Ferrari Mailing List: Horse-drawn carriage

[Matt Boyd (ferrari308driver]

Ok, you just sparked a memory. Two summers ago, I was having all the
wood in my Rolls-Royce P-III refinished. I was having it done by a
real craftsman (Stan Scantlin) up in Pennsylvania Amish country who
specializes in RR/B wood. His next door neighbors are an Amish family,
and the oldest boy Levi (15 at the time) helps out with the woodwork.

Anyhow, on the day they were doing the final polishing and
installation of the wood, I came up to watch/help. Levi had taken a
ride with Stan out to the shop where my car was being re-wired, and we
worked together. At lunchtime, we walk a block to a restaurant but my
308 is parked outside. Levi wouldn't know the difference between a
Ford and a Ferrari, but he does notice that this car looks different
than the others he's used to seeing. He walked around it several times
looking at it.

Later that afternoon, Stan suggested I take Levi for a ride to the ice
cream shop....so I did. We went a little out of the way so I could do
a little bit of higher speed running (still really only about 45mph,
but accelerating up pretty quick. Levi stated, "This car feels like it
has a lot of power!"

But my favorite part was pulling up to the ice cream shop with him in
his pants, suspenders, and hat. We definitely got some looks....

When we got back to the shop, Levi was suitably impressed with the
experience. Stan suggested to Levi that he needed something like the
308 around the farm, and I pointed to the Ferrari badge on the front
and told him "It's even pulled by a horse!"

;-)

-matt
'85 308
'39 P-III

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 6:55 PM, Scott Saidel <Ferrarisimo [at] comcast.net> 
wrote:
> It certainly is NOT a horseless carriage.
>
> Scottie
>