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    Backyard Ferrari Of The Day: 1980 Corvettari Daytona

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12/10/08

    In reply to Backyard Ferrari Of The Day: 1980 Corvettari Daytona
    Long hood, short dick.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    12/10/08

    In reply to Backyard Ferrari Of The Day: 1980 Corvettari Daytona
    Well, panel gaps look good - like somebody who actually gave a damn bolted them on - and the car looks generally pretty well done. But the wheels and the windshield are a clear giveaway.


    And ultimately who give's a rat's ass? 90% of everybody else on the road won't know the difference, and the 10% who do know the difference are driving 5-year-old Accords. So you value their opinion? Nay.


    Fire up some Jan Hammer, open your beautiful teal shirt to the sternum and crack the throttles wide.

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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    12/10/08

    In reply to Backyard Ferrari Of The Day: 1980 Corvettari Daytona
    Daytona replicas are a funny one. They have a value as a replica. I'm not a fan of the wheels on this example, but otherwise, I like it.


    As far as I'm concerned, Daytona copies fall into the same category as Cobras, and 550 Spyders. There is a coolness to it being a fake one. They bask in being a replica, and that almost makes it work. You can modify the hell out of 'em without concern for originality, and you can actually drive them.


    The average Fierarri, or Fieroghini doesn't really bring that to the table.

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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    12/10/08

    In reply to Backyard Ferrari Of The Day: 1980 Corvettari Daytona
    Not so bad, as the fakeage generally goes...
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    12/10/08

    In reply to Backyard Ferrari Of The Day: 1980 Corvettari Daytona
    Hello, I'm a real Ferrari Daytona, and I say f@#k this poseur and the sucky alloys your drive on!
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    Image of citroën67 citroën67
    12/10/08

    @SCROGGZILLA RAIDS AGAIN!!: Nice pic! I love seeing "high end" pasta rockets all beat-to-shit in their natural habitat! If I could, I would love to import a car that looked just like that one, and drive it "as is" and leave everyone I pass pissed off and asking the question: Why not restore it?
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    12/10/08

    @citroen67_now with 30% more LHM: That's the Scuderia Filipinetti 365 GTB/4 Competizione, being used like God intended, on the 1973 Tour de Auto. I found this photo, and many MANY others like it on the Forum Auto blog. The text is in French, but the photos in the motorsport history section speak Jalopnik.


    [www.forum-auto.com]

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    Image of layabout layabout
    12/10/08

    In reply to Backyard Ferrari Of The Day: 1980 Corvettari Daytona
    I dare anyone to watch wiyhout cringing...

    [uk]
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    Image of stuntpuppy stuntpuppy
    12/10/08

    @layabout met the real Santa: I kinda like it. But then, I like pretty much anything Michael Mann puts out.
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    Image of layabout layabout
    12/10/08

    @stuntpuppy: Sadly,i must admit i thought it was cool in its day,although a little cheesy now. Still yet to see the new Miami Vice,any good?
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    12/10/08

    In reply to Backyard Ferrari Of The Day: 1980 Corvettari Daytona
    Only for those with an unhealthy lust for pastel suits & 80's reruns of Miami Vice. You go fella,you cruise around listening to Phil Collins.
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    Image of StuPidaso StuPidaso
    12/10/08

    In reply to Backyard Ferrari Of The Day: 1980 Corvettari Daytona
    all of the Miami Vice Daytonas were replicas based on C3 cars. the Testerossas were supplied by Ferrari of North America.
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    12/10/08

    @StuPidaso: this has been widely discussed, season one's testarossas were replicas, from season two on the testarossas were real and supplied by Ferrari.
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    Image of makopolo makopolo
    12/10/08

    In reply to Backyard Ferrari Of The Day: 1980 Corvettari Daytona
    At least this time they started with a good car.
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    Image of Pete Gaines Pete Gaines
    12/10/08

    @makopolo: No they didn't.
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    Image of BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ
    12/10/08

    @Pete Gaines: + one, leafsprings on a faux ferrari is even to much.
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    Image of Landau_Calrissian loves our President Camacho. Landau_Calrissian loves our President Camacho.
    12/10/08

    In reply to Backyard Ferrari Of The Day: 1980 Corvettari Daytona
    I recently Netflixed season one of Miami Vice. The show still holds up, but man, that car has NEVER looked good. I don't remember people even liking that car when that show was on. And the wire wheels on Crockett's were even worse than these. Was the TV one a replica, like his later Nash Bridges-mobile? Hard to believe Ferrari ever made anything that ugly (OK, besides the Mondial).
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    12/10/08

    @Landau Topless: The TV one was another Corvettari, and the fouled dimensions may explain some of the ugliness. I was never a Daytona fanboy, but I can't really call the cars ugly (esp. next to a 365GTB4 2+2 or whatever that nasty-looking 4-seater was called).


    Ferrari's whining partly led to their switch an actual Ferrari, an mildly unattractive white Testy.

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    Image of Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness
    12/10/08

    In reply to Backyard Ferrari Of The Day: 1980 Corvettari Daytona
    Everbody probably already knows this, but the "Ferrari"

    that got blown up on Miami Vice was one of these - a McBurnie, I believe. Then they got a real Testarossa. I think I remember a Popular Mechanics article that they "rebodied" a Pantera for some of the high speed Testarossa driving stunts for the show... Wish I could find that article.
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    12/10/08

    @Vintage Racer is out taking pictures:


    aint the internet wonderful??


    Here's the article...


    [www.banzairunnerpantera.com]

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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    12/10/08

    In reply to Backyard Ferrari Of The Day: 1980 Corvettari Daytona
    Crockett must really be down on his luck if he's forced to sell his Corvettona. Nice cuisinart wheels however. They really set the douche-factor baseline for the car.
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    Image of rawtoast rawtoast
    12/10/08

    In reply to Backyard Ferrari Of The Day: 1980 Corvettari Daytona
    Having recently watched Richard Hammond drive a real one, granted it was a coupe, I'll pass on this thing. Those wheels are a friggin crime.
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    12/10/08

    @rawtoast: Those wheels aren't just a crime, they're a felony.
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    Image of BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ
    12/10/08

    In reply to Backyard Ferrari Of The Day: 1980 Corvettari Daytona
    missing 4 cylinders and missing style.
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    Image of Timtoolman, sporadically speaking Timtoolman, sporadically speaking
    12/10/08

    @BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ - Spreading the Christmas Spirit: NAH! A little update to the nose and it's a cool car.


    C'mon, admit it. Back in the 80's you were one of those guys in white linen pants and jackets over t-shirts, and sockless shoes. C'MON, admit it.

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    Image of BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ
    12/10/08

    @timtoolman: No I used to be in the Punk scene in that days.
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    Image of layabout layabout
    12/09/08

    In reply to Backyard Ferrari Of The Day: Fierrari 512 Testarossa
    Both look average to me,why would i want to downgrade on either.
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