Ferrari Mailing List: GTB and other car stuff

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

Hello Friends,

I picked up the 308GTB today.  The car had been sitting out in the sun all day 
and was quite hot inside.  I started it up and switched on the newly activated 
A/C.  Within 10 seconds the blast of air went from hot to cold, and by the time 
I completed my 2 mile drive home the cockpit was comfortable!  First of all, 
most 308s barely can cool the interior, and no other 308 I have ever known 
could overcome a heat-soak!  Granted, the seats and armrests were still warm 
but the whole cockpit air was comfortable.  I put this all down to RetroAir's 
engineering and Rock's specifically designed kit.  Thank you Rock!

So now all of my air conditioned cars have working systems.  And this is 
nontrivial.  Yesterday when I got home from work, in a nice, cool 308GTB, I 
moved it over to the storage center and picked up my Porsche Cayman.  I turned 
the key and noticed that the temperature gauge read 100 degrees F - with the 
car off and sitting in the garage!  I then checked my phone ans sure enough, 
the ambient temperature was 100F.  That says A LOT about the new A/C in the 308!

And now, the next four projects - and I think I already shared some of these 
thoughts.

1. Polish and protect the paint on the E-Type and finish the interior 
restoration.  Both jobs now started.

2. Polish and protect the paint on the 308GTB and buy/install new tires.

3. Repair a worn window track on the R-R, and oh yea, do the paint.

4. Replace the fuel pump in the TR3b.

And actually there are another couple of projects in the wings.  Neil's Mondial 
T is going back together now so we'll be back on that restoration soon.  The 
real news is that our friend Jack Taylor has found a car he has been searching 
for for years!  The car is a Lotus Elan S2 from '65!  Its a beautifully 
original car with no issues other than having not been touched for almost 17 
years!  Ergo, it needs EVERYTHING, independent of whether Jack plans a 
restoration or a preservation.  I vote for the later since a car can be 
'original' only once.

That's it from me,

-rick, in hot, steamy Houston