Ferrari Database

Perhaps a known one but I only discovered it recently. A very interesting website containing much information about each model produced with supporting details:

http://www.ferraridatabase.com/

So together with the Dutch Ferrari register I added these to the club section. Happy browsing.

To give an insight, even this rare one-off by David Levy based on the Ferrari 400 is listed. I only became aware of this one via the Fchat forum:

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/365-gt4-2-2-400-412/434008-david-levys-transformed-400-412-a.html

Update 20-5-2020: via Facebook I got ahold of this addiotional info:

Australian David Levy’s bespoke Ferrari began life as a RHD 400 that he rebodied with what began as an Intermeccanica body. That short sentence greatly oversimplifies the challenges, effort and the achievement of his twenty year project. His objective was always to build his own car on Ferrari mechanicals that would not be a replica of any of the Ferrari models that he greatly loved, but would draw styling cues from them.

The engine is a 400 (not 400i) with high compression pistons and different cam profiles. Due to the width of the engine (with DCOE carburettors), it would not fit inside the inner guards so David machined off the inlet trumpets and cast new inlets to take downdraft throttle bodies the engine runs on Haltech EFI and makes lots of horsepower. Since the original Webers would no longer foul on the pedal box, he was able to move the engine much further back in the chassis, also.

He was never happy with the twin bonnet scoops which were a necessity to fit the intake system, but he later found some shorter units that allowed him to do away the bulges. He made a new bonnet skin starting with a Jaguar XJ6 roof skin.

One of the last modifications he made (shortly before he lost a long battle with cancer in 2012), was to fit wire wheels to replace the original wheels that he had designed and cast. These were quite flat faced due to the need to get the wide track of the 400 under a narrower body. This is not nearly as obvious with wire wheels fitted.

The interior is trimmed in dark green hides. The air-conditioning unit is mounted behind the seats so as not to spoil the period look of the dash.