{"product_id":"ferrari-330-p3-4-0l-v12-coupe-team-ferrari-sefac-n-21-24h-le-mans-1966-lorenzo-bandini-jean-guichet-red","title":"Ferrari 330 P3 Ferrari SEFAC No. 21 Bandini Guichet 24h Le Mans 1966 Top Marques 1:12","description":"\u003cblockquote class=\"vr-tldr\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eTop Marques Collectibles captures the Ferrari 330 P3 No. 21 — Bandini and Guichet's mount at Le Mans 1966 — at \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:12\u003c\/span\u003e, the last season this pure P3 specification raced before factory conversion to P3\/4.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOnly four Ferrari 330 P3 chassis were ever built, each designed specifically for the 1966 season and each subsequently converted to P3\/4 or 412 P specification. This \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:12\u003c\/span\u003e scale model from Top Marques Collectibles documents one of the most consequential motorsport contests of the 1960s: the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans, where Ford's GT40 MkII programme ended years of Ferrari dominance, leaving every rosso corsa prototype without a finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"ferrari-330-p3-the-machine\"\u003eA New Monocoque: the 330 P3 Explained\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ferrari 330 P3 represented a thorough re-engineering of the 330 P2 concept. Ferrari replaced the earlier spaceframe with a semi-monocoque aluminium structure, widened the bodywork for improved aerodynamic stability, and fitted a SOHC V12 with Lucas indirect fuel injection. Running on Firestone tyres, the car wore the traditional SEFAC red with a white roundel on the nose — the livery this model reproduces with fidelity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"le-mans-1966-ford-versus-ferrari\"\u003eLe Mans 1966: the Race That Changed the Record Books\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCar number 21 was entered by Scuderia Ferrari SEFAC and assigned to Lorenzo Bandini — one of the most respected Ferrari works drivers of the era — alongside Jean Guichet, the Frenchman who had co-driven a Ferrari 275 P to overall victory at Le Mans in 1964. Facing a concerted Ford assault led by the GT40 MkII, all Ferrari 330 P3 entries retired before the finish. Ford filled the top three positions outright, marking a definitive shift in endurance racing's balance of power. The Bandini–Guichet car retired, leaving this livery as a document of Ferrari's last attempt with the pure P3 specification.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"top-marques-1-12-model\"\u003eTop Marques Collectibles: \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:12\u003c\/span\u003e at Maximum Scale\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:12\u003c\/span\u003e scale model is produced by Top Marques Collectibles. At \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:12\u003c\/span\u003e, the format is among the largest commercially available for 1960s sports prototypes, allowing surface geometry — the wide haunches, the low nose profile, the period-correct Firestone tyre sidewalls — to be reproduced at a level of resolution impossible at smaller scales.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"in-the-display-cabinet\"\u003ePlacing the Model: Context and Cabinet Companions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt \u003cspan class=\"vr-scale\"\u003e1:12\u003c\/span\u003e, the 330 P3 demands a dedicated shelf with generous depth — the long tail and wide body require clear space on all sides. Natural companions in a collection include the Ferrari 330 P3\/4 and 412 P that evolved directly from these four chassis, or the Ford GT40 MkII models representing the victors from the same 1966 Le Mans grid. A thematic grouping around Le Mans 1966 — one of the most documented single races in endurance history — gives this piece immediate narrative weight alongside other Group 6 and GT prototypes of the mid-1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TOPMARQUES","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60176598237568,"sku":"TMR12-65B","price":399.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0922\/8828\/7104\/files\/vroomi-tmr12-65b-front34-v2_1a040954-a72e-4233-8d38-3f6ca0c09f03.jpg?v=1792663549","url":"https:\/\/vroomimodels.com\/products\/ferrari-330-p3-4-0l-v12-coupe-team-ferrari-sefac-n-21-24h-le-mans-1966-lorenzo-bandini-jean-guichet-red","provider":"Vroomi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}