Ferrari Mailing List: Re: '97 456GTA

[Hans E. Hansen (FList]

Ayep.  I guess most of the cars carried the 2 speed power"slide".

I guess what I was remembering was the 2J "vacuum cleaner", which
had the Turbo 400

Hans.

On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Doug and Terri Anderson <dnt [at] dock.net> 
wrote:
> Well Hans, ol Jim may have used the turbo 400s at one time or another -
> Lordy - they used everything else - AND under the nose of GM brass.  Sorta
> their own private Skunk Works known only to a few people.  However, the
> mainstay, and their undoing, was the Powerglide.  Their undoing was the size
> of the torque converter - couldn't get it any smaller than 10 inches which
> inhibited them from lowering the engine and the cars center of gravity.
> McLaren on the other hand had the big 500+ ci al engine block on the ground.
>
> I recall one practice session at Riverside Int Raceway during the Times GP
> or CanAm as it was known.  Phil Hill was the co-driver for a few races in
> the super secret automatic tranny racecar.  Seems Phil's car caught fire and
> he scuttled over to the side of the track up by turn one in a hurry, popped
> out of the car (fire was out - oil file?) and was on his knees looking under
> the car.  Up comes big Jim Hall and in his ever fine Texas drawl - sez "Ah'm
> payin' you to drive this car - - - NOT look under it."
> Ahh, the good ol' dayze.
> DOUG
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hans E. Hansen" <FList [at] 
> hanshansen.org>
> To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 7:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] '97 456GTA
>
>
> It was my understanding that Jim Hall used pre-production prototypes of
> the Turbo 400 - ie: he help in their development.
>
> Hans.
>
> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Doug and Terri Anderson <dnt [at] dock.net>
> wrote:
>>
>> Yea, Powerglide - - good enough for Jim Hall Chaparrals, good nuff for a
>> Ferrari. heh heh
>> DOUG
>>
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