Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 08140 is in da HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!

[jim (jimshadow]

NO DOUBT!!!  You could eat off the underside of his car!  Cant say that for
mine quite yet...:)

JIM

-----Original Message-----
From: Doug and Terri Anderson [mailto:dnt [at] dock.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 10:23 PM
To: jim
Cc: 'The FerrariList'
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 08140 is in da HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Jim - its amazing what 8,000 hours of concouring a Ferrari can do for 
memory details.  Heh heh

DOUG
Rob is a Monterey Concours winner.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jim" <jimshadow [at] verizon.net>
To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>
Cc: "'The FerrariList'" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 08140 is in da HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!


>I STAND CORRECTED!!!
> Rob has an amazing eye!    The side markers are actually reflectors stuck 
> on
> over the original round EURO lights!!!   I'll get brave one of these days
> and take them off so it's back to the stock EURO look. I'll send pics when

> I
> do.
> Good eyes Rob!
>
> JIM
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert W. Garven Jr. [mailto:rgarven [at] gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 12:21 AM
> To: JIM
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 08140 is in da HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Damn!  I hate seeing a car nicer than mine!!  :-)  
>
> I have a feeling your life has just changed for the better!!!! If you
> need any help
> give a shout!  Are those front and rear side reflectors cut in or
> just stuck on???
>
> Congratulations!  I remember my first ride, your experience brings
> back a flood of emotions.
>
> And yes move everything in your garage over to your wifes side!!  :-P
>
> Rob
>
>
> On Apr 9, 2007, at 6:53 PM, jim wrote:
>
>> WOW, what a day!
>>
>> I got a call this pastSaturday from DeMoise Trk-ing (HIGHLY
>> recommended,
>> BTW!) saying that my new to me GT4 would be arriving on Monday
>> between 3 and
>> 4 pm if all went according to schedule.   I spoke to Gloria, who
>> was 1/2 of
>> the husband/wife team that transported the Dino.  She filled me in
>> on all
>> the details including where they were stopping before me and how
>> long they
>> anticipated it would take from there to Indiana.  I asked her to
>> give me a
>> call when she thought they were about an hour out, that way I could
>> be home
>> to meet them.
>>
>>
>>
>> Well the day went on, and on, and on and it got to be around 3pm.
>> I figured
>> that they were delayed in Illinois and it would be evening before
>> they would
>> get to me. Right about that time she called saying that they were
>> at SR5,
>> which is only 25min from me.....I WAS 45MIN AWAY!!!!   CRAP!      I
>> got the
>> 'ol minivan haulin' some serious a** and got to the house less than 10
>> minutes after they arrived.   I had put a call into the babysitter
>> and asked
>> her to get out the camera and snap some pics.
>>
>>
>>
>> So I came around the corner and there was a huge white semi parked
>> at the
>> end of our cul-de-sac...gate down and nothing on it. My daughters
>> and their
>> friends are screaming their heads off at me telling me that my car
>> is in the
>> truck.  :)  I parked the van on the street just in time to see the
>> Dino
>> backing out very slowly onto the ramp.  What a sight!!!!   I had a
>> definite
>> case of PermaGrin!
>>
>>
>>
>> The car is lowered down from the upper level of the truck and the
>> kids all
>> surround it looking inside and out, saying C O O L, AWESOME,
>> WOW!!!!  I sign
>> off on the transport and quickly figure out how many little girls can
>> squeeze in the GT4 at once.  Well, if my 7yr. old straddles the
>> backseat
>> hump, then we can get 3 in the back and 1 up front.
>>
>>
>>
>> 1st (mini) drive:
>>
>> We didn't go far, just down the street, a quick left and down about
>> 1000yds
>> or so and back, 3 times!.  I did wind up 2nd gear a little, much to
>> the
>> delight and screams of 4 little cutie-pies.  They were digging it
>> as much as
>> I was.  If only the license branch were open today!  :(   I really
>> want to
>> exercize this little Italian beauty since she's been all couped up
>> in a
>> trailer for 2000 miles.   Oh well, maybe Thursday or Friday.
>>
>> Anyway, one by one the neighbors got home from work and one by one
>> they came
>> over.   So far, I've given 5 rides around the neighborhood all the
>> way up to
>> 35mph...   Not bad for just getting the car.  I'm so damn excited!!!
>>
>> I'll have a full 1st drive report coming.  Thought you guys might
>> enjoy a
>> long winded story about my GT4 arriving to its new home.  :)
>>
>>
>>
>> Pics can be seen here:
>>
>>
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/2mpmpk
>>
>>
>>
>> JIM
>>
>> <winmail.dat>
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