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Latest comment: 22 days ago by Mr.choppers in topic Article needs to get split

(personal attack by anon editor removed) Friday (talk) 16:39, 21 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

Racing car template

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I've had a stab at a template for racing cars (see template:Racing car) to summarise the usual data. I've used the F1 templates as a starting point and applied it to the article. If anyone's got an interest in this, please have a look at the template and modify or suggest changes as appropriate. After a few people have had a go at it and we have something we're happy with we could start to use it more widely. Note that it's not meant to be specific to F1, by the way. Cheers. 4u1e 10:36, 2 July 2006 (UTC)Reply

0846 controversy

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Since this is Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, I have edited the long-contentious discussion of 0846, the "lost" P3/4 in a way I believe to be NPOV. Please feel free to copyedit this, but please do NOT mindlessly revert all of that text. It was NOT encyclopedic. The long Ferrari letter (which is disputed in its authenticity) especially did not belong here. That's what REFERENCE tags are for. I read Glickenhaus' entire pdf and much of the thread as well and attempted to distill it to a single paragraph for the average reader. --SFoskett 20:24, 31 July 2006 (UTC)Reply

I have never seen such a long winded discussion over nothing as this issue on wiki. On both the talk page and article. I move we give the whole issue its own article and sever any links to it whatsoever. Batvette (talk) 21:32, 2 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

330 or 412?

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Is the picture of the 330 and 412 at Goodwood identical? Which one is it? - 17/1/10 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.6.140.6 (talk) 19:38, 17 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

"P" for "prototype"?

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From the article:

The 250 P was a Prototype racer...

The italics on the initial letter give the impression that the "P" in "250P" is from "prototype". While possible, this is unlikely. It is more likely that "P" means "posteriore", the Italian word for "behind", which is where the engine is. The Lamborghini Miura was similarly designated "P400", which signified "Posteriore 4 litri".

I have not yet found any references for this, but the insinuation that the "P" means "prototype" isn't cited either.

Sincerely, SamBlob (talk) 10:48, 26 March 2015 (UTC)Reply


I won't claim to be an expert on this, but I believe Ferrari used the "P" to designate that the car was built to conform to the Prototype rules used by the WSC at the time. I'm fairly certain they used "S" to designate that a car was built for the WSC's other primary category, "Sports Cars". I'm basing this entirely on the observation that, when the WSC changed the engine-displacement and homologation rules a few years later, Ferrari designed the 312P to race in the P3.0 class and the 512S to race in the S5.0 class.

Jason moyer (talk) 05:54, 13 January 2017 (UTC)Reply

275 P and 330 P

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Regarding the main page for these cars - They did not have a longer wheelbase. It was the same as the 250 P at 2400mm. Miurasvjota (talk) 18:33, 19 August 2015 (UTC)Reply

Glickenhaus P3/P4

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Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, not a forum, so slug it out somewhere else, not here! This has been going on for years, so it's time for it to stop. Thomas.W talk 12:09, 15 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

  • Since neither of the parties is willing to stop, and IPs that obviously represent the other party in the dispute have repeatedly tried to remove the post below, I'm striking my own comment. Thomas.W talk 11:05, 18 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

Ing. Forghieri had written the two documents addressed to Mr Glickenhaus dated the 23rd of February, 2016 and 14th March, 2016 based on a "tourist's glance" at Mr Glickenhaus's car at Amelia Island a few years ago and some very brief documentation that was made available to him. Ing. Forghieri stated that Mr Glickenhaus had not provided him with any documentation. He had not thoroughly inspected the chassis as Mr Glickenhaus had stated or subjected it to a technical analysis. Since writing the letters I sent some pictures of Mr Glickenhaus's chassis to Ing. Forghieri and he has confirmed that it is not the chassis he took to Daytona for testing in December, 1966. Therefore it is not the 1967 winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona as the car that won at Daytona 1967 was the car that Ing. Forghieri had tested at Daytona in December, 1966. On looking over the photographs of the chassis Ing. Forghieri had said that the rear of the of the chassis of the fake P4 ...."falsa P4 di Glickenhaus." was completely new and the biggest differences to a real one were at the front section that had not been restored.

