Current Price: USD $12,000 – Source
Auction Ends: Saturday, April 11 at 10:43am PT
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This ¾-scale re-creation of a Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa was handbuilt by the Little Car Company of Bicester, England, in 2024, under license from Ferrari. The hand-formed aluminum bodywork replicates a Scaglietti-designed pontoon-fender example, of which 19 were produced, and was reportedly created referencing drawings held by Ferrari Classiche. This is the 156th example of a run that is said to be limited to 299 units, and it was used by the seller for promotional and display purposes. The body is finished in a Ferrari Giallo Triplo Strato livery over a black tubular steel frame and is powered by a 12 kW electric motor with forward and reverse. Additional details include 12″ Borrani chrome wire wheels, enclosed headlights, taillights, leather hood and trunk straps, a windscreen with an aluminum frame, a wood-rimmed Nardi three-spoke steering wheel, a four-mode drive selector, and a Ferrari Bordeaux leather bench seat. This Ferrari Testa Rossa J is now offered in West Bloomfield, Michigan, on a bill of sale.
Ferrari began development of the 250 Testa Rossa, or “red head,” as a successor to the 500 TRC in anticipation of lower displacement limits that would soon be imposed by the Commissione Sportiva Internazionale. After a single prototype was built with enveloped bodywork, revised Scaglietti bodywork was introduced featuring a cutaway nose and nacelle-style fenders contoured to channel airflow to the brakes. The Testa Rossa claimed overall victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 12 Hours of Sebring, 1000 km Buenos Aires, and the 3 Hours of Auvergne.
Features include faux air intakes, headlights with enclosed covers, taillights, leather-and-chrome hood and trunk straps and latches, a driver-side headrest fairing with an access door for the charging port, a plexiglass windscreen with an aluminum frame, a rear “MO 1957” license plate, Scuderia Ferrari fender shield decals, and a Ferrari prancing horse emblem recessed into the nose panel.
Chrome-polished 12″ Borrani wire wheels with branded spinners are mounted with Pirelli Cinturato 125 SR tires. Solid-disc brakes are fitted at each corner.
The cockpit is fitted with a Ferrari Bordeaux leather bench seat with a matching booster cushion and a handbrake positioned on the left side. Per the seller, the drilled aluminum foot pedals were sourced from Ferrari.
The Nardi wood-rimmed three-spoke steering wheel features a black-and-yellow prancing horse center hub ahead of an aluminum panel with Ferrari-branded instrumentation, including a central kph speedometer with a digital display and switches to operate the lights and horn. The odometer shows 86 kilometers (~53 miles). The painted dashboard features rotary switches for forward and reverse, along with a drive mode selector offering Novice, Comfort, Sport, and Race. To comply with North American regulations, an installed fuse limits the car to 19 mph. The seller notes that the car has an 80 km/h (~50 mph) top speed in Race mode when unrestricted.
Lifting the front-hinged hood reveals batteries that the seller states were made in the Netherlands. Manufacturer’s plaques are riveted to the car under the hood, and a presentation box is included.
