Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferraris & Rain

[Tom Reynolds (kjtar]

As Rob and others on the list can attest to, Enzo apparently didn't give a 
rat's posterior about the road cars.  As long as they sold with sufficient 
income to provide an operating budget for the race team, he was happy.  
I haven't really thought about what criteria I consider when I think "modern 
car",  I guess I just consider them on an individual basis.
Best regards,
Tom
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: BRIGANDBAR [at] aol.com 
  To: kjtar [at] cox.net 
  Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com 
  Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 8:56 PM
  Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Ferraris & Rain


  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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