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Britt, Thanks for the great story! How did the original owner find you? Regards -----Original Message----- From: ferrari-request [at] ferrarilist.com [mailto:ferrari-request [at] ferrarilist.com] Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 10:06 PM To: rtpetrick [at] comcast.net Subject: Ferrari Digest, Vol 10, Issue 8 Send Ferrari mailing list submissions to ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.ferrarilist.com/mailman/listinfo/ferrari or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to ferrari-request [at] ferrarilist.com You can reach the person managing the list at ferrari-owner [at] ferrarilist.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Ferrari digest..." Today's Topics: 1. 400i's original owner gets in touch (Britt2Asa [at] aol.com) 2. Re: 400i's original owner gets in touch (francis newman) 3. Re: 400i's original owner gets in touch (Britt2Asa [at] aol.com) 4. 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Re: 400i's original owner gets in touch (jashburne [at] aol.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 13:02:34 EDT From: Britt2Asa [at] aol.com Subject: [Ferrari] 400i's original owner gets in touch To: steve [at] stevejenkins.com Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com Message-ID: <bf5.134dfbd1.336cc12a [at] aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Have any of you with an older car ever wondered about its early history? Ever wondered why it was ordered and by who? Last night I got an email from the son of the original owner of my car. I reproduce part of it below (hope you don't find this boring....). I knew my 400i was originally yellow with a black interior which would have been striking to say the least; however it has been painted twice more in the past each time changing colour (now its red). As sent to me here is a (partial) copy of the email..... **************************************************************************** ** ************************* Hi Britt, Great to see Dad's old car is still around and hasn't succumbed to the fate of so many 400s, languishing with owners who can't afford to treat them as they should. What follows are my recollections of the car when she was new. After a series of exotics through the 70s (E-Type V12, Astons DB6 and DBS V8) business sucess allowed my Dad, Alan Siggs, to consider a Ferrari. Some time in 79 he went to Coopers of Leicester (we are based in Nottingham) who were a Ferrari and BMW dealership before Graypaul became the Ferrari dealer for the East Midlands. He drove a 308 GT4 from their stock - blue with blue (I think on an T plate) which he ended up buying to fill the gap between the order and delivery of his 400i. The company he had started in the early 70s and which was effectively paying for the car (and to which it would have been registered) had a Yellow and Black Logo (www.kompress.com) so this was the obvious colour choice for Dad's new toy. He asked the people at Coopers for a yellow 400iA with black leather but word came back from the factory that yellow was not a factory colour for this model and perhaps Sir would like one in Black, Blue, etc. but Dad was adamant that the car must be yellow and that he would cancel the order if his request could not be accomodated. Apparently Maranello Concessionaires offered at this point to bring in a white car and strip and respray it yellow before delivery. Family folklore says that this is when my Dad suggested that if Ferrari wouldn't sell him a yellow car perhaps he should direct his requirement for a yellow supercar to those chaps down the road at Lamborghini..... Eventually it was agreed that the factory could make a yellow 400i but Dad ended up paying around ?3,500 extra for the special paint colour - at a time when the list price was in the region of ?35k. Quite why it was so difficult remains a mystery to me - the cars were pretty much hand made at that time and there must have been the odd tin of Giallo Fly lying around! To my knowledge it was the only yellow 400 ever made, and I have always thought the car looked great although the kids at my school nicknamed her the flying banana! Rather than take delivery in late 79, the decision was made to wait until Jan 80 so the car would be 1980 registered. Incidentally, having bought the 308 on what turned out to be a bad lease, this didn't go back in part ex and for a while he had both and he has also told me he was offered a red Boxer around this time but thought 3 was probably over the top! On delivery Dad used the car every day to commute the 20 odd miles from our Derbyshire home to the factory in Nottingham and I remember some mornings hearing the car leave our driveway and go up and down through the gears between home and the junction at the end of the road about 3/4 mile away. Similarly I remember family trips with Mum and Dad up front and my sister and I in the back (I would have been 7 when the car was delivered) with Dad trying to convince my sister that the rev counter was the speedo and that of course he wasn't driving too fast! Overall my memories are of effortlessness and the real surge of acceleration that came on kickdown as that beautiful V12 was given its head and lesser cars were left standing. As an aside, Mum - a confirmed lover of automatics - always enjoyed driving the car and Dad's mum, who had passed her driving test in her Austin 1300 automatic in her 60s was very nearly persuaded to take the car for a spin. You may have found when you restored the car that there were a couple of holes in the front edges of the rear wing tops and the underside of the dash on the driver's side - Dad was a keen amateur radio enthusiast and had 2 radios installed under the dash either side of the steering column with 2 corresponding aerials at the back. As for the sunroof, to stir up further confusion, I'm almost certain that the car never had one when it was in our ownership - Dad has always been of the opinion that if you have air-con you don't need a sunroof so I am sure he would not have ordered one at extra cost either from the factory or the supplying dealer. I will email and ask him but unfortunately his memory is not too good these days so will see if I can find some old pictures of the car which may or may not show it. Similarly, I am fairly sure the carpets were black when the car was new and I am certain that Dad specified the sheepskin overmats in black of which more later. The only problem I remember with the car was tendency for the horn to suddenly go off of its own accord when the car was parked and as you will know those twin air horns make a hell of a racket. The cure was to release the steering lock and move the wheel from side to side so it must have been a poor connection in the steering wheel boss, but I do recall this causing some embarrassment to a friend and colleague of Dad's who had borrowed the car to impress fellow guests at a wedding! (Note - the car was still doing this when I got her 3 years ago and finally managed to fix