I spotted this beauty of a Ferrari today...

[IWishIWasTheStig]

In my Dad's friend's garage was a red Ferrari 360 spider. 'Hmm, nice, who has the hairdresser's Fezza?' I thought, until one of the mechanics told us to come and have a look. This is what we saw;

Moulded engine:



Door handles full of filler:



Massive panel gaps:







Lovely brakes (Note the large amount of wheel weights):





Yes, they are plastic calipers and flimsy discs (That were on the wrong sides before the mechanic changed them).

Carbon wrapped mirrors:



Nice fuel filler cap:



Looks like this lucky guy escaped from Tesco:



Interior (Notice 'Toyota' on the windows):






As you can see, this car is beautiful, I was very lucky to have a poke around it.
Sorry if the images are the wrong way round, my iPhone doesn't like being helpful. I also forgot to mention that it had two tail pipes on either side. Only one pair worked.

The hairdresser's comment was tongue in cheek, not serious.

Edited by IWishIWasTheStig on Wednesday 13th February 16:25

[Garlick]

IWishIWasTheStig said:

'Hmm, nice, who has the hairdressers Fezza?' I thought...

Eh?

[Charlie Michael]

Makes you wonder how much the conversion cost.

[IWishIWasTheStig]

Garlick said:

Eh?

Well, not really, just a convertible.

[Big Fat Fatty]

I liked the "massive panel gaps" comment, I thought "the door's open"

Then I scrolled down to the next pic

[GALLARDOGUY]

What hardtop non hairdressers Ferrari do you own?

[The Beaver King]

Garlick said:

Eh?

I assume this has something to do with it being an MR2 conversion.

Wrong though. The MR2 actually being a very good and fun car in N/A and turbo format.

Not a big fan of Ferrari reps, but nobody should call an MR2 a 'hairdresser's car'... (unless it's a third gen).

[Big Fat Fatty]

Is it an MR2? I thought the molded engine covers could only fit across the rear seats of front engined cars, how would it fit over the real engine in an MR2?

[IWishIWasTheStig]

GALLARDOGUY said:

What hardtop non hairdressers Ferrari do you own?

Just this one at the moment:



It replaced this:



I only sold it because it was always needing:

[IWishIWasTheStig]

Big Fat Fatty said:

Is it an MR2? I thought the molded engine covers could only fit across the rear seats of front engined cars, how would it fit over the real engine in an MR2?

I presume so, it's what the mechanic said it was and the engine was definitely under it when he was welding the exhaust heat shield.

[TaRD]

Anyone else got a stiff neck now?

[The Beaver King]

IWishIWasTheStig said:

GALLARDOGUY said:

What hardtop non hairdressers Ferrari do you own?

Just this one at the moment:



It replaced this:



I only sold it because it was always needing:

......Can we keep him? He's pretty funny....

[AndrewEH1]

IWishIWasTheStig said:

Looks like this lucky guy escaped from Tesco:

Manage to get any photos of the whole MR2?

[V88Dicky]

Something not quite right about this one either. Found it in the frame when I shot the red E-Type at Yorkshire Big Breakfast, Easter 2011:

[Risotto]

I love the way the owners of these replicas seem to take the view that convincing people it's genuine is simply a matter of attaching enough Ferrari badges to it.

It's as if the sheer number of badges will somehow overcome the fact that it doesn't look, sound or perform like a Ferrari.

[IWishIWasTheStig]

AndrewEH1 said:

Manage to get any photos of the whole MR2?

Yes, I did, but I need to edit the number plate out.

[TheEnd]

So you're thinking it might not be genuine?

[IWishIWasTheStig]

TheEnd said:

So you're thinking it might not be genuine?

I'm on the fence, it's very hard to tell.

[430T]

Thats one of the better looking replicas around nowadays it seems!

Cant understand how people can build these and stand back think 'yep, looks good'.

[Urban Sports]

IWishIWasTheStig said:

AndrewEH1 said:

Manage to get any photos of the whole MR2?

Yes, I did, but I need to edit the number plate out.

Why?