Learn about Ferraris

Well, it looks like the possibility that something vaguely educational may appear from this thread instead of the usual drivel

Here is a question for the Australians, a nice 1982 Latour awaits the first correct answers:


1. What is the chassis number?

2. Where was the photo taken?

3. What was the year was the pic taken?

4. This particularly car is both famous for an historical reason and infamous in Australian Ferrari history, why?

5. The car was owned for many years by a well known car Victorian collector, name two other marques was he was into?



Regards,

Carl.
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Just when you think you've trumped everyone, someone else pops up...
Can't answer any of the questions and John Millard is too busy tidying up Rally stuff to log on I bet!
It is the same colour as the genuine Spider I saw at Concorso Italiano - 1st imported to the States and done 1400 miles from new...a real timewarp machine...

 

1. 14111
2 Lowes showroom
3 1970
4. a. Last Plexy into Oz. ??? b. ???
5. Bugatti, Hispano Suiza

 

Even *I* knew the answer to 2!! I was there many times.

 

Surely there are so many factors in the way a car "feels" to drive (in steering terms). Ie all the factors that Cyril would work on Toe/Camber/bushes etc. as well as whether Worm and roller V worm and peg or V Rack & pinion.

Cyril should comment on this.

Take Ray's 330, and Jim's 330 only difference is S1 vS2 , but they feel different as both a passenger and to drive. Surely that could be heavily "modified" by Cyril's handywork?

The WORST car I drove was a 246. When I pulled up behind a truck at 90kph , dropped a gear and pedal to the metal acceleration ... the car literally "jumped" right, when took foot off accelerator .. the car "jumped" left. This was driving to QLD for the FNR in 1992. Diagnosis Cyril ??
I have not been brave enough to drive it since. Allegedly this has been dialled out with ALL the bushes replaced.

 

Sound like my old "triumph stag"

 

Totally incorrect on my part - I WAS thinking of 3269 - owned by Zambrano, got my computer details mixed up. Judge 4re IS correct. Still need posting lessons

 

And the ego returns to it's normal size...

 

In response to Filly, most Ferrari owners are such miserable turds they refuse to maintain their cars properly as they get older! In the case of Ray and Jim's 330's I've not driven either but let's use the 330 as an example. These cars are now over 40 years old and have invariable had a succession of unsympathetic owners, especially during the 1970's and early 80's when they were a curiosity more than anything else.

A 330 GT 2+2 has a live rear axle, so imagine the spring leaves are rusty, the axle location bushes are shot and at the front the king pins are worn, tie rod ends loose and the steering box slack. Added to that, it has some XWX's on it made before the ark and you can image what it's like to drive.

When I began playing around with these things I was shocked at the poor state of most of the Ferrari's that come in for tyre and alignment work. Even more amazingly, is the attitude of most of the owners. I can name maybe 5 people ever who have simply asked for the car to drive right as opposed to "I have X sum to spend and stop when you get to that figure."

We've been through this before many times, buy an old V12 and budget something like $20,000 to get the thing running and driving half reasonably if it's been a garage queen or just neglected.

How is the 330 search going in any case Filly?

Moretti asked about the Dino, if it's not a slack wheel bearing, and it probably isn't, then it just has a collapsed suspension bush, like most of them!

And the answers to the quiz?

Well, Filly was very close and the answers are:

1. #14111

2. Lowe's in Balwyn

3. 1973

4.a Last RHD plexiglass front Daytona.

4b. This car was the subject of an amusing attempted theft. The would be thieves broke into Lowe's and attempted to steal the car by driving it through the front window. The only problem was, they filled the car from a drum they found in the workshop which they thought was petrol, it was actually oil! The car ran long enough to drive partway out the window where it stopped, perched on the ledge above the footpath.

5. I was going to say Rolls Royce and Bugatti but that will do Filly, well done.



Regards,

Carl.

 

OK, here is another Quiz. This is a Dino 246 GT in Lowe's Showroom in 1973. What is the chassis number?

Regards,

Carl.
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Sorry, 1971, not 1973.

 

What is the car's current colour?

 

who's the ugly kid?

 

Come on Jonesy, you know better than that..

if a car pulls one way on power, and the other on decelleration, the most likely thing will be a rear tyre wear, uneven size and/or pressure problem.

just this week you did that Gay tomato pants tearer with EXACTLY this symptom, AND it had a completely shot steering rack... yet the new tyres made it drive straight again, even though the rack isn't fixed yet.

I've driven dozens of 308/Dino/BB with this problem, it'll be tyres 95%, and it's usually where someone has fitted ONE new tyre on the rear, and there's a rolling circumferance difference between sides, or theres a flat.

 

Is that Dino photo faded at all, or is that the real colour?

 

Okay, the F355 Zagato is known as an F355, it's the Zagato Testarossa which has different name; FZ93.

 

He he....fildo, so, you've never driver a car with new tyres that didn't pull under dynamic conditions?

 

Well, you of course.

Carl.

 

No, real colour amazingly. Though I belive it was painted later on, surprisingly. The reason I asked for it's chassis number is because I don't know, it's one Dino that's been bugging me for years. The kid in the pic is David Day's brother.

Regards,

Carl.

 

ask me one on sport....

 

crab poo

 

05938 ??

More importantly what would the plastic car seat protectors be worth on ebay ??

Who is the GIRL behind the car !!

 

or baby poo....trust me on this

giddy up