this factory wiring fault. I never knew it was a factory fault!!) At some time during the winter of 82 - 83 Dad had an incident with a milk tanker on a narrow country lane. There was not enough room to pass and despite Dad putting the Ferrari up onto the grass verge, the driver's side door mirror was broken. He arranged for Coopers to collect the car from his office and take it in for repair. Unfortunately Coopers driver managed to get the sheepskin overmat caught up in the throttle pedal (Dad tells me he always pulled the mat back on entering the car as a matter of habit) and drove the car into the back of another one on a roundabout somewhere between Nottingham and Leicester. The following weekend I went with Dad to Coopers to inspect the damage - secretly I think he was hoping the car would be written off and that Coopers would have to replace it. This was not the case and they undertook to repair the car. From memory the damage was to the front offside corner so you may have come across this during restoration. I remember Dad being less than impressed by the BMW 3 series loan car he was offered and picking out a red 308 GTS from the showroom as more appropriate. This was unavailable but he ended up with a 635 CSI while the repairs were carried out. This incident in some ways spoiled the car for Dad - it had been his pride and joy and he never felt quite the same about it after that. During the Summer of 83 with some new cars required for the business the Ferrari was part exchanged against 3 83 A plate Ford Granadas (!) with Hooley's of Nottingham. I saw it once after that in Nottingham but this was the last I new of it until now although I have often wondered what became of it and am glad to see her in such rude health, although I had hoped she would still have her unique colour combination! I hope my memories are of interest to you and fill in something of the car's history and may I wish you the best of luck for this years FOC concours - if time permits I may pop along and will seek you out if I make it. Kind regards, Dan. Dan Siggs **************************************************************************** ** ************************* Britt BR in the UK 1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK 1980 400i (RHD 72,000 miles) Searching for the right 512TR 2003 BMW 530d ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 18:10:29 +0100 From: francis newman <francis [at] fntn.co.uk> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 400i's original owner gets in touch To: Britt2Asa [at] aol.com Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com Message-ID: <955BE643-8EC2-4C1B-817F-0E824BB099A4 [at] fntn.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Excellent post Britt Go on - paint it yellow. It will look stunning! best Francis On 4 May 2007, at 18:02, Britt2Asa [at] aol.com wrote: > Have any of you with an older car ever wondered about its early > history? Ever > wondered why it was ordered and by who? Last night I got an email > from the > son of the original owner of my car. I reproduce part of it below > (hope you > don't find this boring....). > > I knew my 400i was originally yellow with a black interior which > would have > been striking to say the least; however it has been painted twice > more in the > past each time changing colour (now its red). As sent to me here is > a (partial) > copy of the email..... > ********************************************************************** > ******** > ************************* > Hi Britt, > > Great to see Dad's old car is still around and hasn't succumbed to > the fate > of so many 400s, languishing with owners who can't afford to treat > them as > they should. What follows are my recollections of the car when she > was new. > > After a series of exotics through the 70s (E-Type V12, Astons DB6 > and DBS > V8) business sucess allowed my Dad, Alan Siggs, to consider a Ferrari. > > Some time in 79 he went to Coopers of Leicester (we are based in > Nottingham) > who were a Ferrari and BMW dealership before Graypaul became the > Ferrari > dealer for the East Midlands. He drove a 308 GT4 from their stock - > blue > with blue (I think on an T plate) which he ended up buying to fill > the gap > between the order and delivery of his 400i. > > The company he had started in the early 70s and which was > effectively paying > for the car (and to which it would have been registered) had a > Yellow and > Black Logo (www.kompress.com) so this was the obvious colour choice > for > Dad's new toy. He asked the people at Coopers for a yellow 400iA > with black > leather but word came back from the factory that yellow was not a > factory > colour for this model and perhaps Sir would like one in Black, > Blue, etc. > but Dad was adamant that the car must be yellow and that he would > cancel the > order if his request could not be accomodated. Apparently Maranello > Concessionaires offered at this point to bring in a white car and > strip and > respray it yellow before delivery. Family folklore says that this > is when my > Dad suggested that if Ferrari wouldn't sell him a yellow car > perhaps he > should direct his requirement for a yellow supercar to those chaps > down the > road at Lamborghini..... > > Eventually it was agreed that the factory could make a yellow 400i > but Dad > ended up paying around ?3,500 extra for the special paint colour - > at a time > when the list price was in the region of ?35k. Quite why it was so > difficult > remains a mystery to me - the cars were pretty much hand made at > that time > and there must have been the odd tin of Giallo Fly lying around! To my > knowledge it was the only yellow 400 ever made, and I have always > thought > the car looked great although the kids at my school nicknamed her > the flying > banana! > > Rather than take delivery in late 79, the decision was made to wait > until > Jan 80 so the car would be 1980 registered. Incidentally, having > bought the > 308 on what turned out to be a bad lease, this didn't go back in > part ex and > for a while he had both and he has also told me he was offered a > red Boxer > around this time but thought 3 was probably over the top! > > On delivery Dad used the car every day to commute the 20 odd miles > from our > Derbyshire home to the factory in Nottingham and I remember some > mornings > hearing the car leave our driveway and go up and down through the > gears > between home and the junction at the end of the road about 3/4 mile > away. > Similarly I remember family trips with Mum and Dad up front and my > sister > and I in the back (I would have been 7 when the car was delivered) > with Dad > trying to convince my sister that the rev counter was the speedo > and that of > course he wasn't driving too fast! Overall my memories are of > effortlessness > and the real surge of acceleration that came on kickdown as that > beautiful > V12 was given its head and lesser cars were left standing. > > As an aside, Mum - a confirmed lover of automatics - always enjoyed > driving > the car and Dad's mum, who had