If you grew up in the 1980s, you’re more likely than not to have watched an episode or two of Miami Vice. But which car do you best remember it for – the Ferrari Testarossa that featured in the last three of its five seasons, or the Daytona Spider that preceded it?
If you answered the latter and were waiting for your chance to relive the action for yourself, you may want to head to Monterey, California, this month. That’s where RM Sotheby’s has a highly original example of the Daytona Spider up for auction.
Unlike the Corvette-based replicas used in the show (and so many chop-jobs that ensued), the Prancing Horse you see here is entirely authentic. It’s the 91st of only 121 convertibles (and 1,406 coupes) made, making it at least as rare as the V12 roadsters that followed decades later.
This particular example, chassis number 16847, was delivered new to the United States in silver over black and equipped with factory air conditioning. It traded hands across America numerous times until its owner in Pittsburgh had it redone in Rosso Corsa with a tan leather interior.
It has now been in the same hands for the past 15 years, but is expected to fetch between $2,150,000 and $2,600,000 when the gavel drops on Saturday, August 20. So if you’ve been dreaming of playing at a Narco detective in 1980s Florida, better roll up the sleeves on your sport jacket and start liquidating some assets. In the meantime, scope it out in this beautiful images captured by Erik Fuller for RM Sotheby’s.
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