Greetings from Brazil. In the 80's I didn't miss a single episode of this wonderful series. Everything was iconic, the songs, the cars, the clothes, everything. The 80s were wonderful. Today I'm a police officer, and when I go to Miami on vacation I keep trying to imagine what it was like in the wonderful 80s. Excellent video.
The actual original car from the show was on display at the Ft Lauderdale swap shop outdoor flea market. They had the car inside for years and years inside a gated display that no one could touch. I used to work there and it may still be there on display. It was actually a corvette with a Daytona Ferrari body kit. Since this show was filmed down in Miami it’s safe to say the original was 25 miles north in ft Lauderdale at the ft Lauderdale swap shop. At least it was for over 2 decades. I believe they still have the white testarossa from the show as well. If you google them you’ll see the white one in the pics inside there.
@mickywinters8451 You are correct. Owned by Mr Preston Henn. The C3 Corvette sat in his Hillsboro Mile home from time to time.. I got to sit in it once.😃
Not certain this is all accurate. First, Tom McBurnie built the original two cars (not 'Tim'). Second, there are number of ways to distinguish the Miami Vice replicas from the real car (in addition to the fly-windows), such as: the replica's Corvette windshield is nearly vertical compared to the steep rake of the real car; the replica's fenders are flared out aggressively while the original has very thin/small fenders, the replica's rear quarter panel marker lights are recessed within the body-line, while the real car's are above the line and ringed in chrome; the replica has big chrome handles set in the doors, while the originals were just little finger pulls positioned on top of the frame; the replica has square headlamps while the originals are circular; and the seats/interiors are completely different. Third, while the Carl Roberts cars were commissioned during Season 2 for use in Season 3 (to supplement the two McBurnie cars seen) they never made it on air due to the Ferrari lawsuit against Tom McBurnie and ensuing deal between NBC/Universal to replace Crockett's "Daytona" with the Testarossa. Fourth, the production destroyed a miniature Daytona on air, the real cars weren't damaged.
I was thinking the same thing when watching this. Any real car guy would notice the difference between this replica and the real thing. The GM sport mirrors are a dead giveaway, the real one would of had a small chrome mirror with round face.
@@cwindsor8585 : No. Just two cars were used for the show. One is in the Vuolo museum and the other is owned by a private collector and hasn’t been seen in decades.
@@ThomasFerrugia there are cars that you've seen shot from other vehicles and there are cars that have the camera mounts on them for in car shoots or above car shots this particular car is called a camera car The cars you're thinking of don't have any modifications these cars have been jumped and wrecked and put back together
@@cwindsor8585 : I’m well aware of how TV shows and films are produced. Again, only two replica Daytonas (in total) were used for filming the TV show. One based on a ‘76 Corvette and the other on a ‘79. That’s the entirety of the cars NBC had (please go ahead and look it up). One went to a collector and the other was later featured in the movie Speed Zone before winding up in the Vuolo museum. This car’s interior and badging are all wrong anyway. If it has markings of camera mounts, it may be the Daytona replica featured in an 80s TV movie called ‘Moving Target’ starring Jason Bateman. Or, it could be one of the cars that NBC commissioned after season 2 for season 3 that were never got used.
This is so amazing. Michael Mann and the Team really did something special with that show. I mean when even a 2002 born guy from rural germany like me feels nostalgia watching just a review of the shows car.
Truthfully the only reason you would really want a Ferrari Daytona is as a collector and hopefully an investment other than that their shit most died by fire, I would rather have this and be able to drive and enjoy it you wouldn't want to drive a Daytona just because of what you paid for it and the cost of maintaining it.
ABSOLUTELY NOT affiliated with the show in any way. He's only got 1/3 of the facts about the cars correct. The rest sounds like a cut and paste of Wiki misinformation. If he really owned an original, you would think he could get Tom Mcburnie's name correct. And yes, Tom calls BS on this car. Guy couldn't even get the Zenith brand of wheels correct. Michael Talbott never owned a Daytona. He acquired the T-Bird that he drove in the show. I became friends with Michael after doing a meet and greet event with him, the Volo screen used Daytona and our screen used Scarab from season 2. He talked about having the T-Bird, but never said anything about a Daytona. Pretty sure that conversation would've came up that day. When I told him that we purchased the Daytona that was built for Zenith, to promote their wheels at the auto shows in the 80s, there was still never a mention of having owned one. Had a conversation with Olivia Brown about memorabilia that the actors acquired at a meet and greet with her and the Scarab. No story about Michael and a Daytona. Anyone can get a picture taken with their car and an actor at a comic con event and make up a back story. Happens all the time in the TV vehicle world. Fact is, Tom Mcburnie himself, cast members and crew members that we're in close touch with, all state only two Daytona replicas were used and one original for one brief scene in the pilot.
In an interview here on UA-cam, Tom McBurnie stated the show used cars 1 and 4. Car 1 was based on a 1976 Corvette, and car 4 a 1981 Corvette. There were also other differences between a real Daytona and the replica, not just the triangular windows on the doors. You are so right, he got a lot of information on the car incorrect.
Did anyone Cringe a bit at 11:38 when he laid the script with these Metal clips on the Glossy trunk lid thinking "Hey! You're Scratching the car, Man!!" 😅
This car was from 84 to 85 almost 40 years later. Love it. The pilot was in 84 an if you where a teen back then like I was it's cars an girls. So it was a definite hit back then an still is an 80's time capsule Miami Vice is.