passed her driving test in her > Austin 1300 > automatic in her 60s was very nearly persuaded to take the car for > a spin. > > You may have found when you restored the car that there were a > couple of > holes in the front edges of the rear wing tops and the underside of > the dash > on the driver's side - Dad was a keen amateur radio enthusiast and > had 2 > radios installed under the dash either side of the steering column > with 2 > corresponding aerials at the back. > > As for the sunroof, to stir up further confusion, I'm almost > certain that > the car never had one when it was in our ownership - Dad has always > been of > the opinion that if you have air-con you don't need a sunroof so I > am sure > he would not have ordered one at extra cost either from the factory > or the > supplying dealer. I will email and ask him but unfortunately his > memory is > not too good these days so will see if I can find some old pictures > of the > car which may or may not show it. Similarly, I am fairly sure the > carpets > were black when the car was new and I am certain that Dad specified > the > sheepskin overmats in black of which more later. > > The only problem I remember with the car was tendency for the horn to > suddenly go off of its own accord when the car was parked and as > you will > know those twin air horns make a hell of a racket. The cure was to > release > the steering lock and move the wheel from side to side so it must > have been > a poor connection in the steering wheel boss, but I do recall this > causing > some embarrassment to a friend and colleague of Dad's who had > borrowed the > car to impress fellow guests at a wedding! > > (Note - the car was still doing this when I got her 3 years ago and > finally > managed to fix this factory wiring fault. I never knew it was a > factory > fault!!) > > At some time during the winter of 82 - 83 Dad had an incident with > a milk > tanker on a narrow country lane. There was not enough room to pass and > despite Dad putting the Ferrari up onto the grass verge, the > driver's side > door mirror was broken. He arranged for Coopers to collect the car > from his > office and take it in for repair. Unfortunately Coopers driver > managed to > get the sheepskin overmat caught up in the throttle pedal (Dad > tells me he > always pulled the mat back on entering the car as a matter of > habit) and > drove the car into the back of another one on a roundabout > somewhere between > Nottingham and Leicester. > > The following weekend I went with Dad to Coopers to inspect the > damage - > secretly I think he was hoping the car would be written off and > that Coopers > would have to replace it. This was not the case and they undertook > to repair > the car. From memory the damage was to the front offside corner so > you may > have come across this during restoration. I remember Dad being less > than > impressed by the BMW 3 series loan car he was offered and picking > out a red > 308 GTS from the showroom as more appropriate. This was unavailable > but he > ended up with a 635 CSI while the repairs were carried out. > > This incident in some ways spoiled the car for Dad - it had been > his pride > and joy and he never felt quite the same about it after that. > During the > Summer of 83 with some new cars required for the business the > Ferrari was > part exchanged against 3 83 A plate Ford Granadas (!) with Hooley's of > Nottingham. I saw it once after that in Nottingham but this was the > last I > new of it until now although I have often wondered what became of > it and am > glad to see her in such rude health, although I had hoped she would > still > have her unique colour combination! > > I hope my memories are of interest to you and fill in something of > the car's > history and may I wish you the best of luck for this years FOC > concours - if > time permits I may pop along and will seek you out if I make it. > > Kind regards, > > Dan. > > Dan Siggs > ********************************************************************** > ******** > ************************* > > Britt > > BR in the UK > 1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK > 1980 400i (RHD 72,000 miles) > Searching for the right 512TR > 2003 BMW 530d > _________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options, please visit: > http://lists.ferrarilist.com/mailman/options/ferrari/francis.newman% > 40fntn.co.uk > > Sponsored by BidNip.com eBay Auction Sniper > http://www.BidNip.com/ > and F1 Headlines > http://www.F1Headlines.com/ > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 13:13:53 EDT From: Britt2Asa [at] aol.com Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 400i's original owner gets in touch To: francis [at] fntn.co.uk Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com Message-ID: <d04.f5d4352.336cc3d1 [at] aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Yeah but Yellow with Tan??? Britt > Excellent post Britt > > Go on - paint it yellow. It will look stunning! > > best > > Francis > > BR in the UK 1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK 1980 400i (RHD 72,000 miles) Searching for the right 512TR 2003 BMW 530d ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 10:21:46 -0700 From: "Hans E. Hansen" <FList [at] hanshansen.org> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 400i's original owner gets in touch To: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com> Message-ID: <33101cb10705041021p62c938c6jc08e9d2306e0b4f8 [at] mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I've been fortunate to be in frequent contact with my car's only other owner. He's supplied me with much info. He bought it in Hawaii and traded in a P-Bug. Drove it often for just a couple of years, then basically put it in storage - but kept it serviced regularly. Oil changes every 6 months, hoses, belts, yada. It only had 14,000 on it when I got it. Seems many of the older cars were painted on a whim. Mine was red/black "boxer" paint, but he didn't like the black bottom. Made it solid red, but many years later replaced the black to hide some road rash. Hans. On 5/4/07, Britt2Asa [at] aol.com <Britt2Asa [at] aol.com> wrote: > Have any of you with an older car ever wondered about its early history? Ever > wondered why it was ordered and by who? Last night I got an email from the > son of the original owner of my car. I reproduce part of it below (hope you > don't find this boring....). > ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 13:33:03 -0400 From: "Ferrarisimo [at] hotmail.com" <ferrarisimo [at] hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 400i's original owner gets in touch To: Britt2Asa [at] aol.com Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com Message-ID: <A36F2338-49D2-4F5D-A8E5-229C8BDCA89E [at] hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Britt: That was WAY cool. Must have been fun to read all that history. Had you found the various damaged areas that he mentioned (front end and antenna holes) when yu were going through the car. Scottie On May 4, 