Thread: more,, "Induction Noise"

The car above is the real deal. Not only is it one of only 25 166 Barchetta’s made but indeed one of the first prototype cars. This car is fitted with a 2 liter Formula 2 engine that has a gear driven camshaft rather than the usual chain drive. So what makes this car so special, other than the fact that it is one a few remaining cars of it’s type? Well, as anyone who has read any Ferrari history knows will tell you, Enzo Ferrari was not a nostalgic man when it came to his machines. The cars were merely tools to win the race. When they were beyond repair or became obsolete, often they were simply scrapped. Either that, or they were cannibalized to keep other cars running.
The 166 Barchetta was fitted with several different engines, windscreens, fenders and other racing type mods throughout the models’ short lifespan. That this car (and the others that remain) is more by pure luck than anything else. It would be great to hear it’s full history. It was likely sold to a driver or customer at some point and so managed to escape the scrap heap.
This special car was mechanically restored by Ferrari expert Marcel Massini who wisely chose to leave the body in as found condition. This machine shows each battle scar and every talented hammer blow that formed it’s shape and returned that shape to original after each incident. The car graced the September/October 2006 cover of Ferraristi magazine Cavallino and was shown to some lucky public at the 2007 Cavallino Classic.

I guessing a hands free kit wouldn't work in that unless you could use a megaphone as the speaker

Very similar to the Austin Healy 3000 another great looking car, which i had the pleasure of driving, loud and fast.

Nice looking car Pete.

Baz.

What an awesome beast!!!

Can tell it is a race engine - no air filters!!!!

Looks very much like the engine in the 212 Export I once owned. It had three t-branch air cleaners though, not ram tubes.

It boggles my brain that its a V12,,,

a TWO Litre V12,,

talk about a buzz bomb

When I was in Italy helping Michele fit longfields to his 90, I was lucky enough to see one of these:



Along with lots of other cool stuff. Who knows what it is???

Ferrari's earliest V12's were 1.5 litres supercharged. I am sure the one raced here in the 1950's by Dick Cobden had a 1.5 and a 2 litre at different times. BRM had a 1.5 litre V16 twin stage supercharged at that time. Gilera or Guzzi had a 500cc V8 motorcycle engine. Maserati made a four cam V6 1 litre for either Guzzi or Gilera for 1000km. races in the 1960's. Small displacement multi-cylinder engines were not uncommon.

ahem,,,


Simply dubbed 33, the new racer made its debut in the 1967 season. In later years the cars were known as 33/2 for their 2 litre displacement, to distinguish them from the larger engined evolutions. In competition trim the high revving quad-cam V8 was good for at least 270 bhp. It made a victorious debut at a hillclimb in Belgium, but reliability issues dominated the rest of the season. For 1968 a slightly revised engine and new bodywork improved both performance and reliability. After its debut race the 1968 33/2 is now commonly referred to as Daytona. Alfa Romeo finished third in the World Championship.

Featured is one of the first four 33/2s constructed and raced in 1967. It is easily distinguishable from later models because of the airbox style intake, which also gave it is 'Pericopica' nick-name. The pictured example is the the third Tipo 33 built and one of the three survivors of the 1967 cars. It is seen here during the 2005 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance where Alfa Romeo was the featured marque.