Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Friendship and the List

[Charles Perry (charles]

Rui -

 

Just make sure you enjoy your family's company, because if you bring them with in a Biturbo, you will end up with many happy hours to speak with them while waiting for the tow truck... :-)

 

We had two - an 84 and an 87, both Si models. They were pretty to look at and beautifully done inside (the Si featuring really nice leather/suede combinations) and were a lot of fun when they were running, but their % running time averaged about 25. It was fairly routine on my drive into school in my high school years to stop somewhere along the way to pick up my mom next to her smoking Biturbo and take her somewhere while AAA was en route.

 

Our 84 was destroyed by Hurricane Hugo and we shed few tears for it. The 87 we bought new in 89 off a dealer lot where they had not been able to sell it. It had a lot of problems, but they were not mechanical problems like the 84 - mostly electrical and rubber problems, likely from sitting for two years. That car might have been OK if we had kept it long enough to sort those through, but after experiencing the 84 my mom had no faith in the car and ended up selling it before it had further opportunity to damage her self-esteem and wallet. She then ended up with a Dodge Stealth R/T Twin Turbo which we still have today and has 200k+ happy miles under its Asian timing belt.

 

I still like the car and would certainly buy the right one as a project - but don't kid yourself that it would ever exceed project status.

 

Cheers!

 

-- charles

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Charles G Perry IV
Vice-President, Engineering
 
Carolina Sound Communications – MuzaK
7630 Southrail Road, BLDG B
N. Charleston, SC 29420
(843) 571-4488 x1005         www.carolina-sound.com

 

 

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From: Rui Gigante [mailto:rui.gigante [at] gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 4:44 AM
To: Charles Perry
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Friendship and the List

We're doing fine, thanks, considering all the crisis going on.
The 
328 is great, even better after installing a X-Ost exhaust. Now it sounds like a 
proper Ferrari !!
I'm still restoring the MGB GT and I'm looking for a 
Maserati, either a biturbo or a 2.24. I need a classic to bring the family with 
me :-)

- Rui

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Grahame Reinthal <grahame [at] reinthal.com.au> wrote:

Hi Rui,

 

Thanks from the opposite side of the world for the link you sent - the translator produces some amusing English but I get the gist of it perfectly and it is very informative. So this is my next project!  BTW, how are you and the family?  And how is your immaculately restored 328?  What other car projects do you have at the moment?

 

Cheers for now,

 

Grahame