Featured Stories - Voodoo Idol

Voodoo Idol

by Joe Babiasz

provided by Customs & Hot Rods

The Magic Behind this Awesome Ford is Pure “Voodoo”

Highland Park, Illinois is the site of the Ben Rose Home, from which Matthew Broderick “borrows” a 1961 Ferrari 250GT to joy ride in the film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Car buffs who’ve seen Bueller know that the exotic car gets home unscratched. However, it then accidentally rolls out of the garage in the ultra-modern steel-and-glass home that is cantilevered over a ravine. Good-bye Ferrari (actually, a modified MGB takes the plunge), and hello box office hit.

Highland Park is also a hit with classic car aficionados. On July 31, 2010, the Highland Park Historical Museum played host to the small but prestigious car show Auto Exotica: The Auto as Art X. Highland Park is in one of America’s wealthiest zip codes, filled with many custom homes, as well as many Ferraris. Many car collectors live in or near Highland Park. And that’s part of the reason that Auto Exotica: The Auto as Art X was a very special event. Continue....

Text and Images by John Gunnell, Additional Specs and Information by Joe Babiasz.

GALÉRIA