Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferrari Digest, Vol 114, Issue 3

[John Ashburne (jashburne]

Oops, now I see in very tiny type that the Hallet reporter was Monty Bates. Who 
knew that "Monty" is such a common name!  😃

John

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> On Jan 9, 2016, at 10:16 AM, John Ashburne <jashburne [at] aol.com> wrote:
> 
> Was that Monty Meersma?  If so, he is the Monty who bought Ben Kao's Rosso 
> Nearco 400i 5 speed with the tubi exhaust.   I looked at and drove Ben's car 
> in 1998 but ended up buying my silver/black 5 speed from Laguna Beach later 
> that year. 
> 
> I remember the stories about the Hallet adventure, a real watershed event in 
> cementing friendships on the FList that still endure nearly 20 years later.  
> Wish I could have been there. 
> 
> John
> 
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> 
>> On Jan 9, 2016, at 9:12 AM, Rick Lindsay via Ferrari <ferrari [at] 
>> ferrarilist.com> wrote:
>> 
>> CG, that was from Monty ( someone ) over in Oklahoma City.
>> 
>>> Doing some research on something else, I stumbled across this
>>> page which is still up. Awesome summary of the whole event,
>>> and pictures of Joe?s Countach. From the pic, it looks like the carbs
>>> are side-draft, so maybe I was just thinking about him synching
>>> the Ferrari throttles from above?
>>> 
>>> Enjoy! Hard to believe this is almost 20 years ago now?
>>> 
>>> http://www.camerafilters.com/ec/hallett98.htm
>> 
>> 18 years and counting...
>> 
>> -rick
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