Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Steve Matchett and the 288GTO

[LarryT (l02turner]

Hi Lash -
   Does SM say how/where he was trained?  Shadetree to Ferrari dealer? I 
guess in the 60s that was still possible.  I was part of a VW/Porsche 
Apprentice program in the late 60s where I learned a great deal - but I 
wonder if Ferrari had anything comparable?

   No big deal, just wondering.  Pretty sure he's a mechanical engineer - 
that probably got him started along with a desire to work on exotic 
machines.

Thx -
LarryT


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "LS" <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 2:16 PM
Subject: [Ferrari] Steve Matchett and the 288GTO


> I am reading Steve Matchett's "A Mechanic's Tale" currently...very good. 
> It is based on his rise into F1 and quest for a Constructor's 
> Championship.
>
> There is an interesting recount on his tenure at a Ferrari dealership 
> during the mid-late 1980s. He talks of doing major services on a TR and 
> his first sighting of a 288GTO. His knowledge of transverse gearboxes in 
> these Ferrari road cars gave him an edge and a foot in the door to work 
> for Benneton.
>
> LS
>
>
>
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