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I believe that is a line from a song
in a movie from the 1950s. It was a small portion of
a musical that otherwise I do not remember. I don't
recall what the movie was about, who the actors were,
or the title. I just remember that one scene in a showroom
in New York and the Ferrari on display. The actress
sang "Buy Me a Ferrari", or something close
to that, to the man she was with. Maybe you saw the
movie and remember the title, if so, please fill in
the details*. The movie
was in color and the Ferrari was red.
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In the early 1950s there were two places
you might see a Ferrari other than on a race track —
Hollywood and New York City. At that time I was fortunate
to have family vacations to both places, but it was
New York that I remember best. At the age of 10 or so,
I was impressed with a trip to the top of the Empire
State Building and all the museums, but it was when
we passed an auto dealership with a Ferrari in the showroom
window that I really got excited. There were several
exotic cars there, but the red Ferrari stood out most
prominently. I do not know the name of the dealership,
but Fergus Motors would be a good guess. I think it
could be the same dealership that was used for the movie
prop.
It was at that same time that I discovered all those
unique cars that were never seen in my small town in
Virginia. Where I lived the Chevrolet dealer did not
even consider ordering a new Corvette for display to
increase sales. I had to rely on "Road & Track",
"Motor Trend" and the softbound Fawcett and
Trend books for exotic car information and photographs.
My trip to New York City brought some of these cars
to life.
Now, if I could only find that movie with the Ferrari
in it!
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1956 Alfa Romeo |
1952-54 Allard |
1952 Alvis |
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1954 Armstrong Siddeley |
1953 Austin |
1954 Austin Healey |
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1953 Citroen |
1951 Cunningham |
1954 Doretti |
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1950 Humber |
1951 Jaguar |
1950 Jensen |
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1950 Jowett |
1954 Lagonda |
1956 Lloyd |
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1957 Maserati |
1951 Mercedes-Benz |
1954 MG |
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1952 Morgan |
1951 Morris |
1954 Panhard |
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1955 Porsche |
1952 Riley |
1949 Rolls-Royce |
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1952 Rover |
1951 Singer |
1954 Standard |
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1953 Sunbeam |
1953 Sunbeam-Talbot |
1954 Triumph |
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1955 Volkswagen |
1956 Volvo |
1950 Wolseley |
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