eBay Find of the Day: The Jerrari
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.
Gallery: Ferrai + Jeep = Jerrari
[Source: eBay, Left Coast Classics via CarScoop]
start below here
_opt_thumbnail.jpg)
_thumbnail.jpg "2011 Audi A8: Live from Miami")
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Dude 9:02AM (5/12/2008)
Looks better than the Ford Flex.
Reply
Garythepowers 9:12AM (5/12/2008)
Dude.
I thought this car was ridiculous until your comment. I too would prefer this over the Flex.
Dude.
http://www.carofhteday.org
Will 9:26AM (5/12/2008)
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 9:37AM (5/12/2008)
Doh!
That's a big 10-4.
Ugh, I'm a maroon.
Torrent 12:36PM (5/12/2008)
:( The scary thing is......This in Sonoma, California. My Town!!!! D:
I'm never going outside until the bidding ends.
Pat 9:06AM (5/12/2008)
That would also make it the first Ferrari with an automatic transmission ;-)
Reply
Alex 9:31AM (5/12/2008)
people with ideas like this make my head hurt...
Reply
Steve 10:00AM (5/12/2008)
Exactly how is this different from the concept of a Porsche Cayenne 40 years later? Would Ferdinand Porsche have approved of building that?
Alex 10:08AM (5/12/2008)
I lump those porsche designers in with this crowd.
1337 5:12PM (5/12/2008)
Definitely. A true precursor to the Cayenne.
DKB_SATX 9:51AM (5/12/2008)
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.
Reply
Matty 9:56AM (5/12/2008)
This is a mini-9/11
Reply
Raghu 10:25AM (5/12/2008)
In case someone is wondering what the thing on the logo is
http://hobojeepers.tripod.com/eugene.htm
Reply
Patrick Long 11:07AM (5/12/2008)
Oh the humanity!!!!!!!
Reply
RPM 11:31AM (5/12/2008)
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.
Reply
The Birdman 12:01PM (5/12/2008)
wow.......the 70's were f*%#ed up.
Reply
Toy Yoda 12:12PM (5/12/2008)
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 12:24PM (5/12/2008)
Don't forget pink and teal accents
Torrent 12:32PM (5/12/2008)
Oh look it's a Jerrari Panamera!
Reply
Jeff 12:38PM (5/12/2008)
I'd love it if they did some bodywork to the back end to make it look less square.
Reply