Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Rob's V12 lust

[Michael James (cavallino_rapante]

I thoroughly understand your point of view - I just wouldn't want to see a 
'list friend' buy a car he's in-love with, blow his entire nest-egg to get the 
keys, and then it languishes in his garage for years when a 40-year-old 
drivetrain decides it wants to throw a rod and he can't get NOS parts for it.  
I have zero doubt as to Rob's passion and technical abilities with carb-powered 
cars.  Zero.

However, there's something nice about having a car where Ferrari still keeps 
parts on-the-shelf for when something breaks.  Its a lot nicer to drive these 
cars than work-on them, ad-nauseum.  The guys I know who 'fabricate' parts for 
old cars have bank accounts similar to Jim Glickenhaus.

M J


--- On Fri, 5/3/13, Rick Lindsay <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Rick Lindsay <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Rob's V12 lust
> To: "Michael" <Cavallino_Rapante [at] yahoo.com>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Date: Friday, May 3, 2013, 10:57 AM
> You guys have missed the point. 
> Rob WANTS a classic V12 Ferrari, not an investment, or a
> minimum-cost maintenance plan, or to "drive the wheels off
> of it."  Hell, if that was the quest, he should buy a
> C4 Corvette and raise hell, albeit with 3/4 the cylinders.
> 
> My advice is to let Rob spend HIS money the way HE wants to
> do so.
> 
> I now go back to lurking with my "worthless" early
> Testarossa and my "fire hazard" carbed 308GTB...
> 
> -rick
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