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GASP - the shame of it all. heh
heh
For just about the same reason - I got a heck of a
deal on our 78 308GTS that had been sitting about a dealership for 6 months in
Minn, MN cause the service writer and used car guy got sick of the car
disappearing for an 'instrument' check around lunch time.
DOUG
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 7:48
AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 288 GTO Vs
959
Gates' 959 wasn't sitting around the entire time it was at
Customs...there were some late night top speed runs in the area near its
storage according to sources close to the "situation".
LS
From: Hans E. Hansen <FList [at] hanshansen.org>
To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Fri, October 8, 2010 10:38:07
AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 288
GTO Vs 959
RE: American spec 288. Not true that none were
US spec. The Portland
F-dealer, Ron Tonkin, is a friend of mine. His car was most
definitely
not grey market.
Hans.
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Doug and Terri
Anderson <dnt [at] dock.net>
wrote:
>>Larry
shares "Video 1 is for the 959 and 2 (obviously) is for the GTO.
>>http://newsletter.evo.co.uk/c/1a59kobZYgzLQEATu2N
Thanks
Larry - interesting.
I imagine the spark plugs are reached thru the hatch
behind the seats - same
one used for belt access. The 288 was a
completely different motor and not
related to the 308 F106 - at
all.
The Porsche 959 (also a twin turbo, all wheel test bed) was not
allowed into
the US. No, nein, nyet, no, uh-uh. Only a few
found themselves in the US
before DOT and EPA slammed the door - even
Bill Gates' purchase sat in
guarded warehouse on the docks awaiting
certification. For years. Like Mr.
Gates purchase, most sat
on the dock waiting for approval which didn't come
until recently or were
returned to Europe, where they were welcomed. I
believe Vasek
Polak, owner of many many Porsche race cars and of course the
famous
Vaske Polak Porsche dealership in Hermosa Beach, sustained
critical
injuries driving a 959 on the German Autobahn in 1997. He
subsequently died
while transporting him back to his home in
California.
I had an opportunity to judge Otis Chandler's (owner of
the L.A. Times) 959
in a concours. EPA made him sign an agreement
that if the car left the
building, he had get their permission - FOR
anything. Or return the car to
EPA. Otis complied
religiously. His red 959 was on display in his "museum"
in Oxnard
California right up to the end and was auctioned off after
Otis
passed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandler_Vintage_Museum_of_Transportation_and_Wildlife
Subsequently,
the EPA laws re the 959 relaxed enough which allowed, Bruce
Canepa Design
in Santa Cruz, California, to make the necessary emission
changes.
Now, for a little stack of $100 bills, about yeah high, the
cars
are for sale again. Bruce has a fan club based on real life
adventures.
http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=276209
As
for the 288 GTO - Amerispec, back East, did a right nice job
of
compliance changes very early on as NO 288 was made for US delivery.
Some
how it was 288 GTO - yes; Porsche 959 - no, in those
days.
I am reminded of an article by a then Ferrari F1 driver, forget
who, who had
purchased (was given? but doubt it - try to get a scarf from
Enzo in those
days) and said he had to finally sell it - why? Too
powerful
(unpredictable) and the *%*% parts are too expensive to keep it
running.
Alas - the 288 is quite nice looking. BUT, if we are
getting the "is THAT a
real Ferrari" question with the 308's, the poor
old 288 would barely pass as
a weird 308 GTB with funny looking rear view
mirrors to most of the hoi
poli.
Still - the 288 GTO is voted as
an investment Ferrari and is darn good
looking to
boot.
Onward
DOUG
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