shallow rectangular grille. Retractable twin headlights punctuated the nose, while the teardrop five-window cabin tapered gracefully to a clean Kammback tail. Standard equipment included power steering, electric windows, air conditioning, and five-spoke Cromodora alloy wheels.

Beneath its elegant shape was a 4.4-liter V-12 engine, less extreme than that of the contemporary 365 GTB/4 Daytona but rich in torque and more tractable, ideal for covering vast distances with ease. Around 500 were made, largely for the US market.

A former Ferrari Club of America National Concours Preservation Award winner, the 365 GTC/4 offered here features the classic Ferrari color palette of Rosso Cherry (95.3.9301) over Beige (VM 3234). It is the 257th example produced and is recorded as being first sold to John Spencer of Reading, Pennsylvania, through the official Ferrari dealer Chinetti-Garthwaite Motors in Paoli, Pennsylvania.

After about four years in Spencer’s care, during which it was reportedly never driven in the rain, the car entered a long line of enthusiast owners and enjoyed nearly four decades of concours appearances. Its first recorded outing came at the 1986 FCA Annual Meet in Palm Beach, where it earned First in Class. Over the ensuing decades, the Ferrari continued to appear at various concours and FCA events, garnering accolades—most notably the 1990 FCA National Preservation Award. It displayed just 22,314 miles at the time of cataloguing.

Regarded as a more approachable counterpart to the ferocious Daytona, the 365 GTC/4 delivers no less in Italian luxury and V-12 thrills, garnering it enduring appeal among the truly passionate Ferrari faithful.