Ferrari Breadvan Hommage Revealed As One-Off Retro Shooting Brake

The spirit of the 1962 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Breadvan is alive and properly virtually 6 a long time later as coachbuilder Niels van Roij Style and design is unveiling a fashionable tribute. Initially introduced in early 2019, the one particular-off prancing horse with a boxy bottom has been completed following reworking a 550 Maranello into a retro-flavored taking pictures brake.

Considerably like in the glory times of coachbuilding, the Breadvan Hommage’s body was hand-crushed to attain the final condition harkening again to the Le Mans racer of the early 1960s when it was dubbed the “La Camionnette” (very little truck) or “Breadvan.” The similarities go on at the entrance where by the one particular-off Prancing Horse boasts twin air vents molded following those of the first Breadvan.

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Niels van Roij Design’s supply of inspiration experienced 6 Weber carburetors piercing as a result of the hood while remaining guarded by a plastic protect. The exceptional 550 Maranello mimics that search with a cutout in the hood for a crystal clear bubble, and you are going to recognize the headlights ended up also tailor-created for the Breadvan Hommage. The round lights mounted on the entrance bumper bolster the visible connection with the first.

If you are wondering what portion of the exterior has been carried about from the donor car, the reply would have to be the windscreen. The menacing quad exhaust is also exclusive to the sporty taking pictures brake, as are the facet louvers behind the home windows created from plastic to help you save pounds. The entire bodywork following the facet home windows was created from a one aluminum shell so that there would not be a shut line.

Niels van Roij Style and design has also created pretty a handful of modifications within where by it has fitted retro-styled dials and switchgear from milled aluminum. Quilted black leather is merged with blue Alcantara upholstery for the body-hugging seats featuring a carbon fiber shell. Door straps bridge the connection with the 1960s race car to nicely round off the inside modifications.

The the natural way aspirated five.five-liter V12 motor stays unchanged, developing 478 horsepower and 419 pound-feet (568 Newton-meters) of torque in a car that weighs slightly a lot less than a inventory 550 Maranello, which tips the scales at one,716 kilograms (3,783 pounds) in OEM configuration. Wheel dimension was bumped by two inches to a twenty-inch set wrapped in Vredestein tires, while the bespoke Koni shocks are adjustable to mirror those of the 1962 Breadvan.

Niels van Roij Style and design is no stranger to taking pictures brake conversions, and this one particular may possibly be its most magnificent get the job done still.