Regarding #0844's 1966 racing history, as stated in the article: "It competed at Sebring, the Targa Florio, and at Le Mans in ’66....", what about Monza and Spa, which #0844 is stated to have won in 1966, which I'd have also have said that were its most significant races?
Hi, I fully agree, but would just like to point out that maybe they think their target audience might not know about Spa and Monza! Cheers!
I dunno, reading the article they hand hammered the body made in the UK, corrected a few things "using outside vendors", but the only mention of the engine is that it was "numbers matching".... So it's still the Can Am displacement, or did I miss a rebuild in the UK??? I kind of "quit watching" when they tossed the Can Am body aside....it's lovely now of course.....
Great example why I don’t waste time reading magazines. Talk about a shallow fluff piece with very little, if any, substance and matching pictorial. About as interesting and revealing as weather forecast from a politician.
This is why your knowledge may be lacking and where you miss developments. From this short article a very significant fact was discovered, which was that #0844 has been Ferrari Classiche Certified as a P3/412 P.
You are mixing this car up with others. The body was not made in the UK. P3/412 P 0844 never had the 330 4 litre displacement enlarged to 350/4.2 litres when it was converted to a 330 Can Am (or 412 P Can Am), as was the case with 330 P4s 0858 and 0860 when they were converted to 350 Can Ams.
Significant how or to whom ? It’s not my car nor will I ever own it or any other P cars, not my cup of tea. If I was asked to work on one, I probably would, but if Ferrari certified any as a space shuttle or garden pottery, I wouldn’t loose any sleep over that “fact”. Besides, if the owner of 0844 is happy with the certificate, …
It was ready in November 21 for the Finali Mondali and the showcase for the Daytona SP3 Icona. See video here.
Here's a good summary of what we at Symbolic Motor Car Company did in-house to 0844 in San Diego, California USA, back in the late-1990s. Painstaking efforts were made to retain as much of the original coachwork as possible when returning it to its original Berlinetta configuration, etc. Admittedly, the aluminum which was re-sectioned was shaped using the English wheel method (rather than with a hammer over a wooden buck). http://maestroferrari.blogspot.com/2009/12/
When we took 0844 (together with 250 GT Sperimentale #2643 GT) to the 50 Anni celebrations in Rome and Maranello (1997), it was still in its open Can-Am configuration.
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When Ferrari restored 0844, I wonder if there was perhaps a missed opportunity to restore it as the Works 330 P3, in which form it won 2 major races, Monza and Spa in 1966, rather than the Concessionaires spec P3/412P, in which form its best result was at Daytona 1967. Surely worth more too in a Works spec rather than a Customer spec and would be unique as a 330 P3?