I just read a message talking about the Ferrari kit used in "Ferris
Bueller's Day Off", someone on the list asserted that it was based on
the MGB. As much as I would LOVE for this to be true, it isn't. The
kit is made by Precision Design and Engineering
(http://www.calspyder.com), and is based on a custom-built tubular
backbone/spaceframe. In the Kit Car Magazine catalog (September
1997) it lists no MGB components in the write-up on the 250
California (Although I have to agree about the taillights being an
almost dead-on match.) In the movie, the kit did use Smith's gauges,
but Precision D&E custom builds each car, and the owner probably
specified Smith's gauges for his own reasons.
The catalog only lists two or three MGB-based kits, and none of them
are particularly inspiring.
Scott
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