Ferrari Mailing List: Re: First Sports car, was: Cars we have owned

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

Thanks Larry,

I grew up in the '50s in rural Kentucky so the closest thing I saw to a sports 
car was a Massey Ferguson.  When I did see them it was in the movies or on TV - 
 James Bond, Maxwell Smart, etc. - I drooled.  I spent my youth sketching 
designs for cars.  Funny though, none of my sketches predicted the Pacer! :-P  
I wish I had those drawings now.

rick


--- On Sun, 1/25/09, LarryT <l02turner [at] comcast.net> wrote:

> From: LarryT <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] First Sports car, was: Cars we have owned
> To: "Rick Lindsay" <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
> Cc: "'The FerrariList'" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Date: Sunday, January 25, 2009, 2:26 PM
> Hey Rick -
> I know what you mean about the 850 - a cool little car.  I
> used to work on them and remember how difficult it was to
> work on that engine with the small engine lid.  Oh well....
> 
> I got hooked when I was 13 or 14 - found a copy of Sports
> Car Graphic - the cover was filled with the logos of various
> foreign cars wnd the inside was filled with the lastest
> versions.   Ever since I was hooked on the beauty of sport
> cars.  I;m still upset  with the govt for the 1968 laws that
> forced the XKE to remove the headlight covers - and other
> stuff of course.  Since then the govt has become more &
> more the designed of cars.  I always felt there should have
> been relief for low volumn producers.  IIRC there was
> something added a few years ago to help small manufacturers.
> 
> But this isn't about govt - ever since those days when
> I 1st discovered sports cars I went out of my way to see
> them.  I used to walk to Jr. HS - 5 miles each way - uphill
> each way - 3' of snow, yada,yada -- but on the way was
> one of the few sports car dealerships in town.  It was a
> combo Trumph, Volvo, Toyota, MG & Fiat - I'd look
> thru the showroom glass and dream.  So many gorgeous shapes.
>  MY favorite in the late 60s was the Fiat 124 Sports Coupe -
> the convertible got all the attention and had the staying
> power but the coupe looked like a little Maserati (IMO) with
> it's large greenhouse and 5 spd gearbox.
> 
> Anyway - I hope everyone is enjoying the 24 H of Daytona -
> great race -
> 
> Sincerely,
> Larry T  (74 911, 91 300D 2.5T)
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> 
> 
> .
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Lindsay"
> <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
> To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
> Cc: "'The FerrariList'"
> <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 2:34 PM
> Subject: [Ferrari] First Sports car, was: Cars we have
> owned
> 
> 
> > Jeff wrote,
> > 
> >> 1972 Chevy Vega, first car, paid 100.00 had a 2
> speed semi-automatic and
> >> used as much oil as gas.
> >> 
> >> 1976 Alfa Spider *, 'first'real' car,
> still have it although it is in a
> >> million pieces and doubt I'll ever put it back
> together...
> > 
> > Jeff's note begs the question: When did we go for
> the first real sports car, and with which car?
> > 
> > My first car was a 1931 Model A ford, then a '63
> Chevy, then a '68 Camaro, and then it happened.  It was
> 1970.  I saw this incredibly beautiful Fiat 850 Spyder on a
> used car lot.  Within a day it was mine.  It was a piece of
> s#!t (because of non-existent maintenance) but it was a real
> SPORTS CAR!  Been hooked every since.
> > 
> > Rick
> >
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