James ‘Jim’ Glickenhaus and his eponymous company, Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (Cameron is the surname of his wife, Meg) have developed something of a reputation as the romantic, old school ‘garagistes’ of modern Sportscar racing.
What started off as a project building an homage to the iconic Ferrari P3/4, the Pininfarina-redesigned, Ferrari Enzo-based SCG P4/5, has morphed into a company producing bespoke road and racing cars.
The SCGP4/5 gave birth to a Competizione version in 2011, built around a Ferrari 430 which would go on to finish 12th and first in class in the 2012 N24. This was the first car to be badged as an SCG following a dispute with Ferrari over use of the company’s emblem. Glickenhaus very publicly, via the medium of YouTube, levered the Prancing Horse from its nose and hand drew SCG’s motif and the initials SCG in its place.
The next logical step was to produce a car entirely of its own, which took the form of the SCG 003 (originally called the P33), a midengine machine with a composite tub and a no compromise aero package.
Available in race, track only and road versions, the car cemented Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus’ reputation as a bona fide operation, and the 003C saw action at the N24 and various VLN races between 2015 and ’17.
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