Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Just A Car Geek - A Fun Car

[Dan Warlick (edwf430]

Spoken like a true Tegtmeier!!! Just glad I'm alive to tell it.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: philville dejazzd.com 
  To: Dan Warlick 
  Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 2:51 PM
  Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Just A Car Geek - A Fun Car


  No Lancia story is too long.

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Dan Warlick <edwf430 [at] att.net>
  Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009 11:08 am
  Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Just A Car Geek - A Fun Car
  To: Phil Tegtmeier <philville [at] dejazzd.com>
  Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com

  > I love the old Lancias Bubba. I had a 78 Beta Zagato SE for all 
  > of four 
  > hours. I bought the car from a sailor at the inland naval base 
  > in 
  > Millington, TN in 1988. I immediately took it to the tire store 
  > for new 
  > shoes and was headed home with it to show off to my buddies and 
  > girlfriend. 
  > I was sitting in a turn lane at a red light and that's the last 
  > thing I 
  > remember. It seems an old Ford Grenade full of "rap music 
  > enthusiasts" were 
  > paying more attention to bouncing in their seats than motoring 
  > down a 5 lane 
  > road. At dusk they had no headlights on and I happened to be in 
  > neutral 
  > reaching for a cigarette so I was not looking straight ahead so 
  > I never saw 
  > them coming. It's safe to say you don't expect people to fly 
  > through an 
  > intersection in the opposing turn lane. I can tell you the seat 
  > belt anchor 
  > point was literally torn from the floor and I bounced off the 
  > windshield 
  > removing the rear view mirror with my shnoz and busted out the 
  > passenger 
  > side window with my head.. Still have the scar on my tater. 
  > Amazing how the 
  > car held up for a Targa/Convertible from a 40 MPH head on hit. I 
  > perhaps 
  > should have been killed.  I kept the keys on my ring for a 
  > few years as a 
  > souvenir/ memento since I loved the car so much. Funny enough a 
  > couple of 
  > years later I was driving by a Chevrolet dealer and they had a 
  > red one 
  > sitting out front. Of course I stopped to look at the car and 
  > while the 
  > sales guy went to get the keys and I was sitting in it, I tried 
  > my old 
  > ignition key in the cylinder and it worked. The sales guy of 
  > course was 
  > rather dumbfounded. I thought to myself, what are the odds that 
  > two Beta 
  > Zagato's end up in Memphis,TN of all places with the same damn 
  > keys 
  > cylinders. Anyway, thanks for bringing back the memory Bubba. I 
  > always 
  > wanted a Scorpion or Monte Carlo since although I liked the 
  > Scorpion metal 
  > sail panels more than the glass on the Monte Carlos. My long 
  > winded Lancia 
  > story.
  > ----- Original Message ----- 
  > From: <Red5hilser [at] aol.com>
  > To: "Daniel" <edwf430 [at] att.net>
  > Cc: <ItsmeMrWright [at] aol.com>; <billynmiki [at] adelphia.net>; 
  > <Ferrari [at] Ferrarilist.com>; <Rexnbutchie [at] aol.com>
  > Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 8:28 AM
  > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Just A Car Geek - A Fun Car
  > 
  > 
  > >I almost bought one back in the day. But it had a stock VW 
  > engine, and I 
  > >was
  > > looking for a Porsche Super 90 engine to stuff into it, but 
  > couldn't find
  > > one for the right (read: cheap) price at the time. So I ended 
  > up with a 
  > > same
  > > color '77 Lancia Scorpion instead. Too bad, I really liked the 
  > Spider 
  > > styling.
  > >
  > > The only thing that I would have done to it was to put clear 
  > plexiglas 
  > > over
  > > the headlights, ala the Ferrari Sports Racers of the time.
  > >
  > > Plus, maybe if I was horny enough, slap a couple Cavallinos on 
  > the front
  > > fenders for my infamous, "Hey baby, wanna ride in Daddy's 
  > Ferrari?" trick. 
  > > LMFAO!
  > >
  > > Yea, I know, Bubba has no shame! (But had a lot of fun 
  > 'rides,' if y'all
  > > know what I mean!) <g>
  > >
  > > Yer pal, Ferrari Bubba
  > >
  > >
  > > In a message dated 2/21/2009 4:31:17 A.M. Central Standard Time,
  > > contact [at] justacargeek.com writes:
  > >
  > >
  > > _Just A Car Geek_ (http://justacargeek.blogspot.com/)
  > > _1968  Puma - In US and For Sale on eBay_
  > > 
  > 
(http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/rPOH/~3/544576195/1968-puma-in-us-and-for-sale-on-ebay.html)
  > > Posted:  20 Feb 2009 05:29 AM CST
  > >
  > >
  > > 
  > 
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zp5hU5oekAI/SZ3FR1ZgnyI/AAAAAAAAAUI/Doy8WWCa9tY/s1600-h/106.jpg)
 
  > > Puma was a Brazilian sports car company that made a 
  > number  of
  > > cars based on DKW and VW platforms and later using Chevy 
  > parts. While 
  > > some
  > > were sold as kits, most Pumas were sold as fully 
  > assembled  automobiles.
  > >
  > > This one is based on air-cooled VW running gear. The  
  > suspension is VW 
  > > also.
  > >
  > > The body is what makes the Puma special.  There were many 
  > VW based sports
  > > cars and kits produced in the sixties  and seventies. 
  > Most were gimmicky 
  > > looking
  > > cars and some were just  downright ugly. This is not that 
  > case with the 
  > > Puma.
  > > The Puma Spyder  (and many of the other Puma models) is a 
  > beautifully 
  > > styled
  > > car that  could have come from any of the famous Italian 
  > design  houses.
  > >
  > > It's unclear as to whether the car being offered on eBay  
  > was a kit or 
  > > Puma
  > > built car. The seller lists it as a 1968, but most  
  > sources state that the 
  > > Puma
  > > convertible (Spyder) was not introduced  until 1970. No 
  > matter, this car 
  > > is
  > > an outstanding example of Puma's  beautiful Spyder.
  > >
  > > Being based on a VW means that drivetrain and  suspension 
  > parts are
  > > inexpensive and very easy to find . Body parts are  much 
  > tougher to find, 
  > > but, being
  > > fiberglass rust is not a  problem.
  > >
  > > There are very few cars that are this rare, this  
  > beautiful, and are this
  > > easy to maintain. Yes, you'll forever be  explaining that 
  > this is not a 
  > > kit car,
  > > but having a car that is this  nice looking with easy 
  > parts availability 
  > > will
  > > make it all  worthwhile.
  > >
  > > _Click  here_
  > > 
  > 
(http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200311882584&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:Watchlink:middle:us)
 
  > > to see
  > > the eBay listing for this car.
  > >
  > > Even of you're not in the market for a Puma check out the 
  > listing  just to
  > > see the pictures. It's great eye-candy.
  > > _Click here_ (http://wj2d.100megsdns.com/home.html)  
  > to  see the North
  > > American Puma Registry website.
  > >
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