Ferrari Mailing List: Re: The wait

[Jason Polzer (jason]

Clyde I agree wholeheartedly on the driving bit.  I prefer melted rubber 
over carnauba any day.  Much easier to apply.

Jason Polzer

Clarence Romero Jr. wrote:
> I raced Ferrari slot cars in the early 60 John Surtees etc.
> Followed F-1 back then as well
> Saw the cars at the New York auto show and got hooked!
> Said to my self 
> What kind of job do I need to buy that car?
> The rest is history
> Bought my first one in 86 a 308 GTB QV 
> Sold it in 96 and bought a 512 TR the same year a 93 
> Going to buy a 575 as a retirement car and keep the 512TR 
> Sorry I sold the 308 GTB they did not make many of those only 500 or so
> Buy the car and drive the car 
> Washing and waxing is for the queer crowd( yep standing by for the HIT!)
> Paint chips are like medals
> Get as many as you can before you die!
> Drive hard and fast !
> Tomorrow is promised to NO ONE!
>
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> Clyde Romero Jr.
> Cell 678 641 9932
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: red5hilser [at] aol.com [mailto:red5hilser [at] aol.com] 
> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 3:56 PM
> To: clyde
> Cc: Staxwax [at] aol.com; ferrari_willi [at] comcast.net; Rexnbutchie [at] aol.com;
> ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com; F2KRACER [at] aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] The wait
>
> Jason: I saw my first Ferrari race at Paramount Ranch in 1956 (Bruce Kessler
> driving). From that moment on...I was hooked and promised myself that some
> day I'd drive my own. From there it was Shelby in John Edgar's car, John von
> Neuman, Ritchie Ginther, Phil Hill and John's Daughter, Josie race in the
> 1950's. I even saw Dan Gurney's first Ferrari test in an old clap-trap 4.9
> at Riverside Raceway. Dan had been driving Cal Bailey's Corvette up until
> then. So, from the summer of 1956 til June, 1999 appears to be 43 years. I
> always said that once I drove my own Ferrari (Sorry cLyDe if it's only a
> Shitbox, but it's registered as a Ferrari), I could die feeling I had done
> something positive in my life, and die satisfied. I had a good friend in
> Tucson who owned a Euro 308. He died in 2003 and his funeral was all
> Ferrari, His red 308 parked beside his open grave, his plain unpainted
> wooden coffin decorated with a large red and gold spray of roses, and a huge
> flower Cavallino on a sta
>  nd beside the coffin. His wife said that they got the idea before he died
> from pictures of the von Tripps funeral after his crash at Monza in 1961. To
> me, he couldn't have had a better exit from this world.
>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jason [at] internethosting.com
> To: red5hilser [at] aol.com
> Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com
> Sent: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 1:51 PM
> Subject: [Ferrari] The wait
>
>
> We're moving in Dec!
>
> Content:  With this move everything above "Ferrari" has been scratched 
> off the list.  The F-car seems just around the corner now, even if still 
> years away.
>
> Who has the record for waiting the longest?  Any 100-year-old's running 
> out and purchasing their first exotic?
>
> Jason
>