Saw this beauty today at Scottsdale C&C. Didn't even bother looking at anything else.

 

Wow that is beautiful!

 

Would love to see more images and info on this!

 

What was the doner car?

 

So would I. Sorry for the few crap iPhone pics. Done as an afterthought.

No idea.

 

Duh. Russo and Steele are in town. Saw their sticker on the windshield. 2+2....

Russo and Steele Collector Automobiles

 

2200lbs.

 

What he said

 

Hello, this car was built by good friends of mine. They are father and son.

As you already know, it is a replica of a Ferrari P4 race car. The body and chassis were manufactured in England some time ago. Somehow they made their way to Arizona and sat behind someone's shop for 16 years. My friends (Trevor and Joe), experienced car builders, bought the chassis and body as a starting point. Joe has extensive experience working on race cars and therefore nearly every system on the car has been engineered from that perspective.

The engine is a 3.0 V-8 taken a Ferrari 308. Originally a wet sump engine, a new oil pan was fabricated and it was converted to dry dump. The oil tank is a custom fabricated unit which sits ahead of the passenger compartment. The oil also runs through an oil cooler behind the driver (right-side of the car). The engine has four Weber carbs topped with a custom airbox and intake tract designed and fabricated by Trevor. The headers and full exhaust were custom fabricated by Trevor out of 304 stainless steel. Those flow into electric exhaust bypass valves and (if the valves are closed) Borla mufflers. The entire exhaust system has been ceramic coated to keep underhood temperatures down. The engine cooling path was modified to have the inlet and outlet for the water on the front of the engine. An aluminum radiator with two electric cooling fans are in the front of the car. Water is carried back-and-forth by custom fabricated aluminum cooling lines.

The transmission is a 5-speed Porsche transaxle with special hardware and flywheel to adapt it to the Ferrari engine. The transaxle has been drilled and tapped for oil lines which circulate oil through a cooler behind the passenger. The ducts built into the doors are functional and scoop air to the aforementioned oil and transaxle coolers, the ducting to cool the rear brakes, and filter and feed air to the airboxes..

The suspension was engineered and fabricated by Joe and Trevor using their own modern design. The front suspension uses a Z-bar adjuster for stiffness (I call it a blade adjuster). I have ridden in the car and can attest to it's handling. It corners as well as almost any modern supercar.

The interior has carbon fiber race seats (I'm not sure of the brand, but they look like Tillett to me) and racing harnesses from Willans. The dash uses a racing cluster for gauges manufactured by Stack along with a removable steering wheel. All the upholstery in the interior was cut and sewn by Trevor.

The brakes are disc brakes from Wilwood. It's a light car and stops extremely well.

An interesting point about this car is that it has air conditioning that works very well (we live in Arizona). It's a Vintage Air unit. The front engine accessory drive and brackets were all custom fabricated to locate the accessories just where they needed them.

There are some youtube videos that I made of the car here.

Also, here are some photos I took when they took the car to Firebird Raceway for a promotional video shoot.















I know I'm missing a bunch of stuff, but as you can see most everything is custom-fabricated.

Thanks,

Mark.