Wow! I was 17 when Miami Vice premiered and I'm as giddy as a school girl watching this video!!! Thanks for filming this truly iconic (perhaps THE most iconic) representation of of my youth.
Man I remember when I was a kid on Friday night this show coming on. One of the best TV shows ever from music, movie and TV stars, to the cars and boats. We all wished as kids to be adults, we are all here now and it sucks. Can we somehow travel back in time to when this show was on? Life was much simpler and I could go to my grandparents house.
Nice to see that this "corvette" version is in good hands. Even if its replica, i liked it much more than original Testarossa. MV is still absolutelly my favourite series! For sure only missing in this replica is no pop-up headlights like a original 365...
With all that proof of authenticity and the condition it's in, this car would be any collector's dream. Great to see that it's still in Florida, which kind of seems like its natural habitat. 🙂
@@srobak The owner of this car is in the movie car business has multiple cars that have been used in movies and just showed the documentation to prove it but you know better
@@cwindsor8585 good for him - but if he has documentation for this one it is forged. McBurnie himself even said this was not a car used in the show, and other folks in the comments are part of the network of people who own vehicles from the show. Sorry.
I am a bigger fan than you are, and I would love to see this in person! Thanks for sharing this video! That’s awesome what he has shared in this video. Thank you!
Wow, this car was like a dream to me, so sleek and sexy. It barely got any camera time in the show. I almost cried when they blew it up. I wish the real Daytona Spyders looked this good.
The real 365 GTS/4 Daytona Spider looks much better. The Tom McBurnie kit car is great but the original is on another level. It's proportions are perfect, and you can't even compare the interiors.
My Dad was a vice cop in South Florida in the late 70's and all though the 80's. They didn't have Ferraris, but undercover agents did have unmarked cars and they were rotated often with some sports cars thrown in like a gen 3 Trans Am. The actual cars were wired for a siren with hidden switches because they could have suspects in the car. Sheriff's depts in FL use blue lights so he had the exact same light but in blue. I recall a radio was somewhere in the car hidden, but can't remember the details of that. I remember they were always made my Motorola. When the show was on Mickey Talbott spent time with them researching and he was very well liked by the cops. The undercover agents that were making dangerous cases against cocaine traffickers were a bit put off by Don Johnson and his own "vices", which they were very well aware of, lol. One more thing- the agent badge would have looked similar. I need to find my Dad's, but I recall is was an eagle over a Sheriff's star. It it would have said Sheriff's Department (or later Office) Dade County FLA or something like that and then on the bottom is would have said agent. I don't remember badge numbers on the shield. The ID card would have been closer to what was issued.
The Daytona in the first scene in the pilot was the real deal. Michael Mann was such a perfectionist he dubbed in the sounds of a real Daytona V12 in scenes like the end of the Where the Buses Don't Run. Such a nice car. Btw the fixed headlights are European spec, very few made it to Ameica. Mostly flip ups here. I think it totally makes the look.
30 years ago one of these cars was owned by a buddy of mine in PA. Not sure if it was a kit car or one of the McBurnie cars but it was definitely a black Daytona Spyder on a Vette chassis.
Dear Lord...UNBELIEVABLE! Thank you for sharing all of this infamous nostalgic history! If you could have seen me in 1984! By 1985 I had just about convinced myself that I was actually on the show replacing D.J. Sonny Crocket LOL. I am soooooo stuck on that show, what a great time to live!
The Testarossa stunt car made out of a Pantera was noticable from the real ones, because the stunt Testarossa had deep dish wheels because of the differnt widths, the real Testarossa's where flush rims. Also the Testarossa's were painted white because the black didn't show up on film during the night shoots.
A few things here. First, great video and beautiful machine! Second, people in comments complaining about stuff is kind to f hilarious. And lastly, The amount of people here who actually still believe they blew up the hero car (or even a real car) in the show is embarrassing. Many videos and interviews from production crew and stars that clear up that that was the story told to Enzo to appease Ferrari. The actual scene you guys got fooled by (as did Ferrari) was a scale model shell. Fairly convincing but still not any of the cars. Not hero car, not stunt car, not camera car. A shell! Yeah Also, I don’t know if this was a show used stunt car or not but the Mcburnie cars were fiberglass with emblems attached with adhesive so a corrected hood placement would leave no “mounting holes” in the hood like a true 364 or 365 GTB, because mounting was different because 80’s fake. 🤷♂️🤦♂️
So the original replica builder had his cars confiscated because Ferrari sued him, but the movie company were able to obtain them and use them. So corrupt (but not surprised).
He said the only visual difference is the quarter light windows, the big main visual difference is the door handles, the Daytona had little finger handles on the top of the door, you almost can’t see them, these are off a Mondial
Very interesting and awesome! In the overhead shot here of the car's interior, it looks to me like this model is an automatic based upon the way the selector stick appears, whereas a genuine Ferrari Spyder would have a gated stick shift. I can see that this Corvette-based, Miami Vice replica is, naturally, not gated; however, I can't really tell for sure just by looking whether it's an automatic or manual. And, I know various C3 Corvettes, except for one model year, could be either automatic or manual. Can anyone confirm for sure whether this iconic replica model is automatic?
