I need your HELP on deciding if this is a Ferrari or not?

Title sounds weird I know, but ...

I was driving through a back country road when next to a barn I saw an old red sportscar that at first I thought, wow that looks like an old 250 of sorts. My wife had no idea what I was talking about but I told her it looks like a very old Ferrari. The car was sitting under a tree, uncovered and looks like it hasn't been moved in 40 years, it looked rough but not rusted. It had the two circle headlights (without the covers), it had a Ferrari grille and most importantly a Ferrari emblem in the middle of the grille, it was a hardtop, but the only thing I found unrecognizable is it had two bulges in the hood unlike the one bulge you more commonly see. Is a double bulge in a hood common for any specific old model? I am very interested and want to go back to the house tomorrow and see if they have any interest in selling. It is just out in the elements parked under a tree and you can barely see anything but the nose sticking out.

But basically it all comes down to that double bulged hood? any ideas? Thanks

p.s. the hood bulge was two of these on each side with about 12" of flat space inbetween the bulges: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/1962_Ferrari_250_GTO_front.jpg

The bulges did not have open vents in the front, like this: http://www.bodymastergbltd.co.uk/images/galleries/classic/ferrari250-front.jpg

 

I can tomorrow but it's pitch black now and they'll run out with a shotgun if they see a car pull up with a flashlight at 10pm, lol =P

I am soo excited, but it's funny, there are like 3 cars parked under this very low tree that almost comes to the ground but the other 2 are covered and this red "ferrari" covered in 40 years of dust and grime is poking out just enough to get my attention but the house looks like a run down shack of sorts but it is on like a 100 acre horse farm.

Has anyone every seen a double bulged hood? typical rounded grille, not rectangle, and typical circle headlights but that horse badge and grille is unmistakable!!

I CANT SLEEP!!!!! =D

 

The only thing I was thinking if it was real was that their area looks like a lot of "old money." They have a huge horse ranch farm on many many acres in a city, so I am sure the land is worth millions. But the house it's next to is kinda ... uuuhhhhhhh. yuck. I also learned you cant judge the people by the hosue because 2 miles away from me there is this old farm house and I recently found out they own a new convertible Bentley GT. I never took the time to look in their garage but sometimes their door is open and it finally caught my eye. Just a few days ago they were pulling out of their driveway in it as I was passing by. a $250k car in the garage of an old farmhouse! Some ppl just have old money around here I guess.

But the funny thing is most replicas you can tell, even if sitting out, still would look somewhat recent. This really looked like it had 40 or 50 years of wear and tear to it. If it's a replica it looked VERY good and like it was built 20 years ago and then never washed. It in no way looked like anything recently built.

I am hoping the owners want to see it go to a nice home, lol. =) Someone who will take care of it and restore it. I am hoping this is one of those once in a lifetime barn finds =D

 

UGH!!!!

Well first off, when I went last night it was 8pm and getting pretty dark out (you know where this is going) and secondly, the road that you drive on compared to where the car sits is roughly 50 to 60 feet away. Ok ... so here it goes ...

... it was a freakin Fiat 124 Spider with a Ferrari Horse emblem on the grille. It was bright red and as we all know they come from similar designs. Anyway, I got out of my truck and walked up to it this morning to take this picture, it would have fooled a lot of people, all until closer examination, plus even from 50 feet the double bulged hood had me thinking, never seen that before! Now it makes sense though! DOH!
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I agree and thought to myself "there is no way I am the first person to see this car resting under this tree for the past 15 years" Now, I know why =P

 

lol, it has already been solved. Read a few posts above and look for the attached picture above. Welcome to the site.