Some sources have misconstrued the story of Clapton’s 365 GTC. GQ and CARHP claim that Clapton bought Harrison’s Ferrari, repainted it to silver, then changed it again to white. However, according to Hagerty (quote from Clapton’s autobiography), Harrison actually gave him the phone number to his Ferrari dealer (not the car itself), and Clapton immediately ordered one “like George’s,” saying he paid “a princely sum of four grand” for it (via Hagerty). This is despite not having a license or knowing how to drive a stick shift (via GQ).
GQ’s color misconception might stem from the fact that between 2003 and 2010, a 1969 Ferrari 365 GTC Berlinetta traded hands several times, including a relatively short stint with Clapton. During those seven years, though, the color changed from Polar White to silver, back to Polar White (via Bonhams). At a 2013 Bonham auction in the UK, the car sold for £578,300 (somewhere around $772,000). However, this is not the 365 GTC Clapton first purchased in the late 60s, as noted in his autobiography, but it’s possibly being mistaken as such.
Per Ferrari, the two-seat 365 GTC coupe replaced the 330 GTC in late 1968, and was produced until 1970. It came with a 267-ci V12 producing 320 horsepower, mated to a 5-speed manual transmission, with a top speed of 155 mph. Only 168 were made, and one in “good” condition will cost $681,000 more — average sale price is $685,000 — than Clapton paid for his new (via Hagerty).
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