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    Image of danio3834 danio3834
    11/30/09

    In reply to Chevy Feretta V8-Powered Prototype For Sale, Only $37,500!
    What in the world could be under the hood of that thing. My only guess would have to be some some early Northstar prototype. Itd be cool to own a hackjob bizarre engine swap actually performed by professional GM engineers.

    I would have bought it for the original selling price of 6K, mostly for the lulz.
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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    11/30/09

    In reply to Chevy Feretta V8-Powered Prototype For Sale, Only $37,500!
    Oh, and crack pipe.
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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    11/30/09

    In reply to Chevy Feretta V8-Powered Prototype For Sale, Only $37,500!
    By "G track," does he mean "Getrag?" I would think they would've used a T5 variant, but whatever.
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    Image of Uncle Bo Uncle Bo
    11/30/09

    In reply to Chevy Feretta V8-Powered Prototype For Sale, Only $37,500!
    The car sold for $6000 (plus a 10% commission to the auction house) at Barrett Jackson Palm Beach this past spring.

    Since it was sold on a Bill Of Sale, it cannot be titled. Clipped from the B-J auction listing:

    THIS IS A CONCEPT VEHICLE. NEITHER GM NOR BARRETT-JACKSON MAKE ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, CONCERNING THE VEHICLE, INCLUDING NO WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE VEHICLE IS NOT CERTIFIED TO COMPLY WITH ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAWS, RULES OR REGULATIONS AND MAY NOT BE DRIVEN ON PUBLIC ROADS. THIS VEHICLE WILL BE CONVEYED TO BUYER WITH NO MANUFACTURER STATEMENT OF ORIGIN (MSO) OR TITLE AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE A COMPLETE VIN. SOLD ON BILL OF SALE ONLY.

    Here is a video taken by a Beretta enthusiast of the car crossing the auction block:
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/30/09

    In reply to Chevy Feretta V8-Powered Prototype For Sale, Only $37,500!
    Time to start charging admission to my XXalleyXX MUSEUM.
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    Image of pres pres
    11/30/09

    In reply to Chevy Feretta V8-Powered Prototype For Sale, Only $37,500!
    I dunno, I prefer the sloppy gurgle of the V6 myself.
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    11/30/09

    In reply to Chevy Feretta V8-Powered Prototype For Sale, Only $37,500!
    In the future, that shade of blue plastic will become unobtainium. Nice price.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/30/09

    In reply to Chevy Feretta V8-Powered Prototype For Sale, Only $37,500!
    At $8K, he might find a sucker, er, 'collector', to buy it.

    At $38K...pipe.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    11/30/09

    In reply to Chevy Feretta V8-Powered Prototype For Sale, Only $37,500!
    Which end drives? The fore and aft layout says RWD, but I don't see a driveline hump in that one shot of the back seat.

    If we can establish the provenance beyond the breathless seller's assertions, it could be worth a fair chunk of change. I dunno that I'd go all the way to $37K, but deep into the 20s, yeah.
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    Edited by Elhigh at 11/30/09 10:56 AM Elhigh was starred Elhigh was unstarred
    Image of oddfish oddfish
    11/30/09

    @Elhigh: It's hard to see from the craigslist pictures, but if you look closely you can see the engine is transverse mounted. The Hot Rod article referenced here earlier shows a clearer shot.

    That thing must torque steer something fierce.
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    Elhigh promoted this comment oddfish was starred oddfish was unstarred
    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    11/30/09

    @oddfish: Tranvsverse, really? I didn't see that.

    Jeez, don't mash the pedal in the rain.
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    Image of Gearhead's Garage Gearhead's Garage
    11/30/09

    @Elhigh: Yep, FWD: notice the steering rack is parallel to the engine.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    11/30/09

    @Gearhead's Garage: Yeah, I see it now - pic no. 12 looks like it's showing the plumbing along the firewall, and one of the earlier ones, with the handwritten oil capacity - I think that's on the rad shroud.
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    11/30/09

    In reply to Chevy Feretta V8-Powered Prototype For Sale, Only $37,500!
    [www.berettastuff.com]

    This has a little more on the background of the car, but not much. It apparently has a ~3.5L SOHC V8, which theoretically rules out Northstar prototype.
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    11/30/09

    In reply to Chevy Feretta V8-Powered Prototype For Sale, Only $37,500!
    Uh, besides the all caps thing I'm pretty sure they are incorrect about the 1 of a kind GM concept thing...
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    11/30/09

    @mytdawg: Okay, the Ferreta is noth the prettiest of the one-of-a-kind GM concepts, but is one-of-a-kind and it is awesome.
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    11/30/09

    @pauljones: I just meant that nobody else has one. Never mind the guy paid $1.6 Mil or whatever it was. Someone else does own one.
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    Image of MaxSmart32 MaxSmart32
    11/30/09

    @mytdawg: Actually, there were at least two F-88's made...try again.
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    11/30/09

    @MaxSmart32: I stand corrected. But it's one of a kind now...
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    11/30/09

    In reply to Chevy Feretta V8-Powered Prototype For Sale, Only $37,500!
    This car makes me sad. Not because I don't like it, but because all of this automotive craziness is destined to sit unused for another 23 years, and then some.

    I have to think that you could forgo the factory pedigree, and build a reasonable facsimile for a lot less, and actually be able to title and drive it. What fun is all this hotness if you can't drive it?

    It's not how I would choose to spend $37,500, but I have to admit that I think it's cool as hell.
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    Image of Ford Tempo Fanatic Ford Tempo Fanatic
    11/30/09

    In reply to Chevy Feretta V8-Powered Prototype For Sale, Only $37,500!
    This makes one wonder how it all went so wrong between Feretta to Beretta. One, a rear drive eight cylindered beast. The other, a Cavalier with painted bumpers.
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    11/30/09

    In reply to Chevy Feretta V8-Powered Prototype For Sale, Only $37,500!
    I think that having a one-of-a-kind concept car would be a blast.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    11/30/09

    @skaycog was here: If you look, that video is the last thumbnail in our gallery.
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    11/30/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: Oh. I only viewed half of the gallery. I usually do better than that. *sheepish grin*
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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    11/30/09

    In reply to Chevy Feretta V8-Powered Prototype For Sale, Only $37,500!
    Could they not have coined a better name than Ferretta?

    I mean, really?

    I still want it quite badly though, but wouldn't want to pay this 9rick any money whatsoever, lest he spends it on more meth and crack.
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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    11/30/09

    @Rust-MyEnemy: At first I thought maybe they were planning on Beretta guns winning the lawsuit and making them change the name. After a little digging, apparently it was a take on F-body replacement.
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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    11/30/09

    @P161911 probably shoudn't have: I thought it likely to be something like that, and even vague wordplay on "Ferrari-Eater" crossed my mind.

    Still pretty lame. If it had been built on a Corsica I guess it would have been called Forsica.
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    Edited by Rust-MyEnemy at 11/30/09 10:38 AM Rust-MyEnemy was starred Rust-MyEnemy was unstarred
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