Peter Lombardo Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 (edited) Obviously, the Ferrari Enzo, since introduced in 2002 is a fantastic car, even by today's standards, but to be perfectly honest, the shape of the body always left me a bit cold. It is too "truck like" for my taste. Too angled and not smooth enough. Remember the 330 P4 from the mid sixties? It always got my attention. So rounded and sensual. Sexy by anyone's standards. Well, a few years ago I got, for free, a Revell Enzo kit. I have the Tamiya kit, which one day I will build, along with the LaFerrari and FXXK. But the Revell kit was expendable, so is offering up its engine, chassis and the interior tub for a car of my design. My inspiration for the design of this car is the a fore mentioned 330 P4. I did a quick side elevation rendering of the Enzo and the P4, and then my design, borrowing much from the P4, but adding a bubble top to the design. The chassis of the Enzo is used without any modification to the engine mount, placement of the interior and the wheelbase. I was thinking about how, back in the day, Ferrari would build a chassis and have a custom coach builder craft a "one off" custom designed body. That is basically my thinking here. I sketched out the basic design and then carved the shape out of sign foam. I then vacuum formed the body and the clear bubble top. Here is the side elevation of the 2002 Enzo, followed by a quick side elevation of the 330 P4 and then the Bollo that I designed so I think you can follow the progression of the design. The 330 P4 And then the Bollo design. Here is a 3/4 front view I worked up The plan is to have the back part of the bubble tilt up and the front section to tilt up and forward, then the doors slide into the body and under the seats to allow easy entry into the cockpit. Here is the mold buck for the vacuum formed body Here are the buck and the "raw" formed body Here is the buck, body and clear body that will provide the bubble top (and my big toe), once tinted darker. Here is a side shot of the clear body and the molded body the molded body Here is a very early under construction shot On this you can see I was experimenting with a few different designs for air scopes and exits. This shot gives you a better idea of how it will look as it gets closer to the finish The headlights will have multiple LED lights running from the top of the fender forward and the amber turn signals are the on the bottom from left to right Rear shot without spoiler And finally, a shot looking down on it..... there is a ton of work to be done to this, the rear spoiler and lower extended body panels are not added yet.so it will be in the "shop" for some time, but I wanted to get this on the forum so I will be forced to finish it. Edited December 7, 2017 by Peter Lombardo Get the pictures to show properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Sure sounds cool, but the images don't appear to be showing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 (edited) Sure sounds cool, but the images don't appear to be showing. Same here. Maybe from an old Photobucket account? Edited November 24, 2017 by sjordan2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mod3l Lover Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Yes, I would love to see these photos!! Please!?! David S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Ohhhh...... that's cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabbricaP Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Very cool. Looking great so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerN Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Wow . . . I know how challenging customs can be, but this . . . Great work, both design and execution! Keep it going! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dann Tier Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 First off....great work here, secondly.....where did you get your vacuum former from?......always wanted to try one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZTony8 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Slightly reminiscient of the Howmet TX turbine racer from the late Sixties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aurfalien Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Hi, This is killer and right up my alley. Thanks for posting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisdonm Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Oh boy, Peter's at it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Lombardo Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 6 hours ago, ZTony8 said: Slightly reminiscient of the Howmet TX turbine racer from the late Sixties. I was not familiar with that car, just googled it.... yeah, a little in the front, but that car, the Howmet, reminds me of the Chaparral coupe more than anything else with a little Porsche 956 front end thrown in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Lombardo Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 On 11/25/2017 at 4:35 PM, Dann Tier said: First off....great work here, secondly.....where did you get your vacuum former from?......always wanted to try one. Sorry, I do not remember where, exactly, it came from.... we found it on line, some guy in Texas, if I remember correctly makes them.... I think , about 18 years ago we paid just under $100 for it... I would just google "Vacuum form machine" and see what comes up. Shouldn't be that hard to find one.... and thanks for the kind words on the build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da_ashman Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 You & James Glickenhaus had pretty much the same idea... Great work so far, cant wait to see more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Lombardo Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 I have made a bit of progress with this build..... originally I was planning some sort of red for the color, unt at the last changed my mind to a gun metal with a micro gold flake high lite. . This is a far cry from done... the interior is not complete and the body is just resting on the chassis, the doors are taped into place and the lights are not complete yet. The body paint needs some work and a solid polishing once it is fully dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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