Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Vector Twin Turbo Designer Passes Away (NFC)

[Gary Reed (gary]



I got to see the Vector quite a few times over the years visiting the Tonkin collection. 

 

Here's a shot of it. 

 

Gary

 

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Lashdeep Singh via Ferrari

To: Gary Reed

Cc: The FerrariList

Sent: Monday, January 25, 2021 9:44 PM

Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Vector Twin Turbo Designer Passes Away (NFC)

Hans, a few of the W8s have been butchered by shops who don’t know the car.

Taken apart and reassembled incorrectly with inferior parts.

Do you remember the chassis number of that car at Tonkin?

A friend of mine was one of the first Vector employees and he showed me two cars that he has serviced since new.

Very, very impressive machines in person.

I would rate the build and materials at or higher than its contemporaries.

Everything was hand built on that car.

The driving experience was in my top 3 of “Wait, journalists insisted that this thing was supposed to be XXX and it’s really NOT anything close to that.”



> On Jan 20, 2021, at 13:43, Hans E. Hansen <FList [at] hanshansen.org> wrote:
>
> Ron Tonkin (Portland Ferrari dealer) had one.  I thought the build
> quality was appalling. They said at anything above highway speeds, the
> windshield was wanting to come out.  Thought it was odd that what was
> promoted as the ultimate supercar had a small block Chevy in it.  And
> a three speed auto, which was likely a TH400.
>
> Curious feature was the bench seats.  Wiegert apparently wanted the
> car to be usable for "romantic encounters".  Wouldn't be too terribly
> romantic if the driver ended up in the passenger's lap on fast left
> hand corners......
>
> Hans.
>
>> On 1/20/21, Lashdeep Singh via Ferrari <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com> wrote:
>> Amazing story...
>>
>> https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/vector-supercar-creator-jerry-wiegert-still-looking-for-a-second-chance-dies-at-76/

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