Theres a few in the comments who are claiming this isnt legit, so I'd like to know how youre an expert. Secondly, im a 70s kid, so I loved ANY t.v. series in the 80s that featured a star car, but I quit watching this show once they replaced this car with the white testarossa cause this one was beautiful compared to that crappy testarossa. The man also said he worked with a Dick Tracy Duesenburg, which is a MASTERPRICE and favorite film, so I wonder if he had anything to do with the pink Auburn Boattail.
Dude, there are PLENTY of people intimately familiar with both real Daytonas and the Miami Vice cars. Including the manager of one of the premier auto museums in the country (which specializes in film / TV cars) who posted above and owns one of the two cars used in the show.
What Doug said. 2 replica Daytona's built and 1 real one used for one static scene in the pilot. What makes me an expert is having first hand knowledge of the car in the video and the process they went through to fake the authenticity. Have documentation from Universal Studios showing the VIN numbers of the 2 cars. I own one of the cars with the VIN listed on the Universal documents and I know the owner of the car that is listed. This car is neither. I am also friends with Tom McBurnie who built the cars that were used.
There was another body kit based on the Daytona made in New York. The difference was no trunk. We put one together at the shop I worked at in Texas. The gel coating was lousy we had a lot of block sanding and high build primering to finally make it look good. That's the last kit car we fooled with.😮
Who owns the Miami Vice Ferrari? Currently one Daytona (Car #4) is in a private collection and the other (Car #1) is on display at the Volo Auto Museum; the Ferrari Testarossa stunt car resides in Kingsport, Tennessee and is owned by Carl Roberts of Carl Roberts Motor Group.
Absolutely loved this car in the show but this car seems to sit way higher at the back than those seen in the show (as if someone's put some bog standard shocks on the rear but more likely the show cars were actually lowered). I don't know if that's because it was the camera car or not but it makes it look so much less cool than those used in the show. It looks like I could fit my fist between the rear wheel and the rear wheel arch yet you'd struggle to slide a piece of paper in that same gap on the show's cars
@@caragraham6154 There were 2 cars that were screen used, they have their VIN numbers listed on Universal Studios / Miami Vice production documents. Both of those cars are accounted for and this is not either of them. I have personal knowledge because I have a set of the Universal documents, own one of the actual real screen used cars and know the owner of the other one listed. I also have personal knowledge of this car and the process they went through to get fake authenticity.
If this is the same car I’ve seen it at a car show in Apollo Beach, Fl. I was parked next to it in my 65 Mustang. I didn’t know it at the time about the chassis being from a corvette. I didn’t put 2+2 together until after.
Cool car. Just one point to note, the "firearm" in the episode (picture) he refed to (Trust Fund Pirates) was an Ingram Arms MAC 10. The Prop weapons he brought out was yes an Uzi.
This men should be so proud to get this awesome car ! I love it for the rest of my life! This replica is one of the most beautiful I think! As a huge fan of Miami vice this content is unbelievable! Thanks buddy
Back in 1992 and 1993 I went to a vocational school (BOCES) in Oakdale NY on Long Island near my childhood home... I was in the 2 classes for autobody repair we had/helped build 2 of these one just like the Miami Vice car and the other was red C3 vette frame/drivetrain with faux Ferrari body Mr. Palma and Mr. Pontieri They both scared the crap outta me but were both excellent teachers.... BTW My 2 favorite TV shows ever were not only from the 1980's BUT both based in Miami . MIAMI VICE and GOLDEN GIRLS
This is not any of the cars associated with the show, at all, ever. The real ones were and are very well documented and this is not one of them. This is one of many scams. Easy to find the real info on the web or in the forums.
At one time I was looking at buying a 90s Red Testarossa for 60k. I was like that's a steal. I mentioned this to a friend of mine, and he said good luck finding a good mechanic to work on it and the Ferrari parts.
No it’s not. The VIN of the 2 cars used are documented on Universal Studios documents and both those cars are accounted for. The documents for this car are fraudulent.
Absolutely. I own 1 of the cars and have the Universal documents listing the two VIN numbers and I know the owner of the other car. I’m also the one who put John in touch with Michael Talbott and shortly after Michael told me he was paid to put his name on the title to make it “owned” by him. I’m also friends with McBurnie who built both cars for the show, they were 2 of the first 4 cars he built and those 4 cars have unique characteristics that only the 1st 4 cars had which are part of the construction and missing from this car. Everything about the 2 real cars is heavily authenticated.
I doubt you own 1 of the four cars. How do you know John? Because I know him personally, he is avery successful individual with no reason to fabricate wild stories . He is credible and has done work with multiple major film and tv companies. Also, are you trying to say that? Michael was willing to tarnish his reputation to be paid to put his name on a car that he didn't have anything to do with for the sake of making a few bucks and to be caught up in a controversy just so John could tell stories to stroke his ego.. like his career with NASA and being an inventor wasn't enough. He had to fabric stories about a tv car to go along with the 20 other vehicles he owns?
Also if you are in possession of one of the cars it's not yours. It's Greg's.. Lol. And there is some question of whether or not that car is legit seeing as how it was acquired without knowing if it was even legit.. universal thought the car was destroyed and wasn't in their possession..
@@srobak be hard pressed to find one worth 50k for sale,I have been in and around a few definitely worth that least to me,few for sale I found were..mehhh cost more to rehab it then anything.
