Scuderia Glickenhaus P4/5 Competizione

'Napolis - *raises can of Coke* to you and yours... Scuderia.

 

Agree. In fact, I'll see your "mad" and raise you an "insanely mad."

I am surprised that some coach builder has not put Michael on permanent retainer.

 

My guess (and it's the medicine talking) is that it would be a one-off recreation of a P3 tube chassis modified to fit a modern Enzo or FXX engine and drivetrain, rebodied to look similar to P4/5 and given the chassis code 0847

Far-fetched? http://www.superformance.com/gt40.aspx

 

...Jim, what kind of road does one go on in order to find sponsorship?

I'm sure you could call the corporate offices of banks to let them know of an opportunity to put their name on something like this. Not to mention Ferrari dealerships.



_J

 

....and, thus far, no calls back eh?

You can't just run it independently, without a major sponsor? I'm saying, you'r Firm's name and a dealership as well as FerrariChat... No more than that. Could it be done that easily, or are you searching for a big name?



_J

 

By my WAG, this is going to take a big pile of cash. Any sponsor will need to be someone with some degree of mass market appeal to those who will watch the race, follow the race team, etc. to be able to see any real value. From the sponsors point of view, you need put aside how mind-blowingly cool this is and look at is based on ROI from advertising.

A Ferrari dealership will see little gain from sponsorship as they are geographically limited in their customer base. I can't speak for Glickenhaus & Co. but not sure if I can see the value to them as a company. Unless they have a "for poops and grins" fund.

That said, good luck in getting sponsorship Jim! It's great to see someone able to pursue their passions the way you do.

 

I sincerely wish you the best!

 

super cool ........

 

I think it would be perfect if you brought Ferrari back to Le Mans. How about approaching them for a sponsorship?

Time to make history.

 

The only way a major mfr. would back it is if they "played to win" ... such an exercise would be about 30-40 million when started from scratch...

 

Ring up Santander....they seem to have plenty of money available for racing these days. This would be a minor adventure for them. Ferrari 458 would be a good candidate with an Aluminum Chassis. Could be designed to fit V12 or V8 Longitudinal depending on the circuit.

 

Of course, the 599XX is pretty much ready to go.

 

woops
nevermind

 

Er... no, have a read through. It'll be mid-engined and look like a P4/5... otherwise there's no point in doing this at all.

All the best,
Andrew.

 

Jim, if you need a driver, you know where to find me.

 

I'd much rather drive. I can taste the pit babes after I've won.

 

It seems as though it's my turn to go: "whoops".

I'll just sit quietly over here in the corner...

All the best,
Andrew.