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

[Doug and Terri Anderson (dnt]

Thanks Rui - and glad to see you up and about.  For as tough as we are, we 
are a fragile lot.
DOUG

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rui Gigante" <rui.gigante [at] gmail.com>
To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 9:43 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Concorso Italiano = Car Guy to the Ferrari Factory


> 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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> > >
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