@@srobak I'm sure a car that was actually used in the TV series would be worth more than that. The owner of this car...winch was not used in the TV production...is trying to talk it up so he can find a rube to offer him a lot of money for it.
There were 2 cars, but its confusing they are known as car #1 and car #4. The numbers had to do with McBurnie's order of build, he built 4 cars originally and Miami Vice got his car #1 and #4. #4 was the Camera car, #1 was the stunt car. The car in the video is neither.
Yes I also read that. Evidently many serious film companies only use kit/replicas as the iconic originals would be too valuable to wreck etc…(the old Mercedes in the chase scenes in Raiders of the lost ark were actually modified Jaguars I believe)…
I was looking at a McBurnie and was $5k shy of their asking price, then lightening struck and a 57 Plymouth Fury dropped into my lap.. I am still eyeing the McBurnie though, but Christine needed me so I couldn't argue lol Love this car and as Ferrari is, they need to relax, Consider it an homage to the real deal.
Wasn’t there also an issue with reliability, because the real Ferrari has tons of electrical gremlins. And it didn’t sit low enough. Ferrari experts spotted these as replicas from the first episode because they rode lower and smoother than the real thing. Literally a case of the replica might have been better than the real deal
@@leestockton9367 because the original which was a replica built from a corvette was destroyed in the show after a lawsuit from ferrari, they came to a settlement agreement that they'd destroy the car on screen
@@elliottharrison3569 not exactly accurate. The one that was blown up was a tiny, plastic model. The actual cars (4 of them) from the show went on to private sale.
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Awesome. 👍 I need to finish watching the last few seasons of show.
They get better and better
Ferrari Testarossa the last few seasons
Greetings from Brazil. In the 80's I didn't miss a single episode of this wonderful series. Everything was iconic, the songs, the cars, the clothes, everything. The 80s were wonderful. Today I'm a police officer, and when I go to Miami on vacation I keep trying to imagine what it was like in the wonderful 80s. Excellent video.
You could be represented by one of several characters on the show... good and bad!
Estou assistindo a série agora , muito fera
Onde vc ta assistindo mank@@SanderJohnson17
The actual original car from the show was on display at the Ft Lauderdale swap shop outdoor flea market. They had the car inside for years and years inside a gated display that no one could touch. I used to work there and it may still be there on display. It was actually a corvette with a Daytona Ferrari body kit. Since this show was filmed down in Miami it’s safe to say the original was 25 miles north in ft Lauderdale at the ft Lauderdale swap shop. At least it was for over 2 decades. I believe they still have the white testarossa from the show as well. If you google them you’ll see the white one in the pics inside there.
@mickywinters8451 You are correct. Owned by Mr Preston Henn. The C3 Corvette sat in his Hillsboro Mile home from time to time.. I got to sit in it once.😃
@@doorguru168888Hillsborough mile lol. My x and her hubby own a house there still 😂
Not certain this is all accurate. First, Tom McBurnie built the original two cars (not 'Tim'). Second, there are number of ways to distinguish the Miami Vice replicas from the real car (in addition to the fly-windows), such as: the replica's Corvette windshield is nearly vertical compared to the steep rake of the real car; the replica's fenders are flared out aggressively while the original has very thin/small fenders, the replica's rear quarter panel marker lights are recessed within the body-line, while the real car's are above the line and ringed in chrome; the replica has big chrome handles set in the doors, while the originals were just little finger pulls positioned on top of the frame; the replica has square headlamps while the originals are circular; and the seats/interiors are completely different. Third, while the Carl Roberts cars were commissioned during Season 2 for use in Season 3 (to supplement the two McBurnie cars seen) they never made it on air due to the Ferrari lawsuit against Tom McBurnie and ensuing deal between NBC/Universal to replace Crockett's "Daytona" with the Testarossa. Fourth, the production destroyed a miniature Daytona on air, the real cars weren't damaged.
I was thinking the same thing when watching this. Any real car guy would notice the difference between this replica and the real thing. The GM sport mirrors are a dead giveaway, the real one would of had a small chrome mirror with round face.
The car has the camera mounts on it I have been in his garage this is the real deal they used many cars
@@cwindsor8585 : No. Just two cars were used for the show. One is in the Vuolo museum and the other is owned by a private collector and hasn’t been seen in decades.
@@ThomasFerrugia there are cars that you've seen shot from other vehicles and there are cars that have the camera mounts on them for in car shoots or above car shots this particular car is called a camera car The cars you're thinking of don't have any modifications these cars have been jumped and wrecked and put back together
@@cwindsor8585 : I’m well aware of how TV shows and films are produced. Again, only two replica Daytonas (in total) were used for filming the TV show. One based on a ‘76 Corvette and the other on a ‘79. That’s the entirety of the cars NBC had (please go ahead and look it up). One went to a collector and the other was later featured in the movie Speed Zone before winding up in the Vuolo museum. This car’s interior and badging are all wrong anyway. If it has markings of camera mounts, it may be the Daytona replica featured in an 80s TV movie called ‘Moving Target’ starring Jason Bateman. Or, it could be one of the cars that NBC commissioned after season 2 for season 3 that were never got used.
Still a GREAT TV show. Just restarted season 1 again after 10 years. 48 minute movies! Awesome!
