RE: Official Rendering: Ferrari P4/5 Competizione
Monday 2nd August 2010
Last week we brought you the build story and behind-the-scenes images of wealthy Ferrari enthusiast James Glickenhaus's project to create a unique Ferrari endurance racer; today we bring you a rendering of how that car will look.
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As the image shows, the P4/5 C gets a more agressive front splitter than the 2006 Pininfarina P4/5, and will also be treated to a sprinkling of styling cues from the classic P3/4 and 412P Ferrari sports racers.
Official Rendering: Ferrari P4/5 Competizione
A sneak peek at how James Glickenhaus's Ferrari Nurburgring racer will look
The Ferrari P4/5 Competizione - like the Enzo-derived P4/5 Pininfarina special on which the Competizione's styling is based - harks back to the P series Ferrari sports cars of the late 1960s and early 1970s. It will also reveal no evidence whatsoever of the Ferrari F430 Scuderia chassis and F430 GT2 running gear that have sacrificed themselves for its creation.
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And for those wondering why Mr Glickenhaus has had to cull a Scuderia and a GT2 race car in order to make the P4/5 C, there is method in his madness: once he's done racing, James wants to make the P4/5 C road legal. And to do that in the US you need a road-legal donor vehicle - hence the death of the Scuderia.
Discussion
If only I had the money. I could possibly manage a Metro/6R4 conversion (minus the engine, brakes, running gear etc etc)Something like this: 
Regardless of money though the chap needs some balls to take on such a project, imagine if it doesn't work!
Regardless of money though the chap needs some balls to take on such a project, imagine if it doesn't work!
Edited by PetrolAholic on Monday 2nd August 09:43
PetrolAholic said:
If only I had the money. I could possibly manage a Metro/6R4 conversion (minus the engine, brakes, running gear etc etc)Something like this:
Regardless of money though the chap needs some balls to take on such a project, imagine if it doesn't work!
Wow!!! Thats a beauty. I am now off to trade in my porker and buy this.Regardless of money though the chap needs some balls to take on such a project, imagine if it doesn't work!
Edited by PetrolAholic on Monday 2nd August 09:43
Any reason the 430 he chose was a scuderia? I would have thought he's only using the basic chassis, so surely a stock 430 would have been just as good?
IIRC the weight saving on the scud over the standard car is not much and its probalby mostly in the stuff the James is going to throw away.. doors, engine cover, seats, wheels, brakes etc. etc.?
Puzzled.
Very pretty race car though!
IIRC the weight saving on the scud over the standard car is not much and its probalby mostly in the stuff the James is going to throw away.. doors, engine cover, seats, wheels, brakes etc. etc.?
Puzzled.
Very pretty race car though!
It's great, all except rectangular gaping mouth, there's a difference between slavishly aping the orginal and taking styling signature cues from the original, now I can only assume the very squareness of it's mouth (unlike the original eliptical vent) is modern aero,air flow, but it's squareness sits badly with the nice curves of the rest of the car in my humblest of opinions, needs more work, otherwise to paraphrase the movie 'Delieverance' "you sure ain't gotta pretty mouth!"
Northern Munkee said:
It's great, all except rectangular gaping mouth, there's a difference between slavishly aping the orginal and taking styling signature cues from the original, now I can only assume the very squareness of it's mouth (unlike the original eliptical vent) is modern aero,air flow, "
Perhaps the guy using the surfacing s/w hasn't got to grips with compound curves yet. The front looks like a he's a real beginner, or maybe he is using a very basic package. Whatever the reason the front looks s
te.PetrolAholic said:
If only I had the money. I could possibly manage a Metro/6R4 conversion (minus the engine, brakes, running gear etc etc)Something like this:
Regardless of money though the chap needs some balls to take on such a project, imagine if it doesn't work!
cheered me thanks.Regardless of money though the chap needs some balls to take on such a project, imagine if it doesn't work!
Edited by PetrolAholic on Monday 2nd August 09:43
rob.e said:
Any reason the 430 he chose was a scuderia? I would have thought he's only using the basic chassis, so surely a stock 430 would have been just as good?
IIRC the weight saving on the scud over the standard car is not much and its probalby mostly in the stuff the James is going to throw away.. doors, engine cover, seats, wheels, brakes etc. etc.?
Puzzled.
Very pretty race car though!
Im not sure why its a scud over a standard 430, saves hauling all the carpets and crap out I guess? I know its not enzo based like the first one because they dont allow carbon chassis in the N24. He that posted himself somewhere.IIRC the weight saving on the scud over the standard car is not much and its probalby mostly in the stuff the James is going to throw away.. doors, engine cover, seats, wheels, brakes etc. etc.?
Puzzled.
Very pretty race car though!
PetrolAholic said:
If only I had the money. I could possibly manage a Metro/6R4 conversion (minus the engine, brakes, running gear etc etc)Something like this:
Regardless of money though the chap needs some balls to take on such a project, imagine if it doesn't work!
Made me laugh. Wonder why he chose a 5 door?Regardless of money though the chap needs some balls to take on such a project, imagine if it doesn't work!
Edited by PetrolAholic on Monday 2nd August 09:43
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