The Car: The Due Cento R-5 was EX-2942, as it was the prototype Avanti built by the Engineering Department before the Avanti went into production. It has many unique features since it was the first one made from a mold taken from the original first clay. Included are a fake dash, fake taillights and many more unusual features. The underside has hand layered fibreglass, lack of glove box, only the impression of one and a recess where the opener button was supposed to be. There was no upholstery on the dash. The rear lights were fake, and in their place were rectangular pieces of brushed aluminum. The center portion was made red to look like a tail light. The taillight plates on the trunk lid were made operational to drive the car. There was an installed roll cage. There is a flapper type rain deterrent, similar to a 57 Golden Hawk, over the forward side windows and standard regulator wind ups in the door. The B-pillar Stainless is a bit different from the production style. Original color was "red", later found to be "Rangoon Red", as Granatelli wanted for the car to be associated with the Italian racing colors of the day. Around 1966 or 1967, the car was sold, by Granatelli, to Bill Burke of Peterson Publishing and a Bonneville veteran. The R5 engine had been removed by this time. Bill Burke's racer group in California, had modified the car for their purposes, to include the firewall being removed and replaced with a stainless bulkhead. There was once a SOHC For 427 installed for a time to try and beat the Granatelli record, but never materialized. A small hole was cut over the drivers head to fit an air scoop to feed the driver on hot runs. Called the Ramblin' Rose. Had a rose painted on the fender. Richard bennett III, of Irwin, Pa, bought the car from Bill Burke and still has it. The engine: The R5 ( Duo Cento ) engine was created initially from a 299 cubic inch R3 block, heads and crank. Additional components consisted of a dry oil sump, Bendix Helicopter fuel injection pump, fabricated manifold covers and cross duct manifolding. The fuel injection unit was taken from an Indianapolis Novi race car and returned to it after the test runs were made. The injection process was fairly simple, as the spray was introduced into the cross duct manifold and went directly into the supercharger intake.