Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Upscaling

[E M (pokiebaron]

One of the old tricks to combat rust in old FIATs, or so I read in an old
copy of R&T, was to take dust from a vacuum cleaner bad, mix it with fresh
motor oil and smear it inside the door panels.  Another friend who owned a
356 porsche from new, and drove it through many Canadian winters, was to
take heavy grease, and smear the inside of the fenders, and pretty much
everywhere else he could reach.  He swears, the car never developed a spot
of rust in the years he had it.  The greenies would love such practices
today. hee hee.

Ed
911SC

2009/2/19 LarryT <l02turner [at] comcast.net>

> There are many more 124s but the Alfa Duetto 1750 renamed/restyled
> as the Graduate in the 80s is also an awesome car with unique
> styling, 5 sp gearbox and unfortunatly  their biggest problem is
> rust.  Other problems exist also, but IMO rust was #1.  Find one
> that has been repaired properly and you'll have a sound basis to
> build on.
>
> Same comments about the 124 and rust apply unfortunately - don't
> know if the later Fiats started using galvanized sheetmetal or not.
>
> IMO the who Upscaling phenomonom made the LBCs popular in the 1st
> case - that and the open sky motoring of course.
>
> Sincerely,
> Larry T  (74 911, 91 300D 2.5T)
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>
> .
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "philville dejazzd.com" <philville [at] dejazzd.com>
> To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 3:27 PM
> Subject: [Ferrari] Upscaling
>
>
> >
> >   Which brings me back to [1]Re: [Ferrari] FXX Evoluzione, I would
> > love
> >   to own one but doubt that I could ever drive it even on the
> > track....I
> >   am starting to think Fiat all over again, buy a 124 / 2000
> > spyder for
> >   very little learn the car from one end to the other...bring it
> > back
> >   and enjoy it. And, probably have less invested in it than a
> > major on
> >   most F cars...but, I do love those F cars.
> >   Phil
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Rui Gigante <rui.gigante [at] gmail.com>
> >   Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009 1:58 pm
> >   Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Upscaling
> >   To: Phil Tegtmeier <philville [at] dejazzd.com>
> >   Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> >   > > I began to think about the scale of sports cars.  And
> >   > specifically, I compared the two kinds of sports cars that I
> >   > enjoy: Ferraris and >LBCs (Little British Cars).  I have
> >   > said before that the 'thrill factor' of motoring is scale
> >   > dependent, thus the connection to the previous >tutorial on
> >   > sampling.  One might argue that the same 'thrill-factor'
> >   > achieved at 90mph in a Ferrari on an open winding highway,
> > might
> >   > be >found in a 40mph run in an LBC on a twisty country
> >   > road.  See the scale thing?  And I think this might
> >   > just explain why I enjoy driving >LBCs and don't drive my
> >   > Ferraris much at all.  I can thrash an LBC to its absolute
> >   > limits and rarely exceed the speed limit!  I can break >the
> >   > speed limit in 1st gear in either of my F-cars!  The
> >   > translation is that because of the laws, I have to grossly
> > under-
> >   > use my F-cars >thereby depriving me of the 'thrill-factor'.
> >   > >
> >   >
> >   > That is sooo true, Rick ! I think exactly the same thing every
> >   > time I
> >   > take my MGA for a ride. The fun factor at much lower speeds is
> >   great.
> >   > And I have to add that thoughts of broken cam belts, bent
> > valves and
> >   > other natural disasters do NOT cross my mind :-)
> >   >
> >   >
> >   >
> >   > > Notice how appearance, sound, pride, etc., have not figured
> >   > into this argument; only 'thrill-factor' induced by spirited
> >   > driving.  Would I >rather have a Ferrari than an MG?
> >   > Obviously yes.  But given a twisty little country road, I
> >   > can tell you which one I would rather drive, >and it isn't
> > Italian.
> >   >
> >   > Oh yes, absolutely!
> >   > Don't get me wrong, I love my 328 and plan to keep it forever
> > if the
> >   > economy allows. After all, I've dreamed about it for 29 years,
> >   > and it
> >   > puts a smile on my face every time I get home and look at it,
> > every
> >   > time I start it and everytime I drive it!
> >   > But it does have a usage/maintenance hours ratio < 1 so far
> > ...
> >   >
> >   >
> >   >
> >   > > PS: Posts like this are the reason we just can't wait for
> > the
> >   > F1 season to start! :-)
> >   >
> >   > How I understand you ...
> >   >
> >   > Rui
> >   >
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