![]() As re-creations go it’s far better example than the Fiero Countach outside of Merv’s Little Super. Yes it’s a knockoff but its a proportional knockoff with a great profile. The seller is asking $39,995 for this Ferrari Daytona Spyder replica and as an unusual, or unique, roadster it’s worth a second look. The engine is paired with a rebuilt TH400 three-speed automatic transmission featuring a torque converter. Amenities include power windows, power steering and brakes, and a heat/defrost unit but the dealer advises that only the defroster works at the moment.Īs a Corvette-based Ferrari the drivetrain is a rebuilt 350 with a Holley 4-barrel carburetor, performance intake, and an MSD ignition. The interior is spartan, but has Ferrari-style seats for you and a passenger. I don’t want to sell this homage short, it’s well thought out and doesn’t remind me of the Fiero-based Lamborghini parked outside Merv’s Little Super. Yes, it’s a replica but it would pass the ’15/25 test’, 15-feet away or at 25 mph it looks good. A company called McBurnie Coachwork (which later became Thunder Ranch) produced these Ferrari replicas for years, and the producers at Miami Vice were smart enough to use a slick black Daytona in their show for a couple seasons (until they blew it up at the end of season, much like how Ferrari blew up the replica business when they sued for trademark infringement).”īased on the pictures and eyeball test it has the basic Daytona profile and overall proportions. “And then this little red beauty entered our showroom, and it all made sense. “Sonny Crockett was most certainly The Man, but between all the money he already committed toward gallons of Brut aftershave and off-the-rack pastel blazers, there couldn’t have been much of his salary left over. “When I watched Miami Vice on TV in the ’80s, I always had trouble understanding how a detective made enough money to afford a Ferrari,” the listing states. Even today I like replica cars, especially Shelby Cobra re-creations, as they are a means to own a dream car without taking a second mortgage and we get to see a museum piece on the road. I always liked seeing the Countach homage, or replica, as it was the nearest thing to a Lamborghini that crossed my path as a teenager. The Ferrari re-creation is listed for sale on by a dealer in Fort Worth, Texas. The Pick of the Day is replica Ferrari 365GT/B Daytona Spyder built on a 1974 Chevrolet Corvette. This made sense because I couldn’t imagine a small town liquor store owner having the fiscal reach to purchase a six figure supercar. Years later I was advised that it was a replica likely built on a Pontiac Fiero base and it was probably owned by the proprietor of the liquor store. I had never seen a Countach in person before so I accepted it as some form of an optical illusion. A Countach in front of a liquor store tends to stick out quite a bit, but this supercar had some funky proportions that didn’t jibe with the poster on my wall. ![]() Daytona Spyder 14779 is fully documented by noted Swiss Ferrari historian, Marcel Massini, and today presents in exceptional condition throughout.Growing up in Santa Rosa, Ca there was always a white Lamborghini Countach parked in front of the Merv’s Little Super convenient store on Mendocino Avenue. A proper period Becker Mexico is installed as well as being accompanied by a tool roll, owner’s manuals and leather wallet. Outfitted from new with air conditioning and power windows, Borrani wire wheels with knock-off hubs, the Spyder of course wears its signature Daytona seats and pop-up headlights. Hollywood movie director, Sidney Pollack, would own the Daytona Spyder in the 1970s and then the Spyder would go on to be owned and concours shown throughout the decades by several noted USA collectors, all the while accumulating so few original miles and being lavished with regular sorting and restorative work. Haas Automobile Imports, who still today is an important name in motor racing. Our Argento Metallizzato example, Serial Number 14779, was sold new to the USA Ferrari importer, Luigi Chinetti Motors, then of New York City, and then onward to Carl A. As has been the Ferrari custom, the now iconic coachwork was penned by Pininfarina and built by Scaglietti. Fitted with a Colombo 4.4 litre V12 front engine with 6 Weber carburetors and mated to a 5 speed gated transmission, just 121 examples would be produced by the Factory. As an homage to the Scuderia’s 1-2-3 sweep at the 1967 24 Hours of Daytona, the newly announced 365 GTB/4 would be nicknamed, Daytona, which would carry through to the eventual GTS/4 spyder.
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