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Ferrari 355 Spider Kit $3000 o.b.o.
City: Topeka
State/Locale: Kansas
Country: US
I am recently divorced and cant build my newly purchased 355
kit. This kit fits a 3 stretched
Fiero chassis. I would also be willing to trade for a 355 coupe
kit. (785)357-8473 or
(785)969-4914
E-mail: tony4343@yahoo.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Arthur <maybee@zebra.net>
To: A datsun list <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: How hard is AXing on your car? response
>The Ferrari knock-off was a yellow 355 in the movie The Rock with Nicholas
>Cage and Sean Connery. They took a car that needed body work, repaired it
>(minus paint). Then made molds from the original car. Any of the chase
>scenes were of the reproduction car. The shots of it sitting still were the
>original. The company that made the car for the movie also produced kit
>cars. They started selling body kits for a stretched fiero frame a few
>months after the movie was released. I think the legal troubles you are
>referring to are the ones the company had when ferrari saw just how
>authentic the body lines were to their own car. Ferrari has a crack legal
>team and aren't scared to use them. The F355 fiero rebody kits are pretty
>much nonexistant now.
>
>Arthur
>Also love kit cars (though I haven't purchased one)
>
>
>> << Usually when you see a nice car (old or new) being destroyed (unless
it
>is a
>> very common or inexpensive car) for a production, it is a replica. That
>is
>> one of the things that keeps the kit car business going. It also leads
to
>> some legal issues as in one movie (I don't know which) a Ferrari 355 is
>> destroyed. Well, they could not afford to do that in reality, so a
>replica
>> was "splashed" off of it (kit car term for making a replica from the
>> existing body) and it was mounted to a fiero chassis. The fiero died for
>> the cause. In fact, the panel lines were painted on (the panels did not
>> open as on the real one!) just for the illusion.
>>
>> Now, for the Dukes of Hazzard, they destoryed real chargers (sorry MOPAR
>> fans!) Watch a rerun sometime - those cars bent something fierce when
>they
>> hit the ground!
>>
>> By the way, did anyone know that there is a kit car body available for
the
>> Datsun Roadster chassis? It resembles a Ferrari Birdcage if I recall
>> correctly.
>>
>> Sid
>> (also a Kit Car enthusiast)
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