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

[Hans E. Hansen (FList]

No, don't know the chassis number.  At the time, he was either a
dealer for them, or more likely considering being a dealer for them.
I don't think the car was molested in any manor, and had few miles on
it.  But some of the employees in charge of the car collection most
definitely didn't speak highly of the driving experience - like the
windshield wanting to remove itself at highway speeds.

Hans.

On 1/25/21, Lashdeep Singh <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hans, a few of the W8s have been butchered by shops who don’t know the car.
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> Taken apart and reassembled incorrectly with inferior parts.
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> Do you remember the chassis number of that car at Tonkin?
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> A friend of mine was one of the first Vector employees and he showed me two
> cars that he has serviced since new.
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> Very, very impressive machines in person.
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> I would rate the build and materials at or higher than its contemporaries.
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> Everything was hand built on that car.
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> 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.”
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>> On Jan 20, 2021, at 13:43, Hans E. Hansen <FList [at] hanshansen.org> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>>> 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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