2007, at 1:02 PM, Britt2Asa [at] aol.com wrote: > Have any of you with an older car ever wondered about its early > history? Ever > wondered why it was ordered and by who? Last night I got an email > from the > son of the original owner of my car. I reproduce part of it below > (hope you > don't find this boring....). > > I knew my 400i was originally yellow with a black interior which > would have > been striking to say the least; however it has been painted twice > more in the > past each time changing colour (now its red). As sent to me here is > a (partial) > copy of the email..... > ********************************************************************** > ******** > ************************* > Hi Britt, > > Great to see Dad's old car is still around and hasn't succumbed to > the fate > of so many 400s, languishing with owners who can't afford to treat > them as > they should. What follows are my recollections of the car when she > was new. > > After a series of exotics through the 70s (E-Type V12, Astons DB6 > and DBS > V8) business sucess allowed my Dad, Alan Siggs, to consider a Ferrari. > > Some time in 79 he went to Coopers of Leicester (we are based in > Nottingham) > who were a Ferrari and BMW dealership before Graypaul became the > Ferrari > dealer for the East Midlands. He drove a 308 GT4 from their stock - > blue > with blue (I think on an T plate) which he ended up buying to fill > the gap > between the order and delivery of his 400i. > > The company he had started in the early 70s and which was > effectively paying > for the car (and to which it would have been registered) had a > Yellow and > Black Logo (www.kompress.com) so this was the obvious colour choice > for > Dad's new toy. He asked the people at Coopers for a yellow 400iA > with black > leather but word came back from the factory that yellow was not a > factory > colour for this model and perhaps Sir would like one in Black, > Blue, etc. > but Dad was adamant that the car must be yellow and that he would > cancel the > order if his request could not be accomodated. Apparently Maranello > Concessionaires offered at this point to bring in a white car and > strip and > respray it yellow before delivery. Family folklore says that this > is when my > Dad suggested that if Ferrari wouldn't sell him a yellow car > perhaps he > should direct his requirement for a yellow supercar to those chaps > down the > road at Lamborghini..... > > Eventually it was agreed that the factory could make a yellow 400i > but Dad > ended up paying around ?3,500 extra for the special paint colour - > at a time > when the list price was in the region of ?35k. Quite why it was so > difficult > remains a mystery to me - the cars were pretty much hand made at > that time > and there must have been the odd tin of Giallo Fly lying around! To my > knowledge it was the only yellow 400 ever made, and I have always > thought > the car looked great although the kids at my school nicknamed her > the flying > banana! > > Rather than take delivery in late 79, the decision was made to wait > until > Jan 80 so the car would be 1980 registered. Incidentally, having > bought the > 308 on what turned out to be a bad lease, this didn't go back in > part ex and > for a while he had both and he has also told me he was offered a > red Boxer > around this time but thought 3 was probably over the top! > > On delivery Dad used the car every day to commute the 20 odd miles > from our > Derbyshire home to the factory in Nottingham and I remember some > mornings > hearing the car leave our driveway and go up and down through the > gears > between home and the junction at the end of the road about 3/4 mile > away. > Similarly I remember family trips with Mum and Dad up front and my > sister > and I in the back (I would have been 7 when the car was delivered) > with Dad > trying to convince my sister that the rev counter was the speedo > and that of > course he wasn't driving too fast! Overall my memories are of > effortlessness > and the real surge of acceleration that came on kickdown as that > beautiful > V12 was given its head and lesser cars were left standing. > > As an aside, Mum - a confirmed lover of automatics - always enjoyed > driving > the car and Dad's mum, who had passed her driving test in her > Austin 1300 > automatic in her 60s was very nearly persuaded to take the car for > a spin. > > You may have found when you restored the car that there were a > couple of > holes in the front edges of the rear wing tops and the underside of > the dash > on the driver's side - Dad was a keen amateur radio enthusiast and > had 2 > radios installed under the dash either side of the steering column > with 2 > corresponding aerials at the back. > > As for the sunroof, to stir up further confusion, I'm almost > certain that > the car never had one when it was in our ownership - Dad has always > been of > the opinion that if you have air-con you don't need a sunroof so I > am sure > he would not have ordered one at extra cost either from the factory > or the > supplying dealer. I will email and ask him but unfortunately his > memory is > not too good these days so will see if I can find some old pictures > of the > car which may or may not show it. Similarly, I am fairly sure the > carpets > were black when the car was new and I am certain that Dad specified > the > sheepskin overmats in black of which more later. > > The only problem I remember with the car was tendency for the horn to > suddenly go off of its own accord when the car was parked and as > you will > know those twin air horns make a hell of a racket. The cure was to > release > the steering lock and move the wheel from side to side so it must > have been > a poor connection in the steering wheel boss, but I do recall this > causing > some embarrassment to a friend and colleague of Dad's who had > borrowed the > car to impress fellow guests at a wedding! > > (Note - the car was still doing this when I got her 3 years ago and > finally > managed to fix this factory wiring fault. I never knew it was a > factory > fault!!) > > At some time during the winter of 82 - 83 Dad had an incident with > a milk > tanker on a narrow country lane. There was not enough room to pass and > despite Dad putting the Ferrari up onto the grass verge, the > driver's side > door mirror was broken. He arranged for Coopers to collect the car > from his > office and take it in for repair. Unfortunately Coopers driver > managed to > get the sheepskin overmat caught up in the throttle pedal (Dad > tells me he > always pulled the mat back on entering the car as a matter of > habit) and > drove the car into the back of another one on a roundabout > somewhere between > Nottingham and Leicester. > > The following weekend I went with Dad to Coopers to inspect the > damage - > secretly I think he was hoping the car would be written off and > that Coopers > would have to replace it. This was not the case and they undertook > to repair > the car. From memory the damage was to the front offside corner so > you may > have