This has just surfaced on line.

Text from Autoblog:
"There are no shortage of reasons why we love the Ferrari P4/5, and by extension, owner Jim Glickenhaus for bringing it to fruition. The Pininfarina-penned one-off drew its inspiration and design cues from the legendary P3/4, one of the most achingly beautiful – and devastatingly fast – Ferraris ever devised. Just one problem: the original P3/4 was a homologated race car, harking back to the days when you could drive your machinery to the track, race for the day and then blast back home. Those days are far behind us, but that's no problem for our old friend Jim. He'll just make another one.

And so was born the P4/5 Competition project, creating a racing version to compliment the street-legal coachbuilt special. Unlike the Enzo-based road car, Glickenhaus chose to base the Competizione model on an amalgamation of F430 underpinnings, using the 430 Scuderia's chassis (to ensure that it would be able to be converted back to street use once its racing days were over) and the F430 GT2's drivetrain to keep it up to speed with the competition.

The project is now well under way, and Jim has released the rendering you see above to give us a heads-up on what the final product will look like. Of course the design is largely the same as the P4/5 roadcar, but upgrades with some race-specific components, from the front splitter to the rear wing and a livery inspired by racing Ferraris of yore. Reports indicate that it will be classified as an experimental racer in the same vein as the Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid. For our part, we can't wait to see it turn its wheels in anger at some of the world's most legendary circuits."





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. 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. 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.

 

Its Jim's project

 

Yeah, he normally posts under the nick "Napolis".

This is news and pics from last year already, would be interesting to see some updates though.

He is using a Scuderia to convert instead of an Enzo like he did with the P4/5.

 

sorry didnt realise it was a re post saw it on another site thats all

 

The thread on F-Chat has recent/updated pictures including the "donor" Scud. being stripped and the second "donor" car with various parts including engine and body panels exposed. FWIW.

-Not SilverOne

 

Wow...I had not heard the news. Met Glickenhaus at Concourse a few years back, very nice guy.

 

The side profile has some beautiful lines.

 

saw the car at this years concours in CT, that P4/5 is amazing!!!

 

Update:
Here is the link to their FB page with photos and progress on the project.

P 4/5 Competizione | Facebook

 

thanks for posting...had somewhat forgotten about this project!!! good to see its coming along