There is also now photographic proof in the form of independent period photographs by the noted automotive journalist Karl Ludvigsen which have been posted on www.ferrarichat.com that the real Ferrari P3/P4 0846 did not retain its P3 engine mountings as Mr Glickenhaus has proposed and stated for years and that these identify his car as the real 0846. The primary engine mountings on Mr Glickenhaus's chassis have also been built to P4 plans but located in the P3 position to fit the P3 type engine with less than ideal bolt on adaptors later fitted to mount a 312 F1 36 valve engine which Mr Glickenhaus wrongly claims is a P4 engine. The photographs prove that the rear of the chassis on the real 0846 was converted to be identical to a P4 with correct P4 engine mountings to mount the Tipo 237 P4 engine with the P3 mountings removed. All this is proof the Glickenhaus chassis is not 0846 and is a replica as was bought from and described by David Piper. Miurasvjota (talk) 20:13, 17 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

Regarding the replicas I have removed the information on the main Ferrari P page as they do not belong on the same page as genuine Ferrari cars. Miurasvjota (talk) 14:19, 26 June 2017 (UTC)Reply

P4/5 has nothing whatsoever to do with the Ferrari Prototype Racing cars of the 1960s. It should not be on this page. It is quite correctly referred to in the Ferrari Enzo section which is what the car is with a different body.It is a road car not a Ferrari P racing car. Miurasvjota (talk) 21:40, 29 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

"falsa P4 di Glickenhaus" Ing. Mauro Forghieri - Designer of Ferrari 330 P3/P4 0846.

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Somebody is back on Wikipedia perpetuating the Glickenhaus misinformation that the P4 replica Mr Glickenhaus bought from David Piper is the long lost genuine Ferrari 0846 despite there now being period photographs of the real Ferrari 0846 that show the Glickenhaus/Piper chassis to be completely different proving it is not 0846. The designer of the real 0846 Ing. Forghieri has also stated on the 10th of May, 2016 that the Glickenhaus car is a "falsa P4" fake P4. See below:

After considering information and pictures sent to him of the DP0003 Glickenhaus chassis and cylinder block stampings, Ing. Mauro Forghieri, designer/creator at Ferrari of the real 330 P3/P4 #0846, sent me an email on 10th May, 2016, the content of which, in his words in Italian, is as follows below. Scroll down for English translation:

"Gent.mo Sig. Robertson Io penso che lei sia il maggiore esperto di P4 esistente.La serie di foto che mi ha inviato mi hanno fatto enorme piacere, in particolare quella della 412 s/n854 prima nuda e poi in restauro.Le devo comunque fare osservare che sia la vettura di Glinkenhaus che la vera P4 s/n 0858 non hanno il tubo da lei indicato con le frecce rosse nella foto n 4(412 P s/n0854 ) mentre hanno il tubo che lei indica sempre con le frecce nella foto n 3(dp3 arrows).Questo diversa soluzione è dovuta alle differenze tra motore 412 e 330.La parte posteriore del telaio della falsa P4 di Glinkenhaus è stata fatta nuova e questi particolari non potevano sfuggire ai carrozzieri, che avevano già costruito vere P4.E' nella parte anteriore che non è stata rifatta, che mi sembra sia la maggiore distanza dal vero.Lei dimostra comunque che la vettura di Glinkenhaus non è una P4 originale con le sue foto relative al motore,ed inoltre la posizione della stessa Ferrari, che ha negato il numero a cui è molto affezzionato Glinkenhaus,e la mia stessa convinzione negativa e quanto asserito da altri non dovrebbe fare credere che questa vettura possa essere considerata originale.Io non sono potuto andare in Sicilia per motivi di salute e di lavoro, ma sarò a Montecarlo.Ho cercato di fare chiarezza sui due tipi di telaio per evitarle commenti e problematiche. Grazie per tutto con infinite cordialità e rispetto Mauro Forghieri"

Gabriele Longoni very kindly translated Ing. Forghieri's above email which is as below:

"Dearest Mr.Robertson

I believe you are the biggest P4 expert living nowadays.

