One less yellow 456

Was this the car with a Lexus (?) engine? That one did have these headlights, amongst other less tastefull mods.

 

Let's hope it's this one : https://www.motor1.com/news/127912/ferrari-456m-replica-sold/

 

Must be that one given the headlights. Good riddance

 

Headlights and taillight panel indicate that it is.

 

I presume the carjacker was a purist Ferrarista who couldn't stand the abuse of Pininfarina's most graceful lines being used for a clone, making sure to get it off the road once and for all? If not (or either case) he must have been a total idiot.

 

Imagine finally stealing a Ferrari only to find it's Lexus-powered. No wonder it ended up in a wall.

 

LOL - OK, guys, fess-up. Who did it?

 

Odd that it looks like being on 550 wheels instead of the ghastly chrome ones in the ad, but I agree there cannot be two 456M's in yellow with those headlights.

 

Traded-out for something closer to Ferrari OEM wheels (but likely just "similar"). At the time of the ebay auction, it had "rimz".
Consider this "loss" as a gain.

 

Cleansing the gene pool

 

Definitely!

 

Well, the car was already a loss before it was rebuilt. I have to give the original rebuilder props for taking an abandoned and wrecked 456 with no motor and making a running vehicle out of it. Frankly, it didn't look bad at all, just different.

 

Rumor has it the mods on the car included that Lexus powertrain and then when the builder added the Tesla AI for autopilot, the car became self aware and then the ritual seppuku commenced?

 

Anyone know if this was originally a '99 or an '01? There were only two Giallo 456Ms and I'll mark this car as lost, dead, and gone on the register. As Mirek mentioned, now we're down to one.
"There can be only one!"

 

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Does Earl do Giallo? Bet they would.....

Great post, btw. Quite hilarious and most of this crowd is probably old enough to remember seeing those ads before the paper yellowed!!

 

When we lived in Palos Verdes, CA in the early 60s, Dad actually had Earl Scheib paint his 55 Buick before selling it. For an extra $25 or so ("show car paint"), they would actually use good paint.

 

Who has two big thumbs and an even rarer Ferrari?

THIS GUY!

 

So that's what a Hen's Tooth looks like.....always wondered

 

Story refresher please…. Super interested.

 

I seem to recall that car was not originally yellow. I will comb my list to see what I recorded.

 

One of y'all need to jump on this!

https://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/pts/d/hawthorne-ferrari-456/7382388841.html

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Someone (OK, a BUNCH of someones) need to offer silly $$$ for the sweet V12 engine.