ot much can be said about spending a day with Jim Glickenhaus after you've looked at the photographs and video. Sure words count for something, but a picture is worth a thousand of them. Jim Glickenhaus, as many of you know, is a discerning automobile collector. He's sort of like Jay Leno; he doesn't have the quantity of cars that Jay does, but he more than makes up for that with the significance each of his cars' yields.
With a Dusenberg fit for a Queen, a Ford MKIV that raced just once at Le Mans, and the first Ferrari customer car – among other things – Jim's collection is rife with rich history. In the mid-1960s, Ferrari made four 330 P3 sports racing prototypes. Two of those were later converted to 330 P3/4s. Jim owns one of them – serial number 0846 – a car thought to be all but destroyed after it caught fire in 1967. Ferrari later made a 412 P and converted one of the P3s to 412 P configurations. Jim owns one of those as well, s/n 0854.

CirkitVision met up with Jim at his house the other morning. From there, we drove to a warehouse in Connecticut where Jim keeps the excess automobilia that won't fit in his garage. One car he does keep at home is his metallic Sunoco blue Lola T70. Tricked out with automatic doors, air conditioning and a CD player, Jim's Lola is suits his favorite pastime: driving around on public roads. In fact, Jim drives all of his cars on the street. And he does so, often. From his P3/4 to his GT40, the Lola to the 166, Jim enjoys driving his cars.

"You know, Carbon, it's what they were meant for," he says. "You can only get so much enjoyment from looking at them. They were meant to be driven." I couldn't agree more.

Way before street cars came into play, Ferrari was a race team. Scuderia Ferrari was tried and true before anyone ever pulled up to a café in something with a prancing horse on the back. But in order to continue financing the scuderia, Enzo Ferrari was convinced he should start selling his cars to customers. The first car he ever sold, s/n 002 C, is a 1948 right hand drive 166 Spyder Corsa. Glickenhaus also owns this car.
 Back in the '60s, after the deal for Ford to buy Ferrari fell through, Ford decided it would beat Ferrari at its own game. From this tumultuous time came the Ford MKIV GT40. One of these monsters, s/n J6, is owned by – you guessed it – James. There are other beautiful and amazing cars in Jim's collection, but these are, in my opinion, the most monumental.

So it should come as no surprise that Jim dreamt of a car that didn't exist. And through passion and perseverance, made that dream a reality. Jim conceived a '60s sports prototype racecar whose contemporary functionality would provide ease of use. Jim wanted a car that looked like a 330 P4. He also wanted it modernly equipped so that he could use it. Every day. So Jim bought an unused Ferrari Enzo and sent it to Pininfarina. He sat down with them, explained what he wanted and, a year later, his vision took the world by storm.

The Enzo-based, one-off super car, the Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina (s/n 135441), is like nothing the world has ever known. No auto manufacturer has ever been able to successfully affect vintage styling cues on a modern car. Jim's vision of a modern super car whose skin evokes a direct link to Ferrari's racing heritage of yesteryear is a milestone in automotive advancement. It is, in a way, the history of the rest of Jim's collection. An homage to racing days of the past, a tip of the hat to today's technology and a wink and a nod to the possibilities of the future.

But forget all that crap – you can win a ride in it…! Yes, that's right; you can win an all-expenses-paid trip to New York, where eCirkit will put you up in a hotel. From there, you'll get to meet Jim Glickenhaus and get to ride in his P4/5! Check out Freezing Speed's pictures of some of Jim's other cars. Check out our latest CirkitVision video – and stay tuned for more coverage of this wonderful and exciting contest. To enter to win a ride in the P4/5, go to eCirkit.com/p4_5 and say "I want to win a ride in the P4/5!" in the remarks window. Good luck!