I really liked the set of pictures you sent, especially the one about 412 s/n0854 bare chassis and during restoration.

Please note, however, that both Glickenhaus’ car and the real P4 #0858 don’t have the tube you pointed with red arrows on picture n°4 (412P s/n0854) while they have the tube you point with arrows on picture n°3 (dp3 arrows).

This different configuration is because of the differences between a 412 and a 330 engine.

The rear portion of Glickenhaus’ fake P4 is completely new and these details couldn’t have been missed by coachbuilders that built real P4s.

I believe that the biggest differences from a real one are in the front section.

You, with those engine pictures, are proving that Glickenhaus’ car is not a real P4; and Ferrari’s belief too is proving it, because they refuse the number that Glickenhaus loves most; my personal negative belief then and what others said should make anyone believe that this car is original.

I could not travel to Sicily due to health and work issues, but I will go to Montecarlo.

I tried to make things more clear to avoid further problems to you.

Thanks for everything, respectfully and with the best regards.

Mauro Forghieri" Miurasvjota (talk) 16:10, 27 June 2017 (UTC)Reply

"Mugello accident"

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Ferrari states they never ran a P4 mule at the Mugello road course in 1967 or 1968, neither by Scuderia Ferrari nor by the Customer Department in Modena. From 1966 and 1967 all log book are available (racing activities and testing). Press was invited on every test at Aerautodromo Modena, Vallelunga, Monza or Pergusa. No Ferrari factory drivers or clients were involved in an accident with a P4 after the BOAC 500 1967. Ferrari's next test was in 1968 with the 312 P at Monza. Thomas75ferrari (talk) 21:38, 29 June 2017 (UTC)Reply

Restorations & More of Ferrari P cars

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ASI and FIVA not qualified to determine the authenticity/originality of Piper DP003 as Ferrari Prototype 0846.

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Claims are being made that the owner of the P4 replica DP003 built by David Piper has had the car authenticated as the original Ferrari 0846 by the ASI and FIVA. These bodies do not have the authority or the expertise to determine the authenticity of a Ferrari Prototype. Ferrari have stated that 0846 no longer exists and there is substantial photographic proof that this Piper P4 replica is not 0846. Miurasvjota (talk) 02:22, 25 December 2017 (UTC)Reply

Ferrari 250 LM article?

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Ferrari 250 LM should be an article, like Ferrari 250 GTO, not just a redirect here. Unlike the real low number prototype models, it was "mass produced" by the dozens with intent to (h)omologate it as GT. That failed, but it became a Gr.4 sportscar in 1966, somehow, but was mostly beaten by the GT40 in the same class. Some 4+ years of race history 1964 to 1967 when a 250LM won class at Brands Hatch. Question for experts: well after the 1965 LM24 win, a private Ferrari 250LM chassis won a major World Championship round for Ferrari, yet noone seems to care. 2003:C6:3748:E8EB:B1AA:21AC:112F:6EBA (talk) 22:15, 24 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

Article needs to get split

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This article was created in 2005 as a list of all Ferrari P sportscars from 1963 to 1967, plus the LM. It is overdue to get split into articles that cover at least model ranges with same engine size. As most talk focuses on the 330P4 chassis controversies, I suggest that this article gets moved to Ferrari 330P to contain all the big engine stuff and Wiki-history, while Ferrari 250 P, Ferrari 250 LM and Ferrari 275 P are created as new articles from scratch rather than redirecting into this mess here. ~2026-36827-05 (talk) 23:24, 4 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

I think that's fair, support split along these lines.  Mr.choppers |   05:25, 5 July 2026 (UTC)Reply