Fake Ferrari from 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' Seeks a New Owner (14 Photos + 1 Video)

Model used in the 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off" 1986, can be sold at auction for 450 thousand dollars.





1986 teen comedy Ferris Bueller's Day Off ("Ferris Bueller's Day Off") a.k.a. "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" Ferris Bueller", in December 2014 was included in the National United States Film Registry as having a cultural, historical, or aesthetic value! I did not watch the film itself, in my youth the main American teen comedies were "American Pie" and "King of parties", so talk about his artistic merits I don't have the right. However, Ferris Bueller is known to me because one of The main roles in the film were "played" by a fake Ferrari car...



The car looks like a Ferrari California Spyder but is actually in fact, this is the Modena Spyder California, built by a team of engineers and Modena Design designers. Fake Ferraris in movies are common: Detective Sunny Crockett in the first seasons of the famous series "Police Miami Vice Drives Not a Real Ferrari Daytona, and a third-generation Chevrolet Corvette-based replica, while Tom Cruz in the movie "Vanilla Sky" drives the streets of New York in a Datsun 260Z, stylized as a Ferrari 250 GTO. Classic Ferraris cost huge money (sometimes more than the budget of the film), so film studios are willing to the use of replicas, especially if, according to the scenario, the car is threatened crash...







This Modena Spyder California appeared in the cinema completely accidentally. Originally directed by John Hughes ("Curly Sue", "Beethoven", Home Alone 2") intended to use a Mercedes car, but accidentally read an article in Car and Driver magazine in which journalists praised the fake Ferrari for handling. For such machines always there was a certain demand, because everyone wants Ferrari, but to make money on them not many can :(

So there are enthusiasts producing copies of Italian supercars. One of them was Neil Glassmoyer of Modena Design, who phoned Hughes asking him to consider preparing several filming vehicles. Neal thought it was a prank and hung up... Fortunately, the director called back!

Several cars were assembled over the course of the month, including one without an engine for the crash scene.







The Modena Spyder California was a very serious car. IN unlike most similar copies based on serial cars like Datsun 240Z or Pontiac Fiero, Modena Design built the Spyder California from scratch. It was based on a tubular frame, developed with the involvement of specialists from the IndyCar racing series, and Ford's 5-liter V8 with 195 horsepower was combined with five-speed "mechanics". The underhood space was also stylized as a Ferrari. The body is made of fiberglass. Rejection serial donor made it possible to create a beautiful car with excellent interior - very similar to the original Ferrari!







Unfortunately, everything ended sadly. The film had a great success and cars produced by Modena Design have become iconic in their own right himself, but attracted the attention of Ferrari lawyers. Italians don't like when someone tries to exploit their brand and everyone gets severely punished. After a series of litigations, the company, like many others, encroached on Ferrari, was closed. Years later, in 2018 Modena Design has been inducted into the Smithsonian Historical Association Hall of Fame. vehicles, largely based on the iconic movie status. The film that raised the manufacturer to fame and buried his!





Now look at the Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider 1959 release. Even against the background of the original, the work of Modena Design looks great! And if the cult replica today is valued at solid 350,000 - 450,000 dollars, then the original - in crazy 9,000 000 - 11,000,000 dollars. As in the advertisementspoke up? "If there is no difference, why pay more?"

Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider by Scaglietti 1959