Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Franco Gozzi's book

[Peter Rychel (dino308gt4]

Well, you know what they say about imitation...

 

In any case, they are real nice little cars. I’d love to have one, one day.

 

Peter

 

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From: Douglas Anderson
Sent: November 26, 2020 11:17 PM
To: 'Peter Rychel'
Cc: 'The FerrariList'
Subject: RE: [Ferrari] Franco Gozzi's book

 

Ahhh – the ASA Coupe – looks mysteriously like the Porsche 356 replacement . . . the 901.

Or did Butzi Porsche copy the ASA Coupe?

Is there no honor amongst design thieves?

Well .. . Butzi did come out with the 901 design in very early 60’s and a 901 vehicle was shown for the first time at the Frankfurt Motor Show in Sep 1963.

Cheers

Doug

 

From: Ferrari <ferrari-bounces+dnt=dock.net [at] ferrarilist.com> On Behalf Of Peter Rychel
Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2020 8:25 PM
To: DOUG <dnt [at] dock.net>
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Franco Gozzi's book

 

Thanks for the candid review.

 

I like the wooden model of the ASA coupe on top of that display case. I find it intriguing Enzo was quite ambitious with that project. Any mention of that in this book?

 

Peter

 

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From: Michel Savard
Sent: November 26, 2020 4:09 PM
To: PeterGT4
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: [Ferrari] Franco Gozzi's book

 

Just finished the book. Like I initially wrote, over 220 pages of anecdotes. 2-3 or 4 pages per chapter. If you like anecdotes, that book is just o.k. Nothing deep, no room to analyse stories. I wrote about Imola ’82 already and Ferrari 6-wheel F1. I liked the picture (see below) of Villeneuve’s car after his crash in Japan where a few spectators were killed. Gozzi took that picture. Little gossip about Regazzoni and a 16-year old beauty. Avoided going to jail because Merzario lied and said Regazzoni was playing golf with him that afternoon.That was in the 70s. Plus the ‘museum of errors’ (see picture) where all broken parts were catalogued and kept by Enzo as a reminder.

 

All in all, not worth it. Way too expensive. I’ll probably try to sell it on Ebay. Asking price is ridiculous now.

 

Michael Savard (1981 308GTSi)