Is it a metal or fiberglass body

[greymack]

Well starting a new project and its the Miami vice Daytona spyder . I was wondering what the real cars body would of been made of metal or fiberglass ?

[Art Anderson]

Well starting a new project and its the Miami vice Daytona spyder . I was wondering what the real cars body would of been made of metal or fiberglass ?

The TV car was a Corvette with a fiberglass replica Ferrari Daytona Spyder body.

Art

[Ace-Garageguy]

Well starting a new project and its the Miami vice Daytona spyder . I was wondering what the real cars body would of been made of metal or fiberglass ?

The car from the show was a fiberglass replica, not a real Ferrari. (EDIT: Art's right about it being on a Corvette chassis, a C-3. The interiors of the Vice kit-cars were modified to look like Daytonas as well.))

The real Ferrari Daytona had primarily steel body panels, but the hood, doors and decklid were aluminum.

Here's an article on one of the cars used in the show: http://www.superchevy.com/features/vemp-0611-miami-vice-ferrari/

Edited August 11, 2014 by Ace-Garageguy

[Art Anderson]

The car from the show was a fiberglass replica, not a real Ferrari. (EDIT: Art's right about it being on a Corvette chassis, a C-3. The interiors of the Vice kit-cars were modified to look like Daytonas as well.))

The real Ferrari Daytona had primarily steel body panels, but the hood, doors and decklid were aluminum.

Here's an article on one of the cars used in the show: http://www.superchevy.com/features/vemp-0611-miami-vice-ferrari/

And not long after Miami Vice hit its peak of popularity (ratings) Ferrari came down pretty hard on the shop that was producing those Daytona replica bodies for Corvettes, ending that product.

Art