Completely unknown Ferrari racing roadster has become an internet mystery

This unknown Ferrari racing roadster has become something of a mystery for the internet.

YouTuber Dennis Collins headed out to San Francisco to buy the peculiar car.

Even the car’s original owner wasn’t too sure on what it was, despite having owned it since 1970.

So would Collins be able to get to the bottom of this headscratcher?

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It’s a Ferrari? It’s a Maserati? What is it?

Usually, we like our cars plain and simple – we know what we’re looking at and we know what we’re working with.

But a car mystery does give us something to chew on.

There’s 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.

But it’s when cars can barely be identified, like this, that bring the amateur sleuths out.

Redditors were in a flurry when this rotting car was discovered on the beach, whilst a rusty car listed on Craigslist had a similar effect.

Fortunately for Dennis Collins, the car he was buying wasn’t in such bad shape.

Still, nobody was quite clear on what exactly it was.

Even the car’s owner wasn’t clear – and he’d had it since 1970.

In storage since 1982, the car had been out of action for a long time.

Not much is known about the car at all, even down to the material used to make it – the owner is on the fence on whether it’s aluminum or steel.

It has a Ferrari logo plastered on the front, but it’s not a clear-cut answer on this car’s make and model.

The car has a 327 Chevy engine, possibly from a 1963 Corvette, and a Volvo front end.

Uncertainty remained around whether it was a custom-build or a modified race car.

Taking a closer look at this mystery set of wheels

Once the car was brough back to Dallas, Texas, it was time to do some investigating to figure out where it actually came from.

“We’ve had two local guys look at it, and they think the chassis is a Cobra chassis,” Collins said.

“Could be a AC chassis.

“The rear differential looks to be from an Austin Healey.”

Ultimately though, no definite answer was presented and Collins appealed to his audience to help figure it out.

To see if you can come up with an answer, head over to Dennis Collins’ YouTube channel and help him out.

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