Wednesday 31st March 2010

Ferris Bueller's Ferrari For Sale

He's had his day off - is it time for yours?

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Ferris's mate's dad's Ferrari...

The famous Ferrari from Ferris Bueller's Day Off is up for grabs. Fans of the iconic 1980s comedy will have a chance to own a slice of movie iconography, when one of three replica Ferraris used in the film will be auctioned off by Bonhams at the RAF Museum, in Hendon, on 19 April.

The fibreglass-bodied copies (for want of a better word) of the 1961 Ferrari 250 GT Spyder California were used for all the driving shots in the film, although the close-ups and interiors were done using a genuine 250 GT.

...And Evans's rather more costly original

Although the replica has no doubt been bashed about a bit, at least it hasn't crashed backwards through a plate-glass garage and plunged down a hillside - the car that did that in the film was just a shell.

Bonham's reckons that you'll be able to get your hands on the car for around £55,000 - a snip when you consider DJ and Ferrari nut Chris Evans paid more than £5m for one of the original 100 250 GT Spyder Californias back in 2008.

 

[Fidgits]

i wonder how much a non-movie replica would cost?

[Muzzer]

It's only when you see the two pics together that you fully appreciate how different to the original the one in the film was.

I'd still love to have it though - I could probably recite the script from FBDO I've seen it that many times

[Lord Flathead]

£55k? I think it will go for more than that when you consider that a Lambo VT copy is fetching more.

Beatiful looking car, and dare I say it, I would love that decent replica myself as it's timeless.

[soad]

Black one is stunning.

[Bacchus]

what engine did they use?

[mattviatura]

Wonder what the mileage is....

[LuS1fer]

I wonder when Bob Ferris' Viva in the Likely lads will come up for auction...

[Liokault]

mattviatura said:

Wonder what the mileage is....

LOL

[Gizmo!]

Very nice.

Shed of the Week goes upmarket?

[Fidgits]

Bacchus said:

what engine did they use?

it was a ford V8 IIRC

[Dagnut]

anyone?...anybody?

[DJC]

Shake it up baby now!

[Thorny]

Dagnut said:

anyone?...anybody?

Sir, I think he's sick?

[Ali_T]

It was a 5.0 Mustang V8 with circa 450bhp.....says the internetz. Most of the other mechanicals were actually Ferrari based.

[Tony*T3]

Buy this, drive it to Italy on holidays, get it seized and squashed as a fake.....


Not good.

[newdogg06]

Thorny said:

Dagnut said:

anyone?...anybody?

Sir, I think he's sick?

Wouldn't risk it. "It could get wrecked, stolen, scratched, breathed on wrong... a pigeon could sh*t on it!"

[rob.e]

http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/pu...

"estimate 30 - 40k" according to their press release.

No more info on the car though..

[sl55amg]

newdogg06 said:

Thorny said:

Dagnut said:

anyone?...anybody?

Sir, I think he's sick?

Wouldn't risk it. "It could get wrecked, stolen, scratched, breathed on wrong... a pigeon could sh*t on it!"

Bueller?.............................................Bueller?.................................................Bueller?............................

[r11co]

I saw the picture and immediately heard the opening beats of Yello's 'Oh Yeah' in my head.....

PS. I doubt the Italians would crush this one as it is a film prop and they love American celeb culture......

Edited by r11co on Wednesday 31st March 10:38

[chippy17]

sl55amg said:

newdogg06 said:

Thorny said:

Dagnut said:

anyone?...anybody?

Sir, I think he's sick?

Wouldn't risk it. "It could get wrecked, stolen, scratched, breathed on wrong... a pigeon could sh*t on it!"

Bueller?.............................................Bueller?.................................................Bueller?............................

'have you got a kiss for Daddy?'

'so that's how it is in their family'