Ferrari 330 P4 Targa Florio 1967

Trisha said:

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Nice build. A lot of work with excellent results. Looking forward to Kit Spackman finishing his green, Piper car, too.

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Now the first painting looks a bit odd(at least to me), so I wonder if its a recall from an event kept in memory or just invented.

The religious man, the men in suits with others in t shirt and of course the (drunk?) man with bottles of wine at the edge of the road, fact that man(drunk?) seems to "steal" the attention to the whole painting.

Of course Im pretty ignorant at paint techniques and styles.

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GDS

The Targa Florio attracted roughly 1 million spectators around the 44-mile course each year. Not all of them were shining, church-going examples of sobriety and squeaky-clean moral fibre. Sicily has something of a reputation...

All, however, loved motor racing, and rarely missed this extraordinary opportunity for a huge party alfresco.

After the event each year, most Italians recreated the motor racing by driving their Fiat 500s flat out - everywhere - for days on end.

Advise you to watch Gripping's vid in the 1:1 section of SFI, posted today.

Trisha said:

GDS

The Targa Florio attracted roughly 1 million spectators around the 44-mile course each year. Not all of them were shining, church-going examples of sobriety and squeaky-clean moral fibre. Sicily has something of a reputation...

All, however, loved motor racing, and rarely missed this extraordinary opportunity for a huge party alfresco.

After the event each year, most Italians recreated the motor racing by driving their Fiat 500s flat out - everywhere - for days on end.

Advise you to watch Gripping's vid in the 1:1 section of SFI, posted today.

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Thanks counselor, always glad to learn something new everyday.

Now with the explanation everything makes sense. 👍

Cheers

That's a lovely model - congratulations! The P4 Spyder is difficult to convert from the coupe, lots of small differences and a some big ones at the rear.

Best wishes

Andy

A nice conversion that has been well executed.

Love the painting, looking for a young Montalbano, my friend Joel has given me a converted Scalextric P3 to tune, sounds like the engine cover needs a remake to be correct.

Thank you for your nice comments and sorry for the late answer. I only fixed today the topics follow up.

@Trisha I love the paintings you posted. They really communicate the Targa Florio atmosphere.

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Thank you for your generous and most kind comment. I've felt nothing but enduring passion for the Targa since I first went to Italy as a kid. Wasn't lucky enough to get as far as Sicily for the race, and by the time it ended in 1973, I was busy doing other things.

I don't want to be told that it continued after 1973. It did not. Like the RAC Rally, Mille Miglia and other similar events, the Targa has gone for good.

I've competed in a few so-called historic competitions. Most are truly awful. Pathetic, even, and they don't fool me. Never will. Whom the organisers are trying to kid is all beyond me.

Old men of my age pretending to be Fangio? Grow old, grow up and stay at home. All less embarrassing.