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
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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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09-13-2006, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by MNBoxster
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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Nah, not quite the same impact.
I guess your opinion of Ferris Bueller's day off depends heavily upon your age at the time. In 1986, it was the latest in a string of brilliant movies by John Hughes. Mr Hughes seemed to understand and capture young adults and teen angst like no other film maker. To this day, I don't know that anyone has done it better. Even in my (early) forties, a replay of Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, the Breakfast Club or Ferris Bueller's Day off will transport me back to my misspent youth and rivet me to the TV for the rest of the afternoon.
...and John Hughes rarely forgot to include an eclectic collection of rides to assist in his story telling.
Ferris Bueller - Ferrari 250 GT (a kit)
Some Kind of Wonderful - Mini Cooper - '67 Mustang - Jaguar Mark VII - Corvette Convertible
Sixteen Candles - Porsche 944 - Rolls Royce Corniche Convertible
etc...etc...etc...
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09-13-2006, 08:52 PM
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Jim,
Thanks for posting the pic. Very sweet car !
I found a bunch of cool trivia about the movie and the car on the IMDB website if anyone is interested :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091042/trivia
Not quite sure how this thread went from a 67 Camaro to Ferris Bueller but I guess that's what makes this forum so much fun ( and informative ) 
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09-13-2006, 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Grizzly
Nah, not quite the same impact.
I guess your opinion of Ferris Bueller's day off depends heavily upon your age at the time. In 1986, it was the latest in a string of brilliant movies by John Hughes. Mr Hughes seemed to understand and capture young adults and teen angst like no other film maker. To this day, I don't know that anyone has done it better. Even in my (early) forties, a replay of Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, the Breakfast Club or Ferris Bueller's Day off will transport me back to my misspent youth and rivet me to the TV for the rest of the afternoon.
...and John Hughes rarely forgot to include an eclectic collection of rides to assist in his story telling.
Ferris Bueller - Ferrari 250 GT (a kit)
Some Kind of Wonderful - Mini Cooper - '67 Mustang - Jaguar Mark VII - Corvette Convertible
Sixteen Candles - Porsche 944 - Rolls Royce Corniche Convertible
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Hi,
I'm in my early 50's and the movies which bring me back have always been Steve McQueen in Bullitt also Barry Newman and Cleavon Little (loved him in Blazing Saddles!) and the White 440 Challenger R/T in Vanishing Point...
" And there goes the Challenger, being chased by the blue, blue meanies on wheels. The vicious traffic squad cars are after our lone driver, the last American hero, the electric centaur, the, the demi-god, the super driver of the golden west! Two nasty Nazi cars are close behind the beautiful lone driver. The police numbers are gettin' closer, closer, closer to our soul hero, in his soul mobile, yeah baby! They about to strike. They gonna get him. Smash him. Rape...the last beautiful free soul on this planet... Can you hear me Kowalski...?" - Super Soul...
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99
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