So, the movie “Rush” is coming out later this year, and it’s shaping up to be a good one. If the quality of all their props is as high as that of this carefully recreated Ferrari support van that’s going under the hammer on August 25, our hopes are understandably kept high.
It’s a Renault Estafet built in 1979, which actually served as a fire truck in a small town on the French/Swiss border for its entire life, just before it was moved to the UK where it snapped up by the movie producers and then brought to the state that it is in today.
Recently repainted, it has period correct decals and a roof rack with two wide racing slicks strapped to it – they could be left there for show, or taken off if the van would actually be put to work.
A price estimate puts it in the £15,000 – £20,000 ($23,000 – $31,150) bracket, and for a car featured in an actual movie that has the premise to be good, this has a chance of gaining in value once purchased.
This will happen regardless of how good or bad the movie will be in the end – people will see this very van on screen and find it cool as a direct consequence.
By Andrei Nedelea
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