come across this during restoration. I remember Dad being less > than > impressed by the BMW 3 series loan car he was offered and picking > out a red > 308 GTS from the showroom as more appropriate. This was unavailable > but he > ended up with a 635 CSI while the repairs were carried out. > > This incident in some ways spoiled the car for Dad - it had been > his pride > and joy and he never felt quite the same about it after that. > During the > Summer of 83 with some new cars required for the business the > Ferrari was > part exchanged against 3 83 A plate Ford Granadas (!) with Hooley's of > Nottingham. I saw it once after that in Nottingham but this was the > last I > new of it until now although I have often wondered what became of > it and am > glad to see her in such rude health, although I had hoped she would > still > have her unique colour combination! > > I hope my memories are of interest to you and fill in something of > the car's > history and may I wish you the best of luck for this years FOC > concours - if > time permits I may pop along and will seek you out if I make it. > > Kind regards, > > Dan. > > Dan Siggs > ********************************************************************** > ******** > ************************* > > Britt > > BR in the UK > 1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK > 1980 400i (RHD 72,000 miles) > Searching for the right 512TR > 2003 BMW 530d > _________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options, please visit: > http://lists.ferrarilist.com/mailman/options/ferrari/ferrarisimo% > 40hotmail.com > > Sponsored by BidNip.com eBay Auction Sniper > http://www.BidNip.com/ > and F1 Headlines > http://www.F1Headlines.com/ > ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 18:59:18 +0100 From: francis newman <francis [at] fntn.co.uk> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 400i's original owner gets in touch To: Britt2Asa [at] aol.com Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com Message-ID: <B59D4C43-E304-4598-9B4F-C6722BB89CD8 [at] fntn.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Ah well - you'd have to redo the interior as well!! Francis On 4 May 2007, at 18:13, Britt2Asa [at] aol.com wrote: > Yeah but Yellow with Tan??? > > Britt > > > > >> Excellent post Britt >> >> Go on - paint it yellow. It will look stunning! >> >> best >> >> Francis >> > > > > > BR in the UK > 1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK > 1980 400i (RHD 72,000 miles) > Searching for the right 512TR > 2003 BMW 530d ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 19:00:22 +0100 From: francis newman <francis [at] fntn.co.uk> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 400i's original owner gets in touch To: Britt2Asa [at] aol.com Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com Message-ID: <55003BEF-FD6B-4CC0-9F78-BDC7845B8AE4 [at] fntn.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed BTW Britt. did you find the holes and the wing damage he mentioned? F On 4 May 2007, at 18:13, Britt2Asa [at] aol.com wrote: > Yeah but Yellow with Tan??? > > Britt > > > > >> Excellent post Britt >> >> Go on - paint it yellow. It will look stunning! >> >> best >> >> Francis >> > > > > > BR in the UK > 1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK > 1980 400i (RHD 72,000 miles) > Searching for the right 512TR > 2003 BMW 530d ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 14:19:38 -0400 From: "Charles Perry" <charles [at] carolina-sound.com> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 400i's original owner gets in touch To: <Britt2Asa [at] aol.com>, <mscall8507 [at] aol.com> Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com Message-ID: <832C5F05768F3E47846168836F889247101EC6 [at] csc-dcsvr.CarolinaSound.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Great story. If I'm not mistaken, our own Michael Scallion had a yellow/tan 400 for a while in his care. Maybe he has some pictures to let you see what it looked like. -- charles -----Original Message----- From: Britt2Asa [at] aol.com [mailto:Britt2Asa [at] aol.com] Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 1:14 PM To: Charles Perry Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 400i's original owner gets in touch Yeah but Yellow with Tan??? Britt > Excellent post Britt > > Go on - paint it yellow. It will look stunning! > > best > > Francis > > BR in the UK 1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK 1980 400i (RHD 72,000 miles) Searching for the right 512TR 2003 BMW 530d _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options, please visit: http://lists.ferrarilist.com/mailman/options/ferrari/charles%40carolina- sound.com Sponsored by BidNip.com eBay Auction Sniper http://www.BidNip.com/ and F1 Headlines http://www.F1Headlines.com/ ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 16:43:30 EDT From: Britt2Asa [at] aol.com Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 400i's original owner gets in touch To: ferrarisimo [at] hotmail.com Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com Message-ID: <c7e.8ecf2e0.336cf4f2 [at] aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Yeah it was good to read. Actually haven't found anything he described however the car has been painted twice so I assume the bodywork done prior to painting had these areas sorted in the past 22 years since his father sold the car.... Britt > Britt: > > That was WAY cool. Must have been fun to read all that history. > Had you found the various damaged areas that he mentioned (front end > and antenna holes) when yu were going through the car. > > Scottie > BR in the UK 1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK 1980 400i (RHD 72,000 miles) Searching for the right 512TR 2003 BMW 530d ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 16:46:40 EDT From: Britt2Asa [at] aol.com Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 400i's original owner gets in touch To: francis [at] fntn.co.uk Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com Message-ID: <d45.7ee5d7e.336cf5b0 [at] aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" The link to the photos is... http://www.fugazi.co.uk/308/400i.htm These pictures are now two years old and more work has been done but it will give an idea.... Britt Great post!! Brit, you need to repost the link to the pictures of your car again. