Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Fw: What are the odds of the GTB starting first time???answer....

[Doug and Terri Anderson (dnt]

Two questions – why so many runs to the gas station? 

1)       Why not just drive there and fill up?

2)       What type of radar detector do you have?

Just wondering – I l’ll be faced with the late winter start up too.

DOUG

 

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From: Gavin Bedggood [mailto:gavinnz [at] xtra.co.nz]
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 6:37 PM
To: DOUG
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: [Ferrari] Fw: What are the odds of the GTB starting first time???answer....

 

Well today was the day......

Battery fully charged, 5 runs to the gas station and back over the past 6 days to get 6 litres of good high octane gas each time tp add to the tank...

 

Battery in..., water and tyres cheaked.

Turn the key and let the fuel pump run for a good 30 seconds or more...

Three pushes on the throttle....

Turn the key and it TRIED to start....

 

One more push on the throttle and turn the key for the second time and it fired right up!!

 

Just got back from covering 81 miles, some of it at 100mph. (I try and get at least one burst to 100 in each drive)

 

Ran without fault.

Now back to bed....

 

Gavin

'78 308 GTB, red/tan, rhd, dry sump, carbed, fully Euro spec, deap air damn, 16 inch Ferrari wheels

 

 

 

On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Gavin Bedggood <gavinnz [at] xtra.co.nz> wrote:

Well summers here in New Zealand and time to get the 308GTB out and about.

I got it road legal and the battery charged up;.... still got the cheak the tyres and oil water etc...

 

NOW... what odds do people think of it starting up first time I try????

It's been sitting for 9 months......

 

Raining today which is a bitch, so I will not be out today.

 

I still have to fix the drivers window that has come off it's tracks....

 

Regards

Gavin