"It is so choice..."

"...If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up."

Those were the famous words of Ferris Bueller describing his friend's father's 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California. Well, now the actual movie car is up for auction.  I think we all remember that heartstopping moment when the Ferrari is sent crashing through a plate glass window and into the ravine below.  In fact that car, as well as this one, were both replicas built by the studio specifically for the film (there were 4 replicas total).  A faithful recreation on the surface, the car is actually bodied in fiberglass, and propelled by a 4.7L Ford 289 V8 and automatic transmission.  The auction's estimate is 40 to 80 thousand pounds, but I just have a feeling the car could sell for far more than that because even though it is not a real Ferrari, this machine is basically the most famous car in cinema (up there with the DeLorean in Back to the Future) and as such is a desirable piece of pop culture history.  I hope it goes to the Peterson Museum in LA for their Hollywood cars section! Click here for the link to the full auction item description.

On a side note, the house in which the car was kept in the movie (formerly belonging to real car collector Ben Rose) has also been on the market.  Perhaps one lucky fan can own them both!