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Britt2Asa [at] aol.com [mailto:Britt2Asa [at] aol.com] Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 10:03 AM To: dave [at] davehanda.com Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com Subject: [Ferrari] 400i's original owner gets in touch Have any of you with an older car ever wondered about its early history? Ever wondered why it was ordered and by who? Last night I got an email from the son of the original owner of my car. I reproduce part of it below (hope you don't find this boring....). I knew my 400i was originally yellow with a black interior which would have been striking to say the least; however it has been painted twice more in the past each time changing colour (now its red). As sent to me here is a (partial) copy of the email..... **************************************************************************** ** ************************* Hi Britt, BR in the UK 1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK 1980 400i (RHD 72,000 miles) Searching for the right 512TR 2003 BMW 530d ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 17:01:55 -0400 From: "Alan M. Tebby, D.C." <atebby [at] tebbyclinic.com> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Anyone want a Lusso? To: "Steve Jenkins" <steve [at] stevejenkins.com> Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com Message-ID: <008f01c78e8f$82023a00$0602a8c0 [at] tebby> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Funny, my life lesson for staying in school, through grad school and even continuing with more CEU's than I know what to do with, had to do with one phrase: "Would you like fries with that order?" Alan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Jenkins" <steve [at] stevejenkins.com> To: "Alan M. Tebby, D.C." <atebby [at] earthlink.net> Cc: <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 1:06 PM Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Anyone want a Lusso? > Scottie gets it right (although mad props to Ken for finding the photo). > > Dr. Call was: > > - the first professor I met on the first day of grad school > - the protagonist of my favorite grad-school story > - the man who delivered the most memorable lesson of my scholastic career > > It's 8:00am on an August 1994 morning in Provo, Utah. It's the first day > of > class for BYU's MBA Class of 1996 Candidates. All 112 of us in Section A > are > dressed to impress in "business smart" attire. We're sitting in desks that > are arranged on three levels in a semi-circle configuration, facing the > front of the class. Our pre-printed name tents are propped up in front of > us, and we are silently staring around the room sizing up the competition, > like that scene in Top Gun where Viper reveals the trophy ("I'm just > wondering ... who's the best?"). > > In walks Dr. Ivan T. Call (I always wondered if the T stood for > "Tiberius," > but regret never finding the right moment to ask). Dr. Call marches down > to > the front of the room in a very authoritative style, and slams down a 30 > inch-high stack of MBA 509 Managerial Finance texts on the desk. He has a > very "no-nonsense" vibe about him, and I would have given you 10 to 1 odds > that this man had zero sense of humor. He barks in an professionally gruff > and authoritative voice: > > "Somebody give me the definition of interest." > > 112 hands shoot into the air, eager to show off - not just for Dr. Call, > but > mostly to the other 111 sitting in the seats. > > Dr. Call starts pointing and calling out names printed on the name tents > that have hands raised behind them. > > "Interest is the sum paid or charged for the use of money or for borrowing > money." > > Dr. Call yells "No" and points at somebody else. > > "The percentage of money borrowed to be paid over a given period." > > Dr. Call again yells "No" and chooses another victim. > > This cycle repeats itself a good 10-12 more times, each with the same > result, with some students getting shot down at least 2 separate times. > With > no more hands remaining in the air, and the required answer still unknown, > Dr. Call looks around the room and declares: > > "The definition of interest is..." > > He pauses here, as if to not-so-subtly communicate that what he's about to > say is important enough that we should be ready to write it down. 107 pens > (and 5 laptops) are poised to record what comes next. He repeats: > > "The definition of interest is..." > > and then his voice changes to the quietly confident and kindly one that > the > candidates of Section A would listen to for the remainder of the year. No > pens or laptops would be required to remember as Dr. Call continues: > > "Thems that understands it, gets it. Thems that don't, pays it." > > The room erupts into laughter and relief, but the lesson is not lost. > > Even as Dr. Call led us through volumes of financial analysis of a number > of > companies throughout the following months, that lesson of Day 1 is still > the > one that sticks with me, and remains as the single most important business > principle I have tried to incorporate into my life and career. > > SJ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ferrarisimo [at] hotmail.com [mailto:ferrarisimo [at] hotmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 8:33 AM > To: Steve Jenkins > Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Anyone want a Lusso? > > > Some LDS dude that was president of a bank and a teacher a BYU? > > > Scottie > > On May 3, 2007, at 11:26 AM, Steve Jenkins wrote: > >> Nobody knows who Dr. Ivan T. Call is???? >> >> (Steve C can't play - I know he knows). >> >> Who can tell me why I'd be quoting him? >> >> SJ >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Doug and Terri Anderson [mailto:dnt [at] dock.net] >> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 6:01 AM >> To: Steve Jenkins >> Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com >> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Anyone want a Lusso? >> >> >> That I did, that I did. Yeah, Sarlene - now that would be a name, >> eh? heh >> heh >> DOUG >> Still wonder who that happy little group is that they need to >> provide public >> record of their holdings? Or gads, is this just another example of >> no one >> sleeps alone anymore? >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Steve <mailto:steve [at] stevejenkins.com> Jenkins >> To: 'Doug and Terri Anderson' <mailto:dnt [at] dock.net> >> Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com >> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 7:47 AM >> Subject: RE: [Ferrari] Anyone want a Lusso? >> >> Oh - your first email said "Sarlene" = without the H. :) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Doug and Terri Anderson [mailto:dnt [at] dock.net] >> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 11:56 AM >> To: Steve Jenkins >> Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com >> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Anyone want a Lusso? >> >> >> >> I dont know who this Ivan T Call is but Sharlene is listed is >> listed as an >> indirect owner on 28,000 shares of common stock >> >> Common Stock 28,062 ( 2 ) I by Sharlene R. Call, Trustee of >> the Ivan >> T. Call & Sharlene R. Call Revocable Trust >> >> >> <http://www.secinfo.com/d141Nx.uNEm.htm> SEC Info - Call Ivan T - 3 - >> Americanwest Bancorporation - For 4/1/07 >> >> >> Call Ivan T . 3 . Americanwest Bancorporation . For 4/1/07. Filed >> On 4/5/07 >> 12:24pm ET . SEC File 0-18561 . Accession Number 1181431-7-24025 ... >> www.secinfo.com/d141Nx.uNEm.htm - 20k - >> <http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:MuA9M4VH3YEJ:www.secinfo.com/ >> d141Nx.uN >> Em.htm+ivan+t.