P4 Replica

2. More engine and body stuff

This log entry details dropping the tall Ford engine and transmission into the chassis to fabricate custom engine mounts. It explores the challenges of lowering the engine's center of gravity,...

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4. Continuing the roof and tail chop

I've finally found a few spare hours to continue with the body mods and write a little about it. In a previous thrilling episode I cut and reshaped the roof and upper mid bulkhead panels to a more pleasing shape and profile. Time now to glue all the pieces back together. My trusty Powerfile was the weapon of choice for this job...

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3. Cockpit Layout

When we designed the cockpit layout of the Foreman Mk4 some twenty years ago we had to make it as universal as possible within it's size and shape restraints whilst still retaining the period flavour of the original 1967 race car. The Mk4 was never conceived as a replica race car but as a road-going sports car that looked like Ferrari's classic P4. All...

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1. P4 Build First Post

Exactly twenty years after ordering their first kit car, the authors embark on building one final, ultimate family heirloom: a Foreman Mk4 Ferrari P4 Replica. Left with a bare chassis...

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