Thank you for sharing this video. Awesome. Still a fan of miami Vice in the year 2022. 😊
This is so amazing. Michael Mann and the Team really did something special with that show. I mean when even a 2002 born guy from rural germany like me feels nostalgia watching just a review of the shows car.
My dream car…….i dont care if its built on a corvette chassis….i abosolutely love this car, always have for the past damn near 40 yrs!!!
They look great 👍
Truthfully the only reason you would really want a Ferrari Daytona is as a collector and hopefully an investment other than that their shit most died by fire, I would rather have this and be able to drive and enjoy it you wouldn't want to drive a Daytona just because of what you paid for it and the cost of maintaining it.
@@Oldguy1900 exactly
This was a fun video. I’ve been rewatching the entire series on BluRay so UA-cam must be listening in as it was prominent in my feed.
ABSOLUTELY NOT affiliated with the show in any way.
He's only got 1/3 of the facts about the cars correct. The rest sounds like a cut and paste of Wiki misinformation.
If he really owned an original, you would think he could get Tom Mcburnie's name correct. And yes, Tom calls BS on this car.
Guy couldn't even get the Zenith brand of wheels correct.
Michael Talbott never owned a Daytona. He acquired the T-Bird that he drove in the show.
I became friends with Michael after doing a meet and greet event with him, the Volo screen used Daytona and our screen used Scarab from season 2.
He talked about having the T-Bird, but never said anything about a Daytona. Pretty sure that conversation would've came up that day. When I told him that we purchased the Daytona that was built for Zenith, to promote their wheels at the auto shows in the 80s, there was still never a mention of having owned one.
Had a conversation with Olivia Brown about memorabilia that the actors acquired at a meet and greet with her and the Scarab. No story about Michael and a Daytona.
Anyone can get a picture taken with their car and an actor at a comic con event and make up a back story. Happens all the time in the TV vehicle world.
Fact is, Tom Mcburnie himself, cast members and crew members that we're in close touch with, all state only two Daytona replicas were used and one original for one brief scene in the pilot.
In an interview here on UA-cam, Tom McBurnie stated the show used cars 1 and 4. Car 1 was based on a 1976 Corvette, and car 4 a 1981 Corvette. There were also other differences between a real Daytona and the replica, not just the triangular windows on the doors. You are so right, he got a lot of information on the car incorrect.
Talbot's name was put on the title just a few years ago as a co-owner so it could be said "he owned it". The car is out and out fraud.
@@VoloMuseum AGREED. Still, wouldn't mind owning one of those fraudulent cars myself!
Did anyone Cringe a bit at 11:38 when he laid the script with these Metal clips on the Glossy trunk lid thinking "Hey! You're Scratching the car, Man!!" 😅
This car was from 84 to 85 almost 40 years later. Love it. The pilot was in 84 an if you where a teen back then like I was it's cars an girls. So it was a definite hit back then an still is an 80's time capsule Miami Vice is.
En era unlike anything else.
Wow! I was 17 when Miami Vice premiered and I'm as giddy as a school girl watching this video!!! Thanks for filming this truly iconic (perhaps THE most iconic) representation of of my youth.
Man I remember when I was a kid on Friday night this show coming on. One of the best TV shows ever from music, movie and TV stars, to the cars and boats. We all wished as kids to be adults, we are all here now and it sucks. Can we somehow travel back in time to when this show was on? Life was much simpler and I could go to my grandparents house.
Incredible, I got goose bumps when I saw it.....
Jeeeez, my toenails curled when he dragged the folder with the metal parts over the trunk...
Fantastic. I’m glad to see this car being preserved.
Me too!
Still looks great sounds terrific iconic
Lovely video. Very interesting and enjoyable, and definitely informative too.
WoW thanks for the history I'm a real big fan of the show... Miami vice forever
Nice to see that this "corvette" version is in good hands. Even if its replica, i liked it much more than original Testarossa. MV is still absolutelly my favourite series! For sure only missing in this replica is no pop-up headlights like a original 365...
I prefer it to the Testarossa also! ;)
That was neat! Thanks for the video!
With all that proof of authenticity and the condition it's in, this car would be any collector's dream. Great to see that it's still in Florida, which kind of seems like its natural habitat. 🙂
except it's not authentic
@@srobak The owner of this car is in the movie car business has multiple cars that have been used in movies and just showed the documentation to prove it but you know better
@@cwindsor8585 good for him - but if he has documentation for this one it is forged. McBurnie himself even said this was not a car used in the show, and other folks in the comments are part of the network of people who own vehicles from the show. Sorry.
@@srobak send me to the link of McBurnie saying that this car wasn't used in the show ..
I am a bigger fan than you are, and I would love to see this in person! Thanks for sharing this video! That’s awesome what he has shared in this video. Thank you!
Oh yeah! Well , I’m a bigger fan than both of you .
@@yzrider3326 i am a bigger fan than you as well.lmao
I am a bigger fan than you.
Then all of us need to get permission to see this! Bring your best Miami Vice outfit too, lol!
Wow, this car was like a dream to me, so sleek and sexy. It barely got any camera time in the show. I almost cried when they blew it up. I wish the real Daytona Spyders looked this good.
