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

[Lashdeep Singh (lashdeep]

I will ask David about the purple car and why it was so bad.

When I first met him in 2005, I asked all of the nerdy questions and he 
answered with live demonstrations at his shop.

They guaranteed every single customer car produced 625 hp and did 125mph in the 
1/4 mile.

It certainly felt it too...

Chassis was superb also. Very composed and well tuned. They got the spring 
rate/ride balance down.

I have been very lucky to have experienced a lot of the great 70s/80s exotics 
over many, many hours at high speed.

Countach
Diablo
TR
BB
Pantera GT5
Esprit Turbo
930
959
F40

The W8 ranks up there with the most impressive of the group.




> On Jan 26, 2021, at 12:10, Hans E. Hansen <FList [at] hanshansen.org> wrote:
> 
> 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.
>> 
>> 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/
>> 
>>