Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Concorso Italiano = Car Guy to the Ferrari Factory

[Rui Gigante (rui.gigante]

Great story Doug !
Reminded me of our visit to the factory at EuroHallet, but without the
juicy bits !

Rui


On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 6:48 AM, Doug and Terri Anderson <dnt [at] dock.net> 
wrote:
> Well, I can't speak for Larry but as for me, 37 years of Porsche to include
> a '51, the 529th car built, and 12 years of Ferrari means 'Car Guy."
>
> It was the way Tibor and I talked our way into the Ferrari factory on the
> first day of Italy holiday in 1979.  In those days, we could take pictures -
> just a small audience by a very well dressed fellow who signed his name
> Pierro.
>
> In 1979 there were four of us in a motor home at motor camp Icici, on the
> Adriatic.  Billy was the first to go home - So after dropping off Billy at
> the Ljubljana airport Tibor sez, what now?  Sez I - Off to the Ferrari
> factory.  We arrive just before noon and there is only a friendly guard who
> didn't speak English at his desk.  By hand gestures and so forth - be back
> at 1:00 - English speaker."  Ok and we venture across the street to a small
> pizzeria - the Cavalino.  Just a small deli - cute place.
>
> At 1:00 I bring my camera back and start taking pictures of the F1 car -
> Jodi Schecter on one side and team member #12, some wild man, Gilles
> Villeneuve, on the other - two for the price of one.
>
> So about that time a fellow comes out of a door down at the end of the hall
> and asks - what may I help you with?  We would like to see a little bit of
> the factory - ahhh, well, do you own a Ferrari?  No.  Ahhh, do you work for
> Ferrari dealer?  No.  Do you work for an independent Ferrari shop?  No.
> Ahh, um, well the you have (waving at the ante room and the single F1 car)
> seen a little bit of the Ferrari factory.  gulp.
>
> So I say to him - both of us own Porsches - and in the heart of the Porsche
> driver the last car to own is a Ferrari.  Ahhh, I see.  Well - - - looking
> at his watch - I could give you about 45 minutes - is that enough?  SURE -
> can I bring my camera?  OK.
>
> What a trip.  Nothing going on except as we crunch crunch crunched across
> the interior yard on the crushed rock a siren when off for nearly 10
> seconds - at 1:10.  I commented - end of the lunch hour?  No, testing an
> engine.  If it holds together, we ship it.  Gawd I love it - so I-Talian.
>
> Those were the days,
> DOUG
>
>
> Short story - but
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <JAshburne [at] aol.com>
> To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>
> Cc: <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 9:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Concorso Italiano
>
>
> >
> > Hi Larry
> >
> > That's very interesting, but why would a bunch of Porsche owners be
> > interested in pictures of Concorso Italiano events?
> >
> > They would be planning any sort of bombing of the event, would they?
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 4/27/2008 7:12:17 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> > l02turner [at] comcast.net writes:
> >
> > Hi  Gang,
> > Don't know if ya'll are aware of this resource since  it's primarily
> > located at a Porsche vendor - but they have a large section  of
> > photos/images
> > from a variety of motorsports events - they have several  of the Concorso
> > Italiano events preserved through lots of digital images  for any who wish
> > to
> > see/save  them.
> > http://www.pelicanparts.com/swapmeet_pics/swapmeet_pic_index.htm
> >
> > Enjoy  --
> >
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