If you’ve ever wanted your own Cosworth DFV but lack garage space, here’s one solution: a 1/3-size replica that screams to 10,000 rpm. Check this out.

In late 1965, Walter Hayes of Ford offered £100,000 to a tiny British company, Cosworth Engineering, founded by Keith Duckworth and Mike Costin, to produce a Formula 1 engine for the new 3.0-liter formula introduced for 1966. It was one of the greatest bargains in the annals of motorsports, as the Ford-Cosworth DFV V8 proved to be the most successful F1 engine of all time.

The DFV (Double Four Valve) won its first time out at the 1967 Dutch Grand Prix for Jim Clark and Lotus, and then went on to take 155 victories in 262 starts for numerous teams between 1967 and 1991, a record that has never been matched. While other builders struggled with V12 and V16 designs chasing the new 3.0-liter formula, Duckworth shrewdly developed an advanced stressed-member V8, and it was truly a world beater.

Like the rest of the racing world, Marcel Bouland of the Netherlands must hold the  Cosworth V8 in high regard, for he was inspired to create a running replica in 1:3 scale. There are a few changes in the Bouland Motors (website here) version, which took three years to build. The scale replica uses a timing belt instead of the 1:1 Cosworth’s geartrain, while eight tiny carburetors replace the original fuel injection system. The displacement is a mere 76 cc, but the junior DFV develops 7 hp, turns up to 10,000 rpm, and makes a magnificent noise.

Now here is the neat part: You can buy one of your own. The price is $12,000, but then it does include shipping and all the gear to make it run, including battery, methanol fuel tank,  instruments, control box, and a mini Snap-On toolbox and tools. (Here in the States, you can contact Bouland Motors USA.) Now watch and listen to this. Video below.