Texas man goes to San Francisco to rescue really rare sports car but doesn't actually know what it is
- This Texas man headed out to San Francisco to pick up a car
- It looked like a Ferrari, but nobody knew for sure
- Not even the owner knew what it was, and they’d had it 50 years
Published on May 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM (UTC+4)
by Ben Thompson
Last updated on May 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Emma Matthews
This Texas man headed out to San Francisco to rescue a rare sports car, but he’s not sure what it is.
YouTuber Dennis Collins is no stranger to traveling long distances for a set of wheels.
But this one was a total headscratcher.
Even the car’s owner wasn’t too sure what it was, despite having owned it for 50 years.
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We’ve seen plenty of car mysteries in recent years.
These are the cars that make you stop in your tracks and ask, ‘What is that? Why is that there?’
There have been a few over the years, like the pink McLaren parked outside a London hotel with virtually no explanation, or the graffiti-riddled Cybertruck spotted in LA.
For Texas YouTuber Dennis Collins, the cars he comes across tend to be easily identifiable, even if he has to travel to get to them.
He’d previously driven 400 miles for three muscle cars and headed to South Texas to pick up nine Chevy Corvettes.
In his trip out west to San Francisco, he would come up against a car that wouldn’t be so easy to ID.
The car was in decent shape, but its exact model isn’t clear.
Going off the logo that was plastered on the front, you could assume it was a Ferrari.
Inside the car was a 327 Chevy engine, possibly taken from a 1963 Corvette.
To add to the confusion, it also had a Volvo front end.
The original owner couldn’t provide much in the way of answers, despite having owned the car since 1970.
Once back in Dallas, Texas, Collins wanted to get to the bottom of the mystery.
“We’ve had two local guys look at it, and they think the chassis is a Cobra chassis,” Collins said.
“Could be an AC chassis.
“The rear differential looks to be from an Austin Healey,” he went on.
Ultimately, as no conclusive answer had been provided, Collins asked his subscribers to chip in with their thoughts.
Some of the suggestions in the comments included a Bitsa, an OSCA MT4, and a 1953 Ferrari 340 MM Spider.
To see if you can identify this rare sports car, head over to Dennis Collins’ YouTube channel and help him out.
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