The iconic car driven in the classic comedy Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is up for sale at around £200,000

THE PRIDE and joy of his friend's father, truant Ferris takes the restored Ferrari out for a ride in his last-ditch attempt to enjoy himself before graduation.

However, the star car - which unfortunately came to an untimely end - is not a Ferrari at all.

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Modena Design and Development is a car firm that was approached by the film makers in regards to their 250 GT California Spyder replica.

Given four weeks to make three versions of the copycat car, the final GT0003 is now up for auction for a reported $265,000 (£200,000).

The 1985 convertible took nine months to be refreshed and updated by its original builder and Modena president, Neil Glassmoyer.

The 5-litre V8 will go under the hammer during Monterey 2018 Car Week's Mecum Auctions on Saturday, 25 August.

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With Ferrari making just 50 long-wheel base (LWB) models and 55 short (SWB), the drop-top 250 GT California was difficult to come by and expensive to use for the movie - especially considering the stunts that were required.

While three Modena replicas were driven - and pushed into a ditch - during the film, a real Ferrari was used for the close-up shots.

One replica was previously sold at an Mecum Auction back in 2013 for $235,000 (£180,000), having undergone a 10-year restoration.

While another sold in 2010 by Bonhams for just under £80,000.

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Glassmoyer said of his creation: “While we were waiting outside to meet [film director John] Hughes, this scruffy-looking fellow came out of the building and began looking the car over; we thought from his appearance he must have been a janitor or something.

"Then he looked up at a window and shouted, ‘This is it!’ and several heads poked out to have a look.

"That scruffy-looking fellow was John Hughes, and the people in the window were his staff."

"Turned out it was between the Modena Spyder and a Porsche Turbo, and Hughes chose the Modena.”

“I always say we built two and a half cars; two were interchangeably used as hero and stunt cars and one was a rolling fibreglass shell that was used in the destruction scene."