+call&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=us> Cached - >> <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=related:www.secinfo.com/ >> d141Nx.uNEm.ht >> m> Similar pages >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Steve Jenkins" < <mailto:steve [at] stevejenkins.com> >> steve [at] stevejenkins.com> >> To: "'Doug and Terri Anderson'" < <mailto:dnt [at] dock.net> dnt [at] >> dock.net> >> Cc: < <mailto:ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com> ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com> >> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 8:59 AM >> Subject: RE: [Ferrari] Anyone want a Lusso? >> >> >> Not even Google could explain that to me! >> >> <http://www.google.com/search?q=%22sarlene+call%22> >> http://www.google.com/search?q=%22sarlene+call%22 >> >> Sarlene Call? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Doug and Terri Anderson [mailto:dnt [at] dock.net] >> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 11:15 PM >> To: Steve Jenkins >> Cc: <mailto:ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com> ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com >> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Anyone want a Lusso? >> >> >> I wonder what Sarlene Call thinks about it? heh heh >> DOUG >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Steve Jenkins" < <mailto:steve [at] stevejenkins.com> >> steve [at] stevejenkins.com> >> To: "DOUG" < <mailto:dnt [at] dock.net> dnt [at] dock.net> >> Cc: < <mailto:ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com> ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com> >> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 8:25 PM >> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Anyone want a Lusso? >> >> >>> You've got a GT4, Jim. Why would you want to step down to a Lusso, >>> even at >> >>> a >>> favorable interest rate? ;) >>> >>> And this is a perfect time to remind everyone of Dr. Ivan T. Call's >>> definition of interest: >>> >>> "Thems that understands it, gets it. Thems that don't, pays it!" >>> >>> SJ >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: jim [mailto:jimshadow [at] verizon.net] >>> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 8:06 PM >>> To: 'Steve Jenkins' >>> Cc: 'The FerrariList' >>> Subject: RE: [Ferrari] Anyone want a Lusso? >>> >>> >>> >>> Sure, wanna float me a loan, say 0% at $500/month? >>> >>> >>> >>> :-) >>> >>> >>> >>> On second thought, I'm just gonna put another 500 miles on my GT4 >>> this >>> week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >>> >>> >>> >>> Ciao >>> >>> >>> >>> JIM >>> >>> Over 500 miles in 2 weeks on my little Dino. >>> >>> I'm drivin' it like I stole it! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Steve Jenkins [mailto:steve [at] stevejenkins.com] >>> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 10:59 PM >>> To: JIM >>> Cc: The FerrariList >>> Subject: [Ferrari] Anyone want a Lusso? >>> >>> >>> >>> <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18366408?GT1=9246> >> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18366408?GT1=9246 >>> >>> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ------ >> ---- >> >> >>> _________________________________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options, please visit: >>> <http://lists.ferrarilist.com/mailman/options/ferrari/dnt% >>> 40dock.net> >> http://lists.ferrarilist.com/mailman/options/ferrari/dnt%40dock.net >>> >>> Sponsored by BidNip.com eBay Auction Sniper >>> <http://www.BidNip.com/> http://www.BidNip.com/ >>> and F1 Headlines >>> <http://www.F1Headlines.com/> http://www.F1Headlines.com/ >>> >> >> >> >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options, please visit: >> http://lists.ferrarilist.com/mailman/options/ferrari/ferrarisimo% >> 40hotmail.com >> >> Sponsored by BidNip.com eBay Auction Sniper >> http://www.BidNip.com/ >> and F1 Headlines >> http://www.F1Headlines.com/ >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options, please visit: > http://lists.ferrarilist.com/mailman/options/ferrari/atebby%40earthlink.net > > Sponsored by BidNip.com eBay Auction Sniper > http://www.BidNip.com/ > and F1 Headlines > http://www.F1Headlines.com/ > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/787 - Release Date: 5/3/2007 > 2:11 PM > ------------------------------ Message: 12 Date: Sat, 05 May 2007 00:05:56 -0400 From: jashburne [at] aol.com Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 400i's original owner gets in touch To: Britt2Asa [at] aol.com Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com Message-ID: <8C95CE1D0DD96D3-105C-13BC6 [at] WEBMAIL-RE04.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Britt Great story! I especially enjoyed the anecdote about convincing the young ones that the tach was the speedometer so as to underplay the actual speed. That is exactly what I did several years ago with my twin daughters (now 13) so that they wouldn't get nervous or accuse me of breaking the speed limit. The second owner of my car was Lanny Wadkins, professional golfer and now CBS golf commentator, who owned it for 4 years. I've often thought about trying to contact him to see what he has to say about his time with the 400i but I haven't made the time to do it. Maybe your story will inspire me to do that. It's great to be able to reach back into time to hear such a detailed and warm reminiscence about your car. John -----Original Message----- From: Britt2Asa [at] aol.com To: jashburne [at] aol.com Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com Sent: Fri, 4 May 2007 1:02 PM Subject: [Ferrari] 400i's original owner gets in touch Have any of you with an older car ever wondered about its early history? Ever wondered why it was ordered and by who? Last night I got an email from the son of the original owner of my car. I reproduce part of it below (hope you don't find this boring....). I knew my 400i was originally yellow with a black interior which would have been striking to say the least; however it has been painted twice more in the past each time changing colour (now its red). As sent to me here is a (partial) copy of the email..... **************************************************************************** ** ************************* Hi Britt, Great to see Dad's old car is still around and hasn't succumbed to the fate of so many 400s, languishing with owners who can't afford to treat them as they should. What follows are my recollections of the car when she was new. After a series of exotics through the 70s (E-Type V12, Astons DB6 and DBS V8) business sucess allowed my Dad, Alan Siggs, to consider a Ferrari. Some time in 79 he went to Coopers of Leicester (we are based in Nottingham) who were a Ferrari and BMW dealership before Graypaul became the Ferrari dealer for the East Midlands. He drove a 308 GT4 from their stock - blue with blue (I think on an T plate) which he ended up buying to fill the gap between the order and delivery of his 400i. The company he had started in the early 70s and