One-off tribute car by Ferris de Joux
One of the stand-out cars at today’s Lloyds auction is a 1939 Maserati tribute, build by famed Kiwi designer Ferris de Joux in 1999-2000.
Running a 3.5 litre Maserati powerplant, the car has a fascinating back-story. According to de Joux’s entry in WIkipedia: “In 1999 de Joux made a one-off Maserati special. Auckland enthusiast Allan Cattle had a 3.5 litre six-cylinder Maserati engine sitting under a bench in his workshop, after he found it in England beneath another car restorer’s workshop bench and brought it home.
“Ferris saw the engine and decided to build a car in the style of a 1937-39 Maserati. The car was pieced together with assorted spare parts over a three years period and completed in 2002.”
The car is a stunner in the flesh and we have to say one of the stand-out features is the enormous set of finned brake drums on the front wheels.
Bidding was nudging $50,000 at the time of writing, though we’d expect it to go higher. The car has been registered in Queensland and looks like it’s huge fun.