Brandon Hegedus’ has hand-built a tribute to the 1962 Ferrari 156 “Sharknose” race car in his Airdrie garage in the last five years.

With no original Ferrari 156s in existence, and little details to work with Hegedus focused in on photographs and crumbs of information he could find about Ferrari 156 chassis number three, driven by Ricardo Rodriguez in April 1962.

Despite having five other builds under his belt prior to taking on the Ferrari-inspired creation, the 37-year-old carpenter-by-trade stretched his skills on this ride.

This car is a buffet of details. We’ll give some insights about a few of them, and you’ll have to flag Hegedus down at a car show to learn more.

Learn more about the car in our Summer 2019 article here, and follow Hegedus’ adventure on Instagram at @howisthatstreetlegal. Despite his handle, this build is not street legal, but he does permit it and haul it to shows, and hopes to test it out on a track.

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Hand-built Vintage Race Car

airdrielifeBy airdrielife magazineJul 10, 2019