Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Bloody slack bastard... NOW, 308GTB at 100mph!!!!

[Fellippe Galletta (fellippe.galletta]

On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 12:35 AM, Gavin Bedggood <gavinnz [at] xtra.co.nz> wrote:

Well, today was the day, sunny, bit of wind.

 

I had charged the battery for the 1970 Silver Shadow which was blocking the door... get that running (fired right up after 17 months) got that outside, washed, dried, driven around to dry the panels out a bit.... parked in the sun. 

 

THEN the main event.... the 1978 308GTB, full Euro spec with low air dam, in red and tan.... Air in the tyres.... new battery in.... find the keys... slide in behind the wheel, ignition on.... let the fuel pump run for 30-40 seconds... three pumps of the throttle and a little choke..... it fired right up after only 5 seconds of turning, after not having run for 17 months!  Ran perfect, not a stutter not a miss.

Congrats, glad it worked out great....most of the time a carbed car will not respond so well. :)

What I don't get is how you can not drive a car in your collection for that long?

I used to be an immature kid who thought you'd die if you didn't drive your Ferrari *every day* or something to that effect. I get that there's way more to life than that -- I rarely talk about these cars anymore, hehe -- but the little kid in me is curious.

And watch me do the same eventually.

:)

FG