Click above for gallery of the Jerrari
In 1963, Henry Ford II wanted to win Le Mans badly and was all set to buy Ferrari to boost Ford's racing program. Enzo Ferrari pulled out of the deal at the last moment, angering Ford II so badly that he went on to fund development of the legendary GT40 that went on to take many motorsports victories.
A few years later, Mr. Ferrari pissed off yet another powerfully rich American businessman with the outcome being the automotive abomination you see before you. Bill Harrah of Harrah's Casino fame asked Ferrari to construct for him an Italian 4X4 wearing the prancing horse badge. While no one thought to archive the response from Ferrari, we imagine it involved the words 'hell' and 'no'. In Italian, of course.
Undeterred and with more money than taste, Harrah created the Jerrari. Its ass-end is a 1970 Jeep Wagoneer, the nose is from a 1969 Ferrari 365GT. On the day of its birth, this one-of-a-kind offroading Ferrari sported V12 power, but now all four wheels are turned by a 350 V8. The eBay auction for this abomination includes numerous pieces of documentation, like a 1971 review of the car by "Road & Track." Another is a letter from a previous seller in 1984 that indicates there could be more than one of these hideous creations out there. Maybe that's what's been starting all these rumors.
Watch a walk-around video of the Jerrari after the jump, and check out an extensive gallery of photos below.
[Source: eBay, Left Coast Classics via CarScoop]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Dude @ May 12th 2008 9:02AM
Looks better than the Ford Flex.
Garythepowers @ May 12th 2008 9:12AM
Dude.
I thought this car was ridiculous until your comment. I too would prefer this over the Flex.
Dude.
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Will @ May 12th 2008 9:26AM
Garythepowers,
Ya know what's worse than commenting on every post just to advertise your own site? Spelling your link incorrectly, that's what.
Garythepowers @ May 12th 2008 9:37AM
Doh!
That's a big 10-4.
Ugh, I'm a maroon.
Torrent @ May 12th 2008 12:36PM
:( The scary thing is......This in Sonoma, California. My Town!!!! D:
I'm never going outside until the bidding ends.
Pat @ May 12th 2008 9:06AM
That would also make it the first Ferrari with an automatic transmission ;-)
Alex @ May 12th 2008 9:31AM
people with ideas like this make my head hurt...
Steve @ May 12th 2008 10:00AM
Exactly how is this different from the concept of a Porsche Cayenne 40 years later? Would Ferdinand Porsche have approved of building that?
Alex @ May 12th 2008 10:08AM
I lump those porsche designers in with this crowd.
1337 @ May 12th 2008 5:12PM
Definitely. A true precursor to the Cayenne.
DKB_SATX @ May 12th 2008 9:51AM
Wow... I'd heard of this beast, but I'm sure I've never seen a photo. I thought it just had the Ferrari engine, not the whole nose. It looks much worse than I'd imagined. One more reason to hate SUVs that want to be cars instead.
Matty @ May 12th 2008 9:56AM
This is a mini-9/11
Raghu @ May 12th 2008 10:25AM
In case someone is wondering what the thing on the logo is
http://hobojeepers.tripod.com/eugene.htm
Patrick Long @ May 12th 2008 11:07AM
Oh the humanity!!!!!!!
RPM @ May 12th 2008 11:31AM
Maybe this is where Porsche got the idea for the Cayenne. Put a Porsche front end on a lower class SUV. Except they did it with a VW instead of a Jeep.
The Birdman @ May 12th 2008 12:01PM
wow.......the 70's were f*%#ed up.
Toy Yoda @ May 12th 2008 12:12PM
Nah. It's hilarious. I was born in the 70's, but grew up in the 80's. If you want to talk about the worse decade for taste, it would be the 80's (at least for music.)
Guenther @ May 12th 2008 12:24PM
Don't forget pink and teal accents
Torrent @ May 12th 2008 12:32PM
Oh look it's a Jerrari Panamera!
Jeff @ May 12th 2008 12:38PM
I'd love it if they did some bodywork to the back end to make it look less square.