The real 365 GTS/4 Daytona Spider looks much better. The Tom McBurnie kit car is great but the original is on another level. It's proportions are perfect, and you can't even compare the interiors.
so dope I am watching Miami Vice all episodes this is such a dope show
My Dad was a vice cop in South Florida in the late 70's and all though the 80's. They didn't have Ferraris, but undercover agents did have unmarked cars and they were rotated often with some sports cars thrown in like a gen 3 Trans Am. The actual cars were wired for a siren with hidden switches because they could have suspects in the car. Sheriff's depts in FL use blue lights so he had the exact same light but in blue. I recall a radio was somewhere in the car hidden, but can't remember the details of that. I remember they were always made my Motorola. When the show was on Mickey Talbott spent time with them researching and he was very well liked by the cops. The undercover agents that were making dangerous cases against cocaine traffickers were a bit put off by Don Johnson and his own "vices", which they were very well aware of, lol. One more thing- the agent badge would have looked similar. I need to find my Dad's, but I recall is was an eagle over a Sheriff's star. It it would have said Sheriff's Department (or later Office) Dade County FLA or something like that and then on the bottom is would have said agent. I don't remember badge numbers on the shield. The ID card would have been closer to what was issued.
Master. Chief. Saw oil dad Miami. Boat show 1984 c too 1994
The Daytona in the first scene in the pilot was the real deal. Michael Mann was such a perfectionist he dubbed in the sounds of a real Daytona V12 in scenes like the end of the Where the Buses Don't Run. Such a nice car. Btw the fixed headlights are European spec, very few made it to Ameica. Mostly flip ups here. I think it totally makes the look.
30 years ago one of these cars was owned by a buddy of mine in PA. Not sure if it was a kit car or one of the McBurnie cars but it was definitely a black Daytona Spyder on a Vette chassis.
That's so awesome to have all of that memorabilia
Absolutely agree
Just as good as a Jay Leno's Garage show! Well done Sir!
Wow, thanks!
Fantastic! Thanks so much for sharing!
Remember one episode when they were sitting in the car talking, then started it to pull away, and a blue exhaust cloud blew over them.
Michael Tallaott character Stanley Switek was named after a Chicago Outfit guy named Michael Swiatek that Michael Mann new from filming Thief.
Dear Lord...UNBELIEVABLE! Thank you for sharing all of this infamous nostalgic history! If you could have seen me in 1984! By 1985 I had just about convinced myself that I was actually on the show replacing D.J. Sonny Crocket LOL. I am soooooo stuck on that show, what a great time to live!
The Testarossa stunt car made out of a Pantera was noticable from the real ones, because the stunt Testarossa had deep dish wheels because of the differnt widths, the real Testarossa's where flush rims. Also the Testarossa's were painted white because the black didn't show up on film during the night shoots.
What a great video, thank you.
Don't care what Ferrari says, these are beautiful replica.
My understanding is that it was a Daytona body on a Corvette frame and the Ferrari people forced them to destroy it. That was featured on one episode.
That is incredible all of it. I have a true love fort the Ferrari Daytona Spyder.
Wow how lucky is this guy to have all of that!💗💗
Very true!
except it's not real
A few things here.
First, great video and beautiful machine!
Second, people in comments complaining about stuff is kind to f hilarious.
And lastly,
The amount of people here who actually still believe they blew up the hero car (or even a real car) in the show is embarrassing. Many videos and interviews from production crew and stars that clear up that that was the story told to Enzo to appease Ferrari. The actual scene you guys got fooled by (as did Ferrari) was a scale model shell. Fairly convincing but still not any of the cars. Not hero car, not stunt car, not camera car. A shell!
Yeah Also, I don’t know if this was a show used stunt car or not but the Mcburnie cars were fiberglass with emblems attached with adhesive so a corrected hood placement would leave no “mounting holes” in the hood like a true 364 or 365 GTB, because mounting was different because 80’s fake. 🤷♂️🤦♂️
So the original replica builder had his cars confiscated because Ferrari sued him, but the movie company were able to obtain them and use them. So corrupt (but not surprised).
That is so interesting. Second time around??? Did not know about that.
He said the only visual difference is the quarter light windows, the big main visual difference is the door handles, the Daytona had little finger handles on the top of the door, you almost can’t see them, these are off a Mondial
Very interesting and awesome! In the overhead shot here of the car's interior, it looks to me like this model is an automatic based upon the way the selector stick appears, whereas a genuine Ferrari Spyder would have a gated stick shift. I can see that this Corvette-based, Miami Vice replica is, naturally, not gated; however, I can't really tell for sure just by looking whether it's an automatic or manual. And, I know various C3 Corvettes, except for one model year, could be either automatic or manual. Can anyone confirm for sure whether this iconic replica model is automatic?
Gorgeous car.
Was that Tubbs Cadillac in the garage at the end ?
Yesvitbis
I'm sure the owner will claim that it is. He also owns Big Foot's Ford Bronco.
Great synthwave music.
Thanks!
Theres a few in the comments who are claiming this isnt legit, so I'd like to know how youre an expert. Secondly, im a 70s kid, so I loved ANY t.v. series in the 80s that featured a star car, but I quit watching this show once they replaced this car with the white testarossa cause this one was beautiful compared to that crappy testarossa. The man also said he worked with a Dick Tracy Duesenburg, which is a MASTERPRICE and favorite film, so I wonder if he had anything to do with the pink Auburn Boattail.
