1985 Testarossa $14,500 ("not a kit car")

Homemade, "not a kit car" replica

1985 Ferrari Testarossa replica (NOT A KIT CAR) never driven One of a kind hand built Ferrari replica A 20 year project to recreate the popular Ferrari Testarossa beginning with the full construction of a wooden master (Buck). This disassembles to allow additional parts to be made. This sale includes the ground up framed and ready full fiberglass car. Engine is a Cadillac 500 motor. It is fully integrated in a drop out engine frame. All parts completed and houses original Ferrari driving lights. Original (in box) front lower driving lights are worth $3500 minimum. A one of a kind passion project that my father was unable to complete. Truly one of a kind for a talented automotive restoration expert. The price includes everything, molds, master and vehicle. A definite must see. 18,500 for everything

Maybe you could make hay with the master??

I guess that's a tribute car, but I'm not sure what the deity is going to provide in return.

Just like the half-done hand-formed aluminum 250 GTO tribute that was posted here a while back, you gotta respect the effort and craftsmanship...but these kinds of projects only ever seem to be finished by the people who start them, on the rare occasion that they get finished...it's just a pile of bespoke parts to most of us mortals.

It looks like someone put in a lot of work on this project, and unlike typical Testarossa kit cars, the dimensions look pretty accurate.

As others have mentioned, hard to find the right buyer for someone else's unique labor of love.

I have a hard time understanding this type of build, because even if the body is highly accurate, beautifully made, and impeccably finished, the end result still seems like a letdown to me. Oh look; a Testarossa, with awesome 80's style, and that glorious Italian 12-cylinder and the corresponding character and sound! Wait...what? Oh...it has an American V-8 from the junkyard? Well that just knocked my excitement back about a dozen pegs!

I can see building a tribute/homage of a car that is rare, expensive, and cool-looking where there are suitably similar powerplants available, like a Plymouth Superbird with a Mopar V-8, or a Lancia Stratos replica with an Alfa Busso V-6, or a Shelby Cobra replica with a newer Ford V-8, or a Lotus/Caterham 7 replica with a Ford/Mazda four cylinder, but something that looks like a Ferrari without a Ferrari engine just makes me cringe...