which was effectively paying for the car (and to which it would have been registered) had a Yellow and Black Logo (www.kompress.com) so this was the obvious colour choice for Dad's new toy. He asked the people at Coopers for a yellow 400iA with black leather but word came back from the factory that yellow was not a factory colour for this model and perhaps Sir would like one in Black, Blue, etc. but Dad was adamant that the car must be yellow and that he would cancel the order if his request could not be accomodated. Apparently Maranello Concessionaires offered at this point to bring in a white car and strip and respray it yellow before delivery. Family folklore says that this is when my Dad suggested that if Ferrari wouldn't sell him a yellow car perhaps he should direct his requirement for a yellow supercar to those chaps down the road at Lamborghini..... Eventually it was agreed that the factory could make a yellow 400i but Dad ended up paying around ?3,500 extra for the special paint colour - at a time when the list price was in the region of ?35k. Quite why it was so difficult remains a mystery to me - the cars were pretty much hand made at that time and there must have been the odd tin of Giallo Fly lying around! To my knowledge it was the only yellow 400 ever made, and I have always thought the car looked great although the kids at my school nicknamed her the flying banana! Rather than take delivery in late 79, the decision was made to wait until Jan 80 so the car would be 1980 registered. Incidentally, having bought the 308 on what turned out to be a bad lease, this didn't go back in part ex and for a while he had both and he has also told me he was offered a red Boxer around this time but thought 3 was probably over the top! On delivery Dad used the car every day to commute the 20 odd miles from our Derbyshire home to the factory in Nottingham and I remember some mornings hearing the car leave our driveway and go up and down through the gears between home and the junction at the end of the road about 3/4 mile away. Similarly I remember family trips with Mum and Dad up front and my sister and I in the back (I would have been 7 when the car was delivered) with Dad trying to convince my sister that the rev counter was the speedo and that of course he wasn't driving too fast! Overall my memories are of effortlessness and the real surge of acceleration that came on kickdown as that beautiful V12 was given its head and lesser cars were left standing. As an aside, Mum - a confirmed lover of automatics - always enjoyed driving the car and Dad's mum, who had passed her driving test in her Austin 1300 automatic in her 60s was very nearly persuaded to take the car for a spin. You may have found when you restored the car that there were a couple of holes in the front edges of the rear wing tops and the underside of the dash on the driver's side - Dad was a keen amateur radio enthusiast and had 2 radios installed under the dash either side of the steering column with 2 corresponding aerials at the back. As for the sunroof, to stir up further confusion, I'm almost certain that the car never had one when it was in our ownership - Dad has always been of the opinion that if you have air-con you don't need a sunroof so I am sure he would not have ordered one at extra cost either from the factory or the supplying dealer. I will email and ask him but unfortunately his memory is not too good these days so will see if I can find some old pictures of the car which may or may not show it. Similarly, I am fairly sure the carpets were black when the car was new and I am certain that Dad specified the sheepskin overmats in black of which more later. The only problem I remember with the car was tendency for the horn to suddenly go off of its own accord when the car was parked and as you will know those twin air horns make a hell of a racket. The cure was to release the steering lock and move the wheel from side to side so it must have been a poor connection in the steering wheel boss, but I do recall this causing some embarrassment to a friend and colleague of Dad's who had borrowed the car to impress fellow guests at a wedding! (Note - the car was still doing this when I got her 3 years ago and finally managed to fix this factory wiring fault. I never knew it was a factory fault!!) At some time during the winter of 82 - 83 Dad had an incident with a milk tanker on a narrow country lane. There was not enough room to pass and despite Dad putting the Ferrari up onto the grass verge, the driver's side door mirror was broken. He arranged for Coopers to collect the car from his office and take it in for repair. Unfortunately Coopers driver managed to get the sheepskin overmat caught up in the throttle pedal (Dad tells me he always pulled the mat back on entering the car as a matter of habit) and drove the car into the back of another one on a roundabout somewhere between Nottingham and Leicester. The following weekend I went with Dad to Coopers to inspect the damage - secretly I think he was hoping the car would be written off and that Coopers would have to replace it. This was not the case and they undertook to repair the car. From memory the damage was to the front offside corner so you may have come across this during restoration. I remember Dad being less than impressed by the BMW 3 series loan car he was offered and picking out a red 308 GTS from the showroom as more appropriate. This was unavailable but he ended up with a 635 CSI while the repairs were carried out. This incident in some ways spoiled the car for Dad - it had been his pride and joy and he never felt quite the same about it after that. During the Summer of 83 with some new cars required for the business the Ferrari was part exchanged against 3 83 A plate Ford Granadas (!) with Hooley's of Nottingham. I saw it once after that in Nottingham but this was the last I new of it until now although I have often wondered what became of it and am glad to see her in such rude health, although I had hoped she would still have her unique colour combination! I hope my memories are of interest to you and fill in something of the car's history and may I wish you the best of luck for this years FOC concours - if time permits I may pop along and will seek you out if I make it. Kind regards, Dan. Dan Siggs **************************************************************************** ** ************************* Britt BR in the UK 1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK 1980 400i (RHD 72,000 miles) Searching for the right 512TR 2003 BMW 530d _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options, please visit: http://lists.ferrarilist.com/mailman/options/ferrari/jashburne%40aol.com Sponsored by BidNip.com eBay Auction Sniper http://www.BidNip.com/ and F1 Headlines http://www.F1Headlines.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. 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Re: 400i's original owner gets in touch Charles Perry, May 5 2007
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