Dude, there are PLENTY of people intimately familiar with both real Daytonas and the Miami Vice cars. Including the manager of one of the premier auto museums in the country (which specializes in film / TV cars) who posted above and owns one of the two cars used in the show.
What Doug said. 2 replica Daytona's built and 1 real one used for one static scene in the pilot. What makes me an expert is having first hand knowledge of the car in the video and the process they went through to fake the authenticity. Have documentation from Universal Studios showing the VIN numbers of the 2 cars. I own one of the cars with the VIN listed on the Universal documents and I know the owner of the car that is listed. This car is neither. I am also friends with Tom McBurnie who built the cars that were used.
Great Scott! Is the guy passing @3:09 on a hover board?!
I have a old Popular Mechanics magazine and it has this car on the cover it says they were built in Kingsport tn.
F’ing COOOOOL!! Yeah the camera car thing explains the differences from the car or cars on screen.
There was another body kit based on the Daytona made in New York. The difference was no trunk. We put one together at the shop I worked at in Texas. The gel coating was lousy we had a lot of block sanding and high build primering to finally make it look good. That's the last kit car we fooled with.😮
Who owns the Miami Vice Ferrari?
Currently one Daytona (Car #4) is in a private collection and the other (Car #1) is on display at the Volo Auto Museum; the Ferrari Testarossa stunt car resides in Kingsport, Tennessee and is owned by Carl Roberts of Carl Roberts Motor Group.
one of these cars sold 12/13/22 for $53,000 on Bring A Trailer same color and actual looking interior.
They made many more than just the Miami Vice ones.
Absolutely loved this car in the show but this car seems to sit way higher at the back than those seen in the show (as if someone's put some bog standard shocks on the rear but more likely the show cars were actually lowered). I don't know if that's because it was the camera car or not but it makes it look so much less cool than those used in the show. It looks like I could fit my fist between the rear wheel and the rear wheel arch yet you'd struggle to slide a piece of paper in that same gap on the show's cars
That's gotta be pretty cool to actually have a camera car used in the series.
he wouldn't know. this isn't one of them.
@@srobak why do you say that ?
@@caragraham6154 There were 2 cars that were screen used, they have their VIN numbers listed on Universal Studios / Miami Vice production documents. Both of those cars are accounted for and this is not either of them. I have personal knowledge because I have a set of the Universal documents, own one of the actual real screen used cars and know the owner of the other one listed. I also have personal knowledge of this car and the process they went through to get fake authenticity.
Great video!
🙏 thank you
If this is the same car I’ve seen it at a car show in Apollo Beach, Fl. I was parked next to it in my 65 Mustang. I didn’t know it at the time about the chassis being from a corvette. I didn’t put 2+2 together until after.
Cool car. Just one point to note, the "firearm" in the episode (picture) he refed to (Trust Fund Pirates) was an Ingram Arms MAC 10. The Prop weapons he brought out was yes an Uzi.
This men should be so proud to get this awesome car ! I love it for the rest of my life! This replica is one of the most beautiful I think! As a huge fan of Miami vice this content is unbelievable! Thanks buddy
Thanks for the kind words
@@SirDrifto thanks to you sir 🙏
damn! i wish i would get $50 everytime someone say's ''not a ferrari but a replica c4 corvette'' i would be rich!
As I recall, they used V-12 sound effects when this car revved.
PS Your girlfriend is funny and cute.
Back in 1992 and 1993 I went to a vocational school (BOCES) in Oakdale NY on Long Island near my childhood home... I was in the 2 classes for autobody repair we had/helped build 2 of these one just like the Miami Vice car and the other was red C3 vette frame/drivetrain with faux Ferrari body Mr. Palma and Mr. Pontieri They both scared the crap outta me but were both excellent teachers.... BTW My 2 favorite TV shows ever were not only from the 1980's BUT both based in Miami . MIAMI VICE and GOLDEN GIRLS
had to subscribe after this video. love the show and the cars
why would you subscribe to a channel that publishes false information?
The original was a kit car built on a Chevy C4 Corvette chassis including a Chevy 350 V8
This is not any of the cars associated with the show, at all, ever. The real ones were and are very well documented and this is not one of them. This is one of many scams. Easy to find the real info on the web or in the forums.
All of the show cars have square mirrors. The seats are different, wheels etc. So yeah, agree with Dean, this was not a show car.
This is one of them.
I'm not going to say if it is or isn't but if the titles authentic then that's kind of the documentation of the course the real deal.
The cars on the show were fake, based on Corvette chassis with Ferrari panels.
At one time I was looking at buying a 90s Red Testarossa for 60k. I was like that's a steal. I mentioned this to a friend of mine, and he said good luck finding a good mechanic to work on it and the Ferrari parts.
I thought it was "TOM McBurnie" not Tim!
You caught that too? This is not a good version, either.
The cars actually in the show weren't Ferrari at all. They were kit cars made from Corvettes.
Wrong real farries Miami. Boat show dske nedis
Yes, that was my formative series at the time. so cool and stylish.
Long live the blown-up Daytona an the stinger.
you need an Wide angle lens to do this car justice ;)
it looked alot longer in the serie
I know this guy personally.. I can confirm that this is absolutely from Miami vice
No it’s not. The VIN of the 2 cars used are documented on Universal Studios documents and both those cars are accounted for. The documents for this car are fraudulent.
