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A 383-Swapped 1962 Ferrari 250 GTE And Its Highly-Custom Superhauler: Video

This absolutely gorgeous 1962 Ferrari 250 GTE has been fully restored, but with a twist; it has a 383-cubic inch Chevy small-block under the hood in place of the Columbo V12, mated to a 5-speed Tremec transmission. To make matters even more interesting, it uses a rear-end out of a 1983 Chrysler.

Purists may seethe at the sight of this Italian classic “tainted” by American muscle, but we’ve got not qualms about it. In fact, this isn’t the first 250 GTE with a small-block we’ve seen.

The owner, Gary, almost passed on the opportunity to buy it when his wife spotted it in the classifieds section of the newspaper. (This was back before people simply used the internet to find cars, you see.) At the time, he assumed it was a kit car because of its seemingly too-good-to-be-true pricing. Curiosity eventually got the best of him, though, and the rest is history.

Of course, after completing this brilliant build with a ton of help from his father, Gary needed something to haul around his new toy with. Thus, the Superhauler was created, and its just as much of an attention grabber as the GTE. The Superhauler started its life out as a firetruck, and with a little magic, it was converted into a wine-storing, Ferrari-toting masterpiece.

When your transporter is as cool as your vintage Ferrari, you know you’ve done something right. Hit play to see these two gems for yourself on Motor Trend‘s “The House of Muscle”.

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  1. Blasphemy!

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    1. Because the original powertrain and drivetrain were worthy of reverence?

      Hardly.

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      1. No they are worth more than the car is.

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  2. Not Blastphemy.

    This was about saving a car that would have been lost as the 250GTE is often the parts car for many other 250 models like the GTO, SWB, Lusso and California as the engines and chassis are robbed to be rebodied into the more valuable models.

    This is far from the first GTE that ras parted out years ago their parts are worth more than the whole..

    I saw one not long ago that was only a body and an entire chassis had to be made and a Chevy engine installed.

    The reality not all Ferraris are million dollar cars and often to restore the correctly cost much more than they are worth.

    To me this guy saved a beautiful car from being lost entirely.

    I know he would have liked to had the original engine but it was not meant to be,

    Also he now has a car that can be passes on and driven.

    I am greatful he went to the extent to st lest make the engine look like a Ferrari at a glance. One GTE out there has a Supercharger through the hood. Not something I thought much of.

    The hauler here is also a work of art.

    Job well done on both.

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