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08/08/2026 5:23 pm
Ferrari #0838 365P2 had an interesting life. It was built as a customer car for the North American Racing Team (NART) in 1965. In 1966 it was rebodied by Piero Drogo to make it more aerodynamic and became what was known as 'The White Elephant'. It raced at Le Mans in 1966 and 1967 but did not finish either race. It was sold by NART and rebodied again by Piero Drogo and raced in the United States in 1969. Sometime in the 1970's it was restored to its original body and can now be seen at classic Ferrari gatherings. It is unusual, even in the hands of 'Privateers' for a car like this to have such a long life, let alone being rebodied three times!
I do not have a model of the original NART car - the Yellow 365 P2 raced by Ecurie Francorchamps is it's stand in.
08/08/2026 7:26 pm
Neat story.... but not so rare as I learned while doing my '69 Charger project (still ongoing ). A very similar scenario took place regarding the real '69 Dodge. It was re-bodied, raced for years under different owners, had several different paint schemes and was ultimately restored to original about 10 years ago.
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09/08/2026 3:02 pm
So when are you going to finish that project? I loved NASCAR back when the rules didn't force all the cars to be virtually the same. Just like I loved the old days of road racing when cars were actually campaigned - sometimes for years - Now it is 'one and done' for the most part. I think these days about the only part of a race car that goes through the entire season without replacement is the dashboard.
09/08/2026 3:26 pm
"So when are you going to finish that project?"
Good question - despite ALL that I've done (which is posted in detail in Handicrafts Forum ) there's still much to do.
The original Ertl rims were hideous but to get PROPER late 1960's NASCAR rims I had to commission a 3-D printer to make them (the gold ones you see ) for me as NONE are commercially available in 1/18 scale.
Before I use them however, I want to make molds and cast a few sets for other projects. Then I can begin on finishing up this project. Stay tuned! 😎 😎 😎
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