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1986 Ferrari Testarossa
White, Chocolate Leather interior. 12 cylinder, 5-speed. Power Steering, Power Windows. All original car, original owner, original driver, original Bill of Sale. Actual car featured in Dan Marino Pony shoe ad and also in Miami Vice calendar, poster and TV show (first 2 episodes of the season that featured Testarossa). Current odometer reading is 19,229. VIN ZFFSA17A5G0064363. Asking price $89,500.00

 

The miami vice TR is sitting in a place called the Swap Shop in Ft. Lauderdale Florida. Its a flea market and is there along with the owners numerous other cars (F50, Enzo, 275 comp car (one of 4), Daytona Spider and various other cars). Its a cool place, i definately recomend it to anyone who is visiting the area.

No idea on the F430 but i guess thats not as "iconic" as the white TR

 

Can someone please enlighten me to where the Magnum PI 308/328's are now? Does anyone know?

 

FNA gave the show 2 cars as is standard practice. That leaves one unaccounted for.

 

PAP348 - they only used 308's and 308qv's in the Magnum PI TV show I believe. They had one for sale on Ebay last Summer in Longmont, CO. (I don't recall the price or condition) - it would be fun to know where they are now.

 

I seem to recall the MV cars had tan interiors.

 

I thought that one of the TR's in Miami Vice was a "kit" Corvette. Am I wrong?

 

That was the original MV "Ferrari", the black Daytona spider.

 

I know one of the Miami Vice F430’s was auctioned off for charity (CURE Foundation) during the Red Carpet Premier after party, of which we were pleased to be a part of. The link should still be up. Visit www.ScuderiaRampage.com and click on the Miami Vice link. If I recall correctly The Collection in Florida presented the car but I don’t know much else.

 

The stunt car was a deTomaso Pantera

 

Thanks Stevo....

 

While we are here on the topic, some of you guys may not know this......Don Johnson had his own silver Testarossa. The 1989 Testarossa was a gift for him from Enzo Ferrari before he died as a thanks to Don Johnson for making the Testarossa such a major sales sucess worldwide. The silver Testarossa was autcioned off in 2003 for US$88,560 after Don delcared bankruptcy.

 

This car?
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Yes, thats correct. The black Ferrari Spyder 365 GTS/4 was really a Corvette chassis with Ferrari 'styled' body parts and Ferrari hardware inside the cabin.
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Ferrari North America delivered black cars but Michael Mann had them painted white for better contrast at night. The car in black can be seen in episode "When Irish Eyes Are Crying" (3.1) driven by an IRA gun. Later in the story, Sonny's black Ferrari Spyder gets blown up by the bad guys. In the next episode "Stone's War," he receives his new white Testarossa.
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There are actually about 20 old Miami Vice threads and a a whole bunch about the new movie.

Here's a good one about the TV show and the cars, some of which has already been repeated above...

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=112650&highlight=miami+vice

After doing my research for the above thread, I added the classic take of Crockett looking at his "Daytona" getting blown up for my avatar!

There have been many sightings from people on the Universal Studios Tour in Los Angeles that have seen (what is supposed to be) one of the Magnum PI cars sitting uncovered, without the top, sitting on the side of a sound stage, forgotten and trashed. Universal produced Magnum P.I.

 

I do believe the owner of the swapshop is a Ferrari fanatic, and also has an FXX.

 

Exactly... His name is Preston Henn, he has quite a racing background as well