Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferrari 400 SuperAmerica

[LarryT (l02turner]

Howdy!
    We all know about Enzo's seeming disdain for road cars believing they were 
only a means to allow him to persue the racing he loved so dearly, yet he 
produced so many "drop-dead, take your breath away gorgeous road cars (race 
cars too!) there must have been enormous pride in what he was constructing.  I 
guess when you put your name on something it had better be special!  

    IMHO, the 60's saw Ferrari produce some of the most spectacular designs 
during this relatively short time span.  The 250GT series of models, which 
included the Lusso and my favorite of all time race car: the 206SP which 
appeared in red (naturally) with yellow steel wheels and was powered by a V6.  
That color combination was awesome!  Along with these he produced the 400 SA 
we've been drooling over as well as a number of others.  Some produced by 
Ferrari by the celebrities at the time were,....hmmm... less that spectacular 
but none the less were very innovative.  And of course the 330 road cars were 
some of the more successful road cars.

    The 206SP morphed into the 330LM series (IIRC) and on the road car front 
they produced the 275 series of road cars - the GTB and GTS (S. McQueen owned 
one of each) were 2 of the  Ferrari's that left a lasting impression on me.   
The GTB was so manly and the GTS so feminine - how the designers and 
coachbuilders captured those attributes is beyond me but I guess that's part of 
the magic.

    Sure, the 70's saw some amazing designs also - like the little 312SP sports 
racer that won something like 12 of 13 races in 1972 was obviously a very 
successful design along with the evolutionary but less successful 512 series.  
But for me it was the 60's that held the magic. ;-)

    Sorry I rambled on for so long - Have a nice week -

Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: cmlf1 [at] optonline.net 
  To: LarryT 
  Cc: The FerrariList 
  Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 12:44 PM
  Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Ferrari 400 SuperAmerica


  Me too!! I saw one in the same color on a flatbed going through NYC a few 
years ago. It may be the same car, as these are rare to begin with, and that 
car is obviously not driven.

  Carl

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: LarryT 
  Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2007 7:54 am
  Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Ferrari 400 SuperAmerica
  To: cmlf1 [at] optonline.net
  Cc: The FerrariList 

  > Oh.....WOW! I'm in love!
  > 
  > Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
  > www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts
  > Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil
  > PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net
  > Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs
  > .
  > 
  > ----- Original Message ----- 
  > From: "Robert W. Garven Jr." 
  > To: "Larry Turner" 
  > Cc: "The FerrariList" 
  > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 10:22 PM
  > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Dash Knob Restoration
  > 
  > 
  > > http://www.ferraris-online.com/pages/carintro.php?reqcardir=FE-
  > 400SA-2841#P025
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