The fabulous Ferrari P3/4 series of sports-prototype racing cars are currently some of the most highly valued and coveted of all post-war thoroughbreds, commanding values expressed in millions.

The original series of P3 works team cars were produced for the 1966 endurance racing season in which they won the Monza l,000kms (co-driven by John Surtees/Michael Parkes) and the Spa 1,000kms (Parkes/Ludovico Scarfiotti).

The Ferrari P3s used 4.0-litre 24-valve fuel-injected four-cam V12 engines and it took an entire fleet of 7.0-litre Ford Mark II cars to beat them.

For 1967 Enzo Ferrari determined to exact revenge and in the opening World Championship race of the season - the Daytona 24-Hours - the factory team of new 330P4 cars, supported by NART’s updated P3/4, swept home in line-abreast formation to finish 1, 2, 3.

The drivers on that historic occasion were Lorenzo Bandini/Chris Amon in the winning P4, Scarfiotti/Parkes in 2nd place and Pedro Rodriguez/Jean Guichet 3rd.

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