Tokyo: Museum quality usually reflects perfection. Whatever the subject matter – whether it be art, rocks, or automobiles – whatever is in the museum must, in the end, accurately reflect the period from which it originates as a timeless artifact. A thick layer of dust covered this 1969 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona in 2017. The Ferrari Museum in Modena chose to display it exactly as it was discovered.

That's why the car is completely dirty. After initially being sold in 1969 to an acquaintance of Enzo Ferrari, the car was delivered to Japan in 1971.

It had three different owners before coming under the care of Makoto Takai, where he kept it for nearly 40 years. It is unclear why Takai chose to store it rather than use it for transport, but several people tried unsuccessfully to buy it from him. The car was discovered and sold in 2017 for over $1.86 million, through RM Sotheby's.

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The vehicle has not been touched or restored since that time. It still has a substantial layer of dust and is in its original condition when it was stored in the early 1970s.

It also has genuine provenance as it is the only Daytona with an aluminum body made by Scaglietti. Electric windows and lightweight plexiglass headlights are additional features.

Luciano Conti, the close friend of Ferrari mentioned earlier, would have been a great friend if he had been given one of the rarest Ferraris in existence.

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Since 2017, the car has been kept in barn-find condition by the new owner, who loaned it to the Ferrari Museum in Modena. It sounds totally contradictory, but I can't imagine how much care was taken to keep the car from getting so dirty.

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A clean car is easier to maintain than an original, prized Japanese dust-covered car. It is up to the owner to decide whether it will ever be restored. If it were up to me, I'd take it for a quick lap around the block.