Ferrari Mailing List: Re: VSC, etc.

[Rick Lindsay (richardolindsay]

Erik writes...

> I'm younger than Rick,...

Everyone is now younger than Rick. Well, except Clyde. We're the same age.

> but my collector interests are all pre 1990.

Indeed. Erik's tastes run a bit further upscale than do mine but I certainly respect his direction. Machines that solve problems with clever devices, not computer algorithms. 

My Silver Shadow probably has more do-dads than any of my other cars - but they're simple do-dads. They're easily repairable and easily sourced. Everything is relay-logic and mechanical switches. Probably the most quirky things on  the car are the electric actuators. They are small motors that turn only to selected positions, based upon which contacts are fed juice. They adjust everything on the car from air flaps to whatever...and they are universal in design so they are interchangeable. But enough of this.

-rick