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Mechanic disguises old banger as Ferrari and puts it up for sale

 

Mechanic disguises old banger as Ferrari and puts it up for sale

thinkSPAIN Team 19/01/2018

Mechanic disguises old banger as Ferrari and puts it up for sale
NATIONAL Police have arrested a man from Torrellano (Alicante province) for 'doctoring' the bodywork of a mainstream family saloon and selling it as a genuine Ferrari.

The accused, 43, a mechanic, had altered the shape and design of a fairly old vehicle and stuck actual Ferrari badges on it, so that to the untrained eye, it looked like a real sports car by the Italian manufacturers.

He then put it up for sale online as a Ferrari on a well-known, but undisclosed, auction site.

Police traced the accused to the garage he worked at in Torrellano, a tied hamlet of Elche and just a few kilometres from Alicante airport.

They took him into custody and charged him, but he has since been released pending trial.

 

Photograph by the National Police

 

 

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