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From: Matt Boyd (ferrari308driver gmail.com)
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| Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 12:09:30 -0700 (PDT) | |
I drove my 70+ year old Rolls-Royce on an 8,000+ mile trip in 2011 for an annual meet. The only major issue (besides vapor lock in August in the Mojave Desert) was a head gasket, but that was from an aftermarket supplier that is very reputable but messed up a batch of head gaskets this time....
Oh, and I might have replaced a fuel pump along the way, and taken my carbeurator apart to clean an accelerator pump checkvalve, and I also might have had to replace some fasteners that backed out on my Laycock overdrive unit, but other than that (and the fact that it was 130+ degrees inside the car during the day...), the trip was uneventful!
-matt
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 1:48 PM, LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
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I don't drive them frequently but when I do it is always at least 100 mi and usually 150 mi at a time.
I always take one to the F1 race in Montreal each year...1300 miles round trip.
Last time I drove the '87 was on a 450 mi road trip.
LScentralwines-spirits est 1934625 e street nwwashington, dc 20004
From: Clyde Romero <clyderomerof4 [at] bellsouth.net>Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 1:03 PM
To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] old cars and the like
How many miles on your cars?Clyde RomeroIn Victory you deserve ChampagneIn Defeat You Need It!Clyde, agree with some of your points. But you haven't owned an old car in .....30 yrs?
I have three of them now...all carbed and the newest is 1987.
I cannot, for the life of me, figure out what you did to them to make them break, catch fire, blow up, fail, etc.
I agree the technology has progressed by leaps and bounds since then. Some of the new technology your praise is applicable in the old cars. You may not know this because you haven't had an old car in a long time.
5lb lightweight batteries, MSD ignition, modern tire compounds, urethane bushings, modern gasket material, carbon brake pads, etc.
I'd be willing to bet that the battery, tire compounds and brake pads on my '66 are more advanced than your 512TR.
Owning an old car today is nothing like owning one back in the 70s or even 80s.
LS
centralwines-spirits est 1934
625 e street nwwashington, dc 20004
From: clyde romero <clyderomerof4 [at] bellsouth.net>
To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 7:59 AM
Subject: [Ferrari] old cars and the like
Listen I am a A&P mechanic and an airline pilot (yea I know big deal) and I have been around things mechanical since 1965 when I started working on airplanes at Aviation HS when I was 15.I also flew century series fighters RF-101 and the follow ups F-4 and F-15’s so I have seen a broad spectrum of mechanical issues across both fields.And I will match my mechanical skills and knowledge base with anyone.So that gives me just a little credence when it comes to things mechanical ,maybe.Given that old cars like old airplanes did not have the quality control when it comes to metals and manufacturing process that really started around the late 80’s you will eventually experience a catastrophic failure of a primary component that will end your day, and maybe your life.Find me any 60’s car domestic or foreign that has anywhere close to what my 512 TR has on it (98k) without a major rebuild, it doesn’t exist!Yea Lash sorry buddy but the cars made back then were shit boxes in pretty packages.It is what it is, and yes they caught fire a lot too!Now there are some on this list that are as old as me that can remember their dads had cars with 3 speeds on the column and the starter switch on the floor.Ask them if don’t believe me, I even remember 6 volt cars before they went to 12 volt systems.Oils and bearings, coolants switches and the like did not have staying power that we now enjoy in your basic Honda Fit.Don’t even mention starters, batteries, brakes, hoses, belts and tires!So you buy an old car knowing that it will break hard one day, with no parts available.So buy a CNC machine ( that’s computerized numerically controlled for the uniformed) and learn how to make stuff.For me, give me great A/C and greater reliability, with OBD 2 or 3 on it.Gotta go fly.In victory you deserve ChampagneIn defeat you need it!<image001.gif>
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