Fast forward to the 20 th century, when the group known as the Flying Tigers painted the front of one of the top WWII fighter aircraft, the Curtiss P-40, to look like a shark with a gaping mouth ...

But the most stand-out feature is the shark mouth painted on the front end of the Ferrari. It's just like the ones American airmen started painting on their P-40 during the Second World War and it ...

Upholstery was done -- barely -- but the paint was so fresh we could smell it curing in the sun. And though the car looked roadworthy, it wasn't shown in drivable condition.

The first P-40s to feature the shark mouth war paint were the British Royal Air Force Tomahawks. The design was later adopted by the Americans and featured on US P-40s, which were known as Warhawks.