Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Fake Ferrari's

[Carl Lomele (cmlf1]

I used to see quite a few of these when the 308/328 and Fiero were in 
production. They used Ferrari parts such as tail light and badges, and 
easily fooled the average person. Naturally, the proportions were all 
wrong and it was obviously a fake to anyone with even a little 
knowledge. I used to see the Kelmark Dino replicas based on VW chassis 
all the time. They must have all disintegrated by now.

Carl


On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 12:50 PM, LarryT wrote:

> The new Autoweek arrived today and there was a odd article.  Seems a 
> wealthy family in Italy has been modifying wrecked Ferrari's & engines 
> to make them look like more valuable ones.  I figured someone was 
> turning a 308 into a 288GTO or something similar.  People can do 
> amazing stuff with FRP.
>
> Then they lost me - they said the American connection was Pontiac 
> Fiero's were the base /donor car for some of their creations. 
> Creations?  More like abortions.
>
> Seems some Fiero's were rebodied to look like a 308GTB.  I guess until 
> Ferrari issued a court order stopping that here (I think) - but even 
> so, doesn't seem like there'd be much profit in that kind of 
> reproduction?
>
> I can scan the article if others want to read it.
>
> LarryT
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