Ferrari 250 TR : Time For Tea?

Can a replica ever be faithful to the real thing? Man who built his own 250 Testa Rossa makes his case, in style

Man wants Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa, man can't afford Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa. A situation most of us can probably relate to. Man builds own Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa? Now we enter the realms of controversy - does anyone have the 'right' to simply build something they couldn't otherwise afford to own? It's led to some horrors - anyone remember the DIY Zonda? - but in this instance we've got something a bit more special. For starters this one is based on a genuine body, underpinned by as faithful a collection of parts as owner and builder Peter Giacobbi could assemble. And he's more than averagely blessed with talent and resources. And pleasingly blase about health and safety when bench testing Ferrari V12s.

In typical Petrolicious style the story is indulgently and beautifully recounted and Peter would appear to know how to pedal his recreated 250 TR. It'd take a hard heart to find anything wrong in this, especially when the finished product is so spectacular.

And how cool does that hand finished aluminium panelwork look?

Watch it here.