09-13-2006, 01:05 PM
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Nice write up, Jim. Two questions :
1. Is that the same car featured in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off " ?
2. Any idea what that car is worth ?
Sounds like you have some very cool and generous friends !
Thanks,
Nick
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09-13-2006, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by NickCats
Nice write up, Jim. Two questions :
1. Is that the same car featured in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off " ?
2. Any idea what that car is worth ?
Sounds like you have some very cool and generous friends !
Thanks,
Nick
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Hi,
I think it may be the same model car, but I'm not absolutely certain. Nope, I just looked it up and the car in Ferris Bueller was a Ferrari 250GT California Spider, also a wonderful car, the 275GTS was it's successor.
I know Owen is a very astute buyer (this is the 8th vintage Ferrari he's owned, wish he'd never sold his Daytona Spyder, one of the 12 Factory cars, not the conversions). He bought this 275GTS 2 years ago as a solid #2 (older restoration) for somewhere north of $225k and the restoration was most likely $75k or more. But, this was in a depressed market. I bet the car tops $1million in the next 5 years...
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99
PS I can't upload the pics I took of Owen's car, but this link is an image of an identical one: http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%3 Fp%3DImage%2BFerrari%2B275GTS%26ei%3DUTF-8%26fp_ip%3DUS&h=357&w=750&imgcurl=www.motorsnippets.com%2Fcars%2FMarket_Anal ysis%2Fgraphics%2FRM1966_ferrari_275gts.jpg&imgurl=www.motorsnippets.com%2Fcars%2FMarket_Analy sis%2Fgraphics%2FRM1966_ferrari_275gts.jpg&size=40.2kB&name=RM1966_ferrari_275gts.jpg&rcurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.motorsnippets.com%2Fcars%2F Market_Analysis%2FRM_Ferrari275GTS.asp&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.motorsnippets.com%2Fcars%2FM arket_Analysis%2FRM_Ferrari275GTS.asp&p=ferrari+275gts&type=jpeg&no=1&tt=54&fr=yfp-t-417
Last edited by MNBoxster; 09-13-2006 at 09:17 PM.
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09-13-2006, 01:37 PM
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I think the Ferris Beuller car was a 50's 250 GT. The 275's took over for the 250 in 1964 (I think). Then everyone and their sister made 250 look alikes. Whatever...
those cars, all of them, make me salivate rabidly.
SpeedTV did a Ferrari roundup where they showed Alain DeCadenet in cockpit footage of one of these tasty tin tops that made curse life for not being born a zillionaire. The v12 is musica, musica, musica...
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09-13-2006, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Perfectlap
I think the Ferris Beuller car was a 50's 250 GT. The 275's took over for the 250 in 1964 (I think). Then everyone and their sister made 250 look alikes. Whatever...
those cars, all of them, make me salivate rabidly.
SpeedTV did a Ferrari roundup where they showed Alain DeCadenet in cockpit footage of one of these tasty tin tops that made curse life for not being born a zillionaire. The v12 is musica, musica, musica...
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Hi,
I agree. But this is the 275GTS Spider which is a cabriolet and the only 275 series designed by Pininfarina, the fewest produced of any 275 variant. BTW, I'm still waiting to be claimed as the Bastard child of an Arabian Oil Shiek, the Sultan of Brunei would do nicely...  Check him out at: http://www.classicdriver.com/uk/magazine/3200.asp?id=10495
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99
Last edited by MNBoxster; 09-13-2006 at 03:35 PM.
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09-13-2006, 02:50 PM
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The Beuller car was reputed to have been a kit car. At least the one that went through the back of the garage at the end.
I hated that movie when I first saw it, and still do ... for what those two ****************************s did to that Ferrari.
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09-13-2006, 03:04 PM
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you are missing the big picture. The car was sacrificed to bring the insecure friend to terms with his father.
Now if it were a Ford GT40.... 
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09-13-2006, 03:17 PM
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"Big picture" my furry butt. That was sacrilege.
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09-13-2006, 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Perfectlap
you are missing the big picture. The car was sacrificed to bring the insecure friend to terms with his father.
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Hi,
Yea, couldn't he have just as easily snapped Daddy's #2 Wood in two and achieved the same effect?...
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99
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