Ferris Bueller's Ferrari up for sale

One of the two replica Ferrari 250GT California Spyders used in comedy classic Ferris Beuller's Day Off. Photo / Supplied

A replica Ferrari 250GT Spyder California sportscar used in the hit 1980s teen flick Ferris Bueller's Day Off will go under the hammer in Britain next month.

The car is expected to fetch between 30,000 and 40,000 pounds ($63,500 and $85,000) at a Bonhams Collectors' Motor Cars and Automobilia auction on April 19.

Only about 100 genuine 250GT Spyder Californias were created by Ferrari between 1958 and 1963.

As examples are very rare and expensive, filmmakers Paramount opted to commission and build two replicas for the movie starring Matthew Broderick.

The film, voted by readers of Total Film magazine as the 23rd greatest comedy of all time, follows Ferris and two friends skipping high school for a day and borrowing the Spyder California from one of their fathers.

In one famous scene, the car is destroyed.

The surviving replica is the one going on sale.

- AAP