I'm posting a never built design from some folks that proved they sort of knew what they were doing.
Abarth Ascending
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The remarkable Cisitalia/Porsche Project 370, a drawing for a V8 in GT form. A Berlina was also designed. The V8 was to be a 2 liter DOHC with an alternative flat 8 on the boards. Dusio put the time and money into the Grand Prix car instead. Click to enlarge.
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The template overlay was disappointing.
However if you notice in the plan view the front wheels are covered like the Porsche Type 64.
This design looks lower than the 64, but wider and of course a V8 in a Porsche was still many decades away as it turned out.
Abarth Ascending
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Lurani and Millanta both agreed that Cisitalia was the only Italian car company that might be able to realize a race car from the Porsche drawings. Plus, Dusio was extremely interested in the Grand Prix project. Dusio acted quickly, paying Porsche for the designs and rights to not only the 360 GP car but to a sports racer designated the 370. The money was used to get Porsche out of jail, and in Turin, the era of the “German” team at Cisitalia began on February 3rd, 1947. As part of the package deal with Porsche, Carlo Abarth and Rudy Hruska were hired on by Dusio; Abarth would be the sports director at Cisitalia while Hruska would be put in charge of the development of the Grand Prix car.
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