Ferrari Mailing List: Re: TestaRossa / 308GT4's AKA Dinos

[clyderomero (clyderomero]

I think you should choose safety above it all
Bias ply tires were terrible!
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-----Original Message-----
From: "philville dejazzd.com" <philville [at] dejazzd.com>

Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:24:36 
To: clyde<clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net>
Cc: The FerrariList<ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] TestaRossa / 308GT4's AKA Dinos



   Some days you just have to choose .........originality for concours,
   or modifications for your driving pleasure and instant
   gratification.....thats why they make vanilla and chocolate ice cream.
   You have the luxury of choosing...my rec. is to never throw away the
   original pieces, your interests may change if you live long enough, or
   the next owner might view things differently than do you.

   In my estimation, original is nice, but then performance and handling
   is an evolutionary thing.
   Phil
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Grahame Reinthal <grahame [at] reinthal.com.au>
   Date: Friday, August 28, 2009 7:07 pm
   Subject: Re: [Ferrari] TestaRossa / 308GT4's AKA Dinos
   To: Phil Tegtmeier <philville [at] dejazzd.com>
   Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
   > Hi All,
   >
   > Originality and tyres... now there's an interesting issue.
   >
   > Back over 17 years ago when I attended my first Ferrari
   > gathering in my
   > newly-acquired and very original 308GT4, someone turned their
   > nose up when I
   > opened the engine lid because a hose clip was not original. I
   > was initially
   > confused and then a bit offended, and then I thought, your name
   > isn't Wayne
   > Kerr by any chance, is it!  But at that point I realised
   > that total,
   > obsessional originality was not for me. Now it's too late of
   > course with the
   > modded 328 motor under the lid, but I digress.
   >
   > As for tyres, the technology has advanced so much in the last 40
   > years and
   > I'd imagine Enzo would have specified the best option of the day
   > by in 1970.
   > So I like to think that "originality" can perhaps be interpreted
   > in the
   > context of the philosophy of the choice, not necessarily the
   > actual choice
   > of the day.
   >
   > Anyway, I believe if you are going to still drive the car,
   > rather than stick
   > it in a museum as a period piece, tyres should be all about
   > driving feel,
   > style and safety. They are the only things that hold you on the
   > planet,after all. I remember 30 years ago when I owned a souped
   > up MGB. It was
   > definitely not original and it was very quick for its day. I
   > experimentedwith many different tyres. I finally settled on a
   > particular Pirelli of the
   > day because they were so, so predictable as to what they were
   > about to do,
   > wet or dry.  They would say to me, we are about to let the
   > tail out a bit -
   > are you ok with this?  And the tail would gently step out
   > through a corner
   > and then I could simply throttle steer through. Always predictable.
   >
   > Also interesting, AFAIK, MG concours rules actually allow some
   > technicalupgrades, such as retro-fitting MGA disk brakes on
   > earlier T-series models.
   > A friend fitted MGA brakes to his 1954 MGTF and it was an utter
   > transformation, massively cutting the stopping distances and
   > increasingsafety.  And that seemed to fit perfectly with
   > the MG motto which used to be
   > "Safety Fast".
   >
   >
   > Cheers for now,
   >
   > Grahame
   >
   >
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