Didn't Joe Parkhurst's Ferrari have Fazzaz as the license plate or was that John Bond? Chuck, those old illustrations from the FOC newletters were wonderful. Remember Jordan and I visited you at the house in Mission Viejo while you were working on the poster illustration for the Long Beach Grand Prix. Jeff
Manney's articles using the term would have pre-dated personalized plates in California, which weren't in issue as of 1970 at any rate.
Yes, Henry started using the term much earlier than the personalized plates started in California. Joe Parkhurst was part of the ownership of Road & Track - Bond, Parkhurst, Bond. Jeff
Mr Queener: I still remember the story you did on the 250 GTO for the 1971 'Sports Cars of the World'. It featured Steve Earle's 1963 GTO *4293* plus some history of the rest of them. Did the red 1971 Daytona used for the cover shot with the GTO also belong to Steve Earle? Featured as well in that issue was Ferrari *004C*. All this before Ferrari got much press in America. It figures, that Hans Tanner was in the mix there somewhere to... CH
Henry was quite interesting in person too. As I remember instead of obedient wasn't it humble? First met him at the R&T testing of Harley Cluxton's 312B3 at Riverside. Chuck, you must remember that day. Phil Hill did all the driving for the story but Harley had Chuck drive the car too. Who drove the 312PB? Chuck, did you get to drive the PB? John Lamm did all the car to car shots from the PB; not a bad little chase car. Jeff
I met Henry in 1966 at the Stardust Grand Prix Can Am race in Las Vegas (John Surtees won in his Lola). Henry took an interest in my Lusso, which was the worse for wear after two other cars karemed off each other and into my Lusso while my father was stopped at a red light in it. I took it to Vegas despite not yet having fixed the damage. I used to see Henry's GTO at Hollywood Sports Cars service depot. I remember his sign-off as: Yr. Obt. Svt
I stand corrected! Back then was the depot still on Gower? We leave the old Art Center campus on Third do lunch at Astro Burger, on the corner south of the service department, then go up to see Gene and wander through the shop. Afterwards we would go back to class. use to see some interesting cars there back then. The organizers of the LA Auto Show (2 guys, can't remember their names) would use the shop to store the show cars before and after the show. Sometimes we could even get in them. Jeff
Jack, Fazzaz (Fazazz) was created by the great Henry N. Manney III to describe Ferrari in a fictional Le Mans report in Road & Track. The gist was that Fazzaz (Ferrari) lived in a big cave in Italy and every once in a while he came out with his big club (a 250P to 330P4/412) and beat up on the likes of Fawd (Ford). He used the term often in his column. You can find it in issues of R&T in the early '60s. I think the August '64 Le Mans report has the best reference. Hope this helps. Chuck
That was the GTO that I couldn't convince my father to buy when Henry advertised it in R&T. I won't pain anyone with the asking price (which, if I remember correctly included a set of wire wheels "If you desire more understeer..").
Toss into abandoned Quarries - them that don't like those Ferraris. Douse with the contents of a Potty - those that decry the Maserati.
Yes, it was on Gower and, as you know, it was not unusual to see all manner of racing Ferraris there. I remember a Testa Rossa in particular. I think one of the LA Auto Show people was Bob Topaz. I inherited an Afghan hound (Rukin) from him.
Chastise with a loaded Luger - ones who put down the Coventry Cougar - (Just a helpful hint from Mother Hubcap) James
I kept his soliliqy to fallen drivers in my wallet untill it frayed..it was so noble R&T ran it, upon his passing. Someone help me with it..."We will let them go, if go they must.... It ended with "surely we will miss such brave men."
"A difficult paragraph at the end about Bruce McLaren and Piers Courage. We try to be rather matter of fact in our reports about drivers being killed to disguise our real feelings about them. We know them, we work with and sometimes against them, we say things that they would rather not have said but underneath it all they are part of our family. Every one that goes while doing what he likes best leaves a gap unfilled by recollections of their smiles, their jokes, images of them intent over a recalcitrant car. If it is God's will that they go, then go they must but we will surely miss such fine, brave men." From Road & Track, September, 1970. Jack.
Amen! Fazzaz is the license plate on my GS that I drive daily - it does have a Ferrari engine, so I think it counts
You have (TEXAS) "FAZZAZ"???!!? Good for you! Thanks Jack, that's the one.......one could only hope someone can find that, for my final services.... I'll put it back into my wallet.....
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