James Glickenhaus has revealed more about the thinking behind the gorgeous, curvy Ferrari P4/5, which we reported on Monday this week (see story link below). He carved it out of a Ferrari Enzo at a cost of $4 million.
It turns out the initiative for the car came from Pininfarina. The design house approached Glickenhaus, and asked him if he was interested in commissioning a one-off car. Glickenhaus said he'd be interested in a car that looked like a P4 but built on an Enzo chassis.
Developing the street-legal Enzo-based P4/5 soon took up the man's time -- and that of his friend and personal mechanic, Sal Barone, who has restored Glickenhaus' car collection. Both spent considerable time in Turin as a result.
Glickenhaus reckoned that he got good value for the money he spent -- and that he'll be at only the Concours d'Elegance at Pebble Beach and the Paris Motor Show because he wants to spend more time enjoying driving the car.
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Picture by James Glickenhaus