Ferrari Mailing List: Re: F40 at Bonneville!

[Red5hilser (Red5hilser]

Hey Paul: The Salt Flats guys always think positive. Why take the time and  
trouble to fabricate and install padding if you're not going to crash,  right?
 
I never got to Bonneville, but used to go to Murock Dry Lakes out on the  
Mojave on occasion. The So. Cal. Timing Assn. used to have runs out there, and  
they were interesting to say the least.
 
My favorites were the old P-51 drop-tank Lakesters with a huge bored  out OHV 
V-8s stuffed inside the rear and a wheel at each corner. Nothing more.  With 
Go-Kart like suspension, they were clocked at well over 200 MPH. How did  the 
drivers fit inside the damn thing with those two huge stones getting in the  
way? <g>
 
The lake-bed was smooth as a billiard table and had the consistency of  
cement. I know. I took a spill out there once, riding my 250cc ex-Works CZ  
Motocrosser. (My mother worked for the U.S. Suzuki competition dept, and they  
sold 
it to me for $400. Long story).
 
But, unlike the Salt Flats guys, I had prepared for any eventuality, and  
worn my leathers. I'd seen too many other Kenny Roberts wanna-be's, clad in  
only 
shorts and a tee shirt being hauled off in the ambulance after a failed  Evil 
Knievel type jump. Anybody out there remember Rocket Rex Staton?
 
Ach, the memories, yer pal Ferrari Bubba
 
 
In a message dated 2/12/2009 8:43:40 P.M. Central Standard Time, 
_pbennett [at] macnet.com_ (mailto:pbennett [at] macnet.com) 

I  found two pictures fascinating, underbonnet front end details 
and the  driver's seat.  Crude aluminum plates no  padding.



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