Mustang-Based Ferrari Kit Car Looks Nothing Like Ferrari or Mustang

Is this car cheap for a Ferrari, or expensive for an ’87 Mustang?

Ferrari only makes a handful of cars every year, and back in the 1970s they made even fewer. Less than 1,500 of the 356 GTB/4 were made, and less than 150 of the GTS/4 Spyder. The car pictured here, and found on Craigslist Minneapolis, is a 1987 Ford Mustang GT that has been given an extensive reworking to make it look Ferrari-esque. Whomever made this kit, which the seller claims sold for $20,000 when new, must have been working from memories of Ferraris he once saw, though, or video tapes of Miami Vice, because this Mustang looks almost nothing like a “Daytona.”

Just for reference, this is a real Ferrari 356B/4 Daytona, though not a real Spyder. This is a hard top that has had an Italian coach builder rebody it as a convertible. The Ferrari hard tops sell for over $600,000, and true factory Spyders are valued at over $2,000,000. So, you can understand why people do it.

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This is a C3 Corvette based Ferrari Daytona Spyder replica, just like the fake Ferraris used in the TV show Miami Vice. Like a lot of convincing fakes, just because it is made of plastic doesn’t make it any less fun to look at or play with. At least this car makes sense, because the Corvette body style was based on 1960s race cars, like the ones Enzo was making, and the windshield is similar in shape to the Italian exotic.

This is a Fox Mustang, and not even a particularly clean one at that, with a curvy body kit completely at odds with the square doors and windshield frame that Ford blessed it with. The seller claims over $35,000 was invested in building this, and from the looks of it, a lot of that went into a custom leather and wood veneer interior. However, absolutely nothing was invested in the engine compartment or chassis, it seems.

If you want to be driving a car that makes everyone scratch their heads and say, “huh?” you can find it for sale here, for $6,900. Hagerty lists the value of a “good” condition 1987 Mustang GT convertible as $7,000, but this one would more accurately be described as “fair” and should cost $4,000 or less.