After first coming across the Russo and Steele listing on Hemmings.com of this 1987 Modena Design Ferrari California Spyder, we thought we could add to what TA had already mentioned the other day regarding the Ferris Bueller replica Ferraris. Alas, as TA points out, the movie came out in 1986, a year before Modena Design and Research began their business (according to the Russo and Steele text). TA also notes that Mark Goyette, who built the three for the movie, sold his tooling to Precision Design. So as best we can tell, Modena Design had nothing to do with the Ferris Bueller cars, and the confusion stems from the fact that Goyette (who started building replicas in 1985) called his replicas the “Modena Spyder.”

All this talk of movie cars this week has me looking through the Hemmings.com classifieds for more. I see some Bentleys and Rolls-Royces owned by movie studio executives, Miley Cyrus’s Mini, Bruce Willis’s 1988 Lincoln limousine, a 1960 Ford Country Squire that appeared in Oliver Stone’s “The Doors,” a 1950 Ford Country Squire that appeared in some movie I’ve never heard of, and all of Volo’s various listings (including, apparently, the actual Miami Vice Ferrari Daytona). Continue reading at Hemmings

Or, at least, one of ‘em. TA pointed out this 1969 Dodge Charger, alleged to be an actual, Warner Brothers-used General Lee, currently for sale on Hemmings.com for $110,000. Continue reading at Hemmings

I see in TA’s post on movie and TV cars that nobody’s yet mentioned the Bugaloo dune buggy, based on a Barris-designed 1971 Asve. Sandy Johnston’s Bugaloo fan site has more on the buggy used in the show, which now appears to be in Europe somewhere, but apparently, Barris built others, not for the show, including this one that appeared recently on Hemmings.com and in the listings for Mecum’s upcoming Kissimmee, Florida, auction. From the description:

This 1971 ASVE Barris Phase 4 Fun Buggy was custom built by Hollywood’s “King of the Kustomizers”, George Barris. This charming piece features a high performance 1776 CC engine, roof-mounted surf boards, a deck-mounted travel trunk and colorful Barris graphics. An identical Phase 4 Buggy was used as the basis for as the “Bugaloo’s Buggy” from the 1970’s kid TV show, “The Bugaloos”

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We’ve never run a business, so take this with a grain of salt, but it’s probably not a good idea to advertise your tune-up shop by sticking a decrepit, barely identifiable car out front. Only those of us with an eye for decrepit oddball cars will really be the only ones who will pay it any form of positive attention. Reader Jay Benedict of Columbus, Ohio, would thus be one of us, and emailed us recently to ask us if we know what’s up with the funny-looking blue fiberglass car on a stand in Bradenton, Florida. “I’ve been going down to Bradenton since 1983 and its been there since,” Jay wrote. Continue reading at Hemmings

The barn finds continue to come in on Hemmings.com, this time it’s a 1940 Ford convertible – once hot rodded with a dual-carb intake and aftermarket heads (Fenton? I can’t tell). Offered out of Newaygo, Michigan, for $5,000. From the seller’s description:

1940 Ford convertible; recently found where it had been parked for over 40 years. The car is a little rough looking but pretty solid and fairly complete. Comes with an extra door. Back in the day it was probably quite a hot rod with a dual carb intake and champion heads. I would love to bring it back to life but have too many projects.

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What’d I tell ya about the barn finds yesterday? Here’s another, a 1960 Austin-Healey BT7 being offered for $7,950 out of Osseo, Minnesota. From the seller’s description:

1960 Austin-Healey BT7 3000, barn find, stored for 35 years, good restoration project or use it for parts, solid car minimal rust, missing front bumper.

He’s from Minnesota, so he should know that a solid car with minimal rust sure ain’t a parts car for any Northerner.

Life got you down? Itching to travel? Tired of seeing your neighbor scratching his butt when you leave the house every morning? What you need, son, is a house on wheels. Yes, sell that boring ol’ house on a foundation and put your money into mobility, maybe something like a 1938 Curtiss Aerocar, towed by a one-of-a-kind Chevrolet-based streamlined tractor, currently for sale on Hemmings.com for $250,000. Continue reading at Hemmings

Like the Land Rover and the Hummer, Mercedes-Benz’s Geländewagen came from militaristic roots before it became a yuppie status symbol, except here in the States, we tend not to see much of its “Franz goes to war” past, shown in this 1982 Geländewagen currently on Hemmings.com for $29,900. Continue reading at Hemmings

To round out this Stude-themed week on the blog (yeah, I totally planned that), let’s go digging for one of South Bend’s finest for the Hemmings Find of the Day. Of the 35 Studebakers on Hemmings.com right now, perhaps the most eye-catching one is this creamsicle 1956 Pelham station wagon, offered out of Houston, Texas, for $49,900. Continue reading at Hemmings