The last car to leave the fabled shop of Boyd Coddington was this amazing creation called The French Connection. It was created as a tribute to the Delahaye T-165 roadster, a near unicorn of a car that was built to showcase the Delahaye name at the 1939 World’s Fair. Using that car a the spark for his vision, Coddington dreamed up this car. We’d say it is fittingly the most beautiful car that his company ever produced.

Aside from the incredible body and shape, the car is mechanically interesting as well. The engine is an Italian made BPM V-12 that would normally be found in an offshore boat. The hemi-headed motor makes over 700 hp and more than 800 ft/lbs of torque. Believe it or not, the car is actually equipped with a line-loc so burnouts can be completed without wiping out the brakes. The ad seems to indicate that the rear tires have actually been turned into smoke before, which is exceedingly cool, if true. The motor is hooked to a worked over Turbo 400 and a Ford 9-inch.

The house of Coddington has created some whimsical and fun cars over the years, but this car in particular, stands, in our opinion as their opus. To scratch build something of this caliber as a tribute to the cratfsmen of years past is really awesome. It is one of those cars we just cannot stop looking at.

The car is being auctioned on eBay, but as of this writing there have been no bids made.

LINK: The French Connection eBay auction