This is the actual Ferrari California replica used in the much loved Hollywood hit Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and it’s up for auction this weekend. Well one of them, anyway. A total of three were made by Neil Glassmoyer from Modena Design and Development.
“They gave us four weeks to build the movie cars,†recalls Glassmoyer. “I always say we built two and a half cars; two were interchangeably used as hero and stunt cars and one was a rolling fiberglass shell that was used in the destruction scene. This car was actually intended for the stunt work, but both saw action, and both wound up with broken front suspension bolts because the big jump scene took nine takes between the two cars.â€
The 1963 Modena Sypder California has been fully restored by Glassmoyer who is the current owner and will be on hand at the auction to answer any questions. It’s expected the car will fetch over US$250,000. Here’s some more detail about the car:
What started as a very good car has become a truly excellent Grand Tourer with a few key upgrades contribute to that assessment; the original 1963 260 CI Ford V-8 (which allowed the car to be officially titled as a 1963 Modena) has given way to a balanced and blueprinted 351 V-8 bored out to 427 CI and fitted with an Eagle forged steel crank, I-beam connecting rods, forged J&E pistons, Trick Flow twisted wedge aluminum heads and roller rockers. The resulting 500 horsepower launches the 2,650-lb Modena in exhilarating fashion while being kept under control by a refined suspension – comprising independent front A-arms, variable ratio power rack and pinion steering, a 4-link live rear with Panhard rod and Aldan nitrogen-charged adjustable coilovers – and Wilwood power ventilated disc brakes all around.
Oh, and if you want to collect the whole set, quite literally, you can buy Cameron’s house as well.
[Source: Mecum Auctions]
