Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferraris & Rain

I think ferrari started galvanizing the bodies around 1982. I could be  
off a year or so either way, but it was around there.
Jeff
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On Jan 17, 2008, at 9:56 PM, BRIGANDBAR [at] aol.com wrote:

In a message dated 1/17/2008 8:04:24 PM Central Standard Time,  kjtar [at] 
cox.net
writes:
But, I  don't think you can/should consider a 1978 Ferrari "a modern
car." I don't  know when Ferrari started to galvanize their chassis

Tom:
I guess that I never thought of it that way. For me, modern cars are  
1950  or

newer for U.S. and I guess sometimes in the middle or late 1960's  
for most

imports though there were a lot of really "moden" European cars  
before that

date  such as the old 300 (Adenauer) Series MB's, the Silver Cloud/ 
S3's from

Rolls  Royce and some of the Citroens (and probably some others that  
I missed).

And  then there are the middle ground U.K. (okay, technically not  
European in

the  strictist sense but in the vernacular of autombiles they qualify)

automobiles  that were evolving from plastic side curtains to glass  
windows, and such.

I have  a friend down here that uses the availability of air  
conditioning as

the  criteria for being called a "modern car", but that skews the  
curve. I

guess we  could go back to when heaters became standard equipment.
In any event, being specific to Ferraris, where should we draw the  
line?

Would all of the 308 and newer series cars be called "modern" by  
Ferrari

standards or should we use the date that all frames were galvanized  
as that  starting

point?
In some ways having plastic side curtains or non-galvanized frames   
both

detract from the utility of a vehicle in the rain. Neither is  
conducive to

driving the car in inclement weather.
I wonder how long old Enzo expected these cars to survive on the  
road and

track given the anticipated usage by their owners. In the "good old  
days" I

suspect someone who forked out the big bucks for a Ferrari was an  
enthusiast at

track and racing events because ease of maintenance and creature  
comforts were

not the primary design criteria. A better question is when (what  
year, or

year  model) Ferrari's began to be sold by dealers with a factory  
warranty? Some

of  the old "Ferrari lore" that I heard when I began to search for a  
Ferrari

several  years ago (something I'm sure you remember fondly) held  
that Enzo

once stated  that "there was no need for a factory warranty on these  
cars, if

someone can  afford to buy one they can afford to fix one".
Dr. Steve

Dr.  Stephen B. Spies, CES, CFI
Director, Forensic Sciences  Laboratory
Explosives Engineering Technologies
1964 Rolls Royce Silver  Cloud III.....1975 Pontiac Grandville

1980 MB 450  SL............................1982 Rolls Royce Corniche  
DHC

1988 Rolls Royce  Silver Spur..........1994 F-350 PowerStroke Diesel

1995 Ferrari 348  Spyder.................1996 Ford Bronco

2000 Lincoln Town  Car....................2004 Ford Excursion

+ a

1985 MB 280GE Galedenwagen  for Explorations

+ a

1976 HAHN- WARNER & SWASEY- DUPLEX DIVISION HOWE  APPARTUS. THE  
MODEL #R400

FIRE TRUCK w/a 100' Tower System

+ a

1985 GMC  Brigadier Farm Truck/20T Wrecker

&

Audrey's 2 MB's [1980 450SL &  1987 420SEL] to care for...
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Re: Ferraris & Rain	<– Date –> <– Thread –>
From: Jeff Greenfield (coyoteacme-ltd.com)
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:05:43 -0800 (PST)