A YouTuber has uncovered a Ferrari Testarossa that has been sitting outside a property in Puerto Rico for 17 years.
Not too long ago, YouTuber Ratarossa tracked down a Ferrari F40 that had been pictured abandoned in Iraq. While he wanted to purchase and restore the car to its former glory, the owner was asking a little too much. This prompted the content creator to go on a hunt for another neglected Ferrari that he could hopefully buy for cheap and restore.
After getting in contact with Abandoned Cars Puerto Rico, he was able to find a Testarossa that was still in the possession of its original owner. For whatever reason, the owner had parked the classic Ferrari outside and on a steep incline for the past 17 years without ever turning it on.
Ratarossa was able to arrange for the owner to send him a walk-around video of the car and found out that while the Testarossa had certainly seen better days, it wasn’t a write-off. In the video, deteriorated red paint was visible as well as a leather interior that had also seen far better days. It is not a pretty sight but it is certainly not a lost cause.
Remarkably, the owner was willing to sell the car for £23,822 ($30,000), not bad considering used examples generally sell for around £90,000 ($116,838) the UK. Despite the prospect of buying the car, restoring it and potentially making a nice profit, Ratarossa says he decided against purchasing it, citing the costs of shipping it to his home in the UK.