What you’re looking at is a meticulous, ‘tool-room’ reconfiguration of a 206 SP, built from the ground up utilising many original Ferrari parts. It was completed in 2001 and has resided with its current owner since then. “I bought a spares package from another quite famous 206 including, among many other things, three steering racks, two lots of running gear, uprights, a windscreen and a spare front body.” What he didn’t have was a chassis, an engine or a gearbox, though detailed chassis drawings were also obtained in the deal.
The car was built over a number of years, beginning at Ferrari specialist Bob Houghton, before moving to RM Wilson Engineering in Leicester. Its breathtaking bodywork was fabricated by Shapecraft using the original front section and windscreen, and is virtually indistinguishable from the real thing. Power is drawn from a later four-valve, 2.4-litre engine developing circa-250bhp that a few 206 SPs ran in period and, though a 250 LM gearbox was initially fitted to handle the more powerful engine, it’s now equipped with the correct Dino unit.
https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/even-lord-march-loves-tool-room-copy-ferrari-dino-206-sp
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