Can you prove it?
Absolutely. I own 1 of the cars and have the Universal documents listing the two VIN numbers and I know the owner of the other car. I’m also the one who put John in touch with Michael Talbott and shortly after Michael told me he was paid to put his name on the title to make it “owned” by him. I’m also friends with McBurnie who built both cars for the show, they were 2 of the first 4 cars he built and those 4 cars have unique characteristics that only the 1st 4 cars had which are part of the construction and missing from this car. Everything about the 2 real cars is heavily authenticated.
I doubt you own 1 of the four cars. How do you know John? Because I know him personally, he is avery successful individual with no reason to fabricate wild stories . He is credible and has done work with multiple major film and tv companies. Also, are you trying to say that? Michael was willing to tarnish his reputation to be paid to put his name on a car that he didn't have anything to do with for the sake of making a few bucks and to be caught up in a controversy just so John could tell stories to stroke his ego.. like his career with NASA and being an inventor wasn't enough. He had to fabric stories about a tv car to go along with the 20 other vehicles he owns?
Also if you are in possession of one of the cars it's not yours. It's Greg's.. Lol. And there is some question of whether or not that car is legit seeing as how it was acquired without knowing if it was even legit.. universal thought the car was destroyed and wasn't in their possession..
sooooo f'n dope. new sub. lovin it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The McBurney Daytona Corvettes are pretty actual hard to find they're not worth a whole lot of money but they are special
most of them sell between 25-50k now.
@@srobak be hard pressed to find one worth 50k for sale,I have been in and around a few definitely worth that least to me,few for sale I found were..mehhh cost more to rehab it then anything.
@@srobak I'm sure a car that was actually used in the TV series would be worth more than that. The owner of this car...winch was not used in the TV production...is trying to talk it up so he can find a rube to offer him a lot of money for it.
I read at the time that they had three or four cars for filming all based on a corvette chassis.
There were 2 cars, but its confusing they are known as car #1 and car #4. The numbers had to do with McBurnie's order of build, he built 4 cars originally and Miami Vice got his car #1 and #4. #4 was the Camera car, #1 was the stunt car. The car in the video is neither.
@@briangrams3844 hi Brian, do you know/ am I right in saying they were Ferrari replicas based on Corvettes? I’m sure I read it somewhere..
@@philtucker1224 Yes they were built from Corvettes. Car #1 / Stunt car was a 1976 Corvette and Car #4 / Camera Car was a 1981 Corvette.
Awesome shoot!!!!
even wen its a corvette still an awesome car
The ones used on the show were Corvette kit conversions. Ferrari engaged NBC in a lawsuit over it.
Yes I also read that. Evidently many serious film companies only use kit/replicas as the iconic originals would be too valuable to wreck etc…(the old Mercedes in the chase scenes in Raiders of the lost ark were actually modified Jaguars I believe)…
I believe I had seen that car in DuPont registries cars and coffee years ago.
This is my favorite Ferrari.
Original camera car is in a museum with other famous movie vehicles
I loved this car as a kid. I even liked it better than the white testarossa.
What's the song playing in the background?
I was looking at a McBurnie and was $5k shy of their asking price, then lightening struck and a 57 Plymouth Fury dropped into my lap.. I am still eyeing the McBurnie though, but Christine needed me so I couldn't argue lol Love this car and as Ferrari is, they need to relax, Consider it an homage to the real deal.
Being a corvette, it will be affordable to actually drive for many years to come.
Wow! How cool is that?!
Two words: AWE-SOME!!!!!!
Very fitting that it remains in Florida .
it's not in florida. it is on display at the Volo museum outside of Chicago
Based on the original Ferrari Daytona 365GTB/4C(convertible) a k a "drop dead gorgeous❤️the fibreglass replica completely fooled me
Wasn’t there also an issue with reliability, because the real Ferrari has tons of electrical gremlins. And it didn’t sit low enough. Ferrari experts spotted these as replicas from the first episode because they rode lower and smoother than the real thing. Literally a case of the replica might have been better than the real deal
Any real Ferrari enthusiast would know just at a glance that this is not a genuine Ferrari.
The original that Crockett drove is in a car museum in Tenn..
In the Original Movie? Crockett Drove an about 1986 Camaro Z-28 (white)
Where is it this car?it is on sale?
The Miami Vice faux Ferrari Daytona was a rebodied Corvette as the producers could not afford a real and rare Daytona Spider.
The lack of Borrani wheels immediately gave it away
It would be great if Don Johnson and the owner would agree to drive the car for a photo shoot.
Hate to break it to you .. that’s not the original car from the show.
Because? Don't just make a random statement without supporting evidence
@@leestockton9367 because the original which was a replica built from a corvette was destroyed in the show after a lawsuit from ferrari, they came to a settlement agreement that they'd destroy the car on screen
@@elliottharrison3569 Ah, that explains the episode where it was blown up, art imitating life; thanks for the info! 👍🙂
@@elliottharrison3569 not exactly accurate. The one that was blown up was a tiny, plastic model. The actual cars (4 of them) from the show went on to private sale.
Said it was a camera car used for driver scenes
Wow that's crazy I always heard it was a Corvette be pretty cool for him to take it to the Corvette museum let everybody look at it
That would be cool!