Making 'vice' car nice again Volo rehabs famous Ferrari.(Neighbor)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November, 2006 | by Swanson, Justin L.

Byline: Justin L. Swanson Daily Herald Staff Writer One person's trash can truly be another's treasure. Or, to be more specific, Hollywood's trash can be a lot of people's treasure. Case in point; at the Volo Auto Museum, a number of people are downright giddy about a grungy old jalopy recently acquired.

However, this is no ordinary beat up car, but the replica Ferrari Daytona Spider that Don Johnson drove as undercover police Detective James "Sonny" Crockett in the 1980s hit television series "Miami Vice." It is also one-of-a-kind. "They originally built two of the Ferrari Daytonas," said Brian Grams, sales manager and Volo Auto Museum co-owner, "but ours is the only surviving one." "We're pretty excited to get it. When I mentioned to my dad...

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