We can accurately assume that 100% of our readers own a car.
We can some what accurately assume that at least 75% of same readers
have a garage of some sort in which to store aforementioned car.
We can then safely assume that perhaps 50% of the garage owners
have, in some fashion, decorated the aforementioned garages.
THAT STILL LEAVES THOUSANDS OF YOU WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO WIN A COPY OF "ULTIMATE GARAGES"!!!
Pick up a camera and go out to the garage and take a picture and send it to vack@cox.net. You have one week.
Auction Action at Gstaad
More than 35 Ferraris will be auctioned off at the annual Bonhams Gstaad Ferrari Auction, on December 19th. Here is a partial list:
Dino 246 GT
212 Barchetta
250GT Boano
250GT Series II Cabriolet
250GT Lusso
250GT SWB
275GTB/4
288 GTO
330 America
340 America Coupe
365GT4 BB
512 BB
Daytonas (five)
F-40
For more information on the Bonhams Auction, contact Benoit Gilles at benoit.gilles@bonhams.com.
Letters
Ferrari Dealers New Warranty on Used Ferraris
Peter,
Great article on the 308 cam belt replacement job. It is always important to get the word out about something that could lead to catastrophic results if not attended to. In fact, after more than a decade of having an unwritten rule of changing timing belts at least every 5 years, Ferrari recently revised its timing belt replacement cycle to 3 years or 30,000 miles, whichever comes first. This requirement has also been incorporated in Ferrari's new certified pre-owned warranty program which was recently released. The new program requires authorized dealers to replace cam belts if they have to be done according to this new timetable within the next 6 months. Therefore, a 360 that is more than 30 months old since its initial sale has to have new cam belts in order for Ferrari to allow the authorized dealer to sell the car as a certified pre-owned with a warranty.
Sincerely,
Werner Pfister
Alfa Comments
Hi Pete,
I read your article about Rich Minor and his new acquisition of a 1972 Alfa Spider Veloce. The article mentioned he had made up a "temporary" choke adapter to replace his Thermal Actuator. I am very interested in knowing how he did this. I would love to have a description and or a sketch on how this was done.
I have a 1977 Spider Veloce which I bought about six months ago on eBay. It did not meet it's advertised condition, so I was stuck with it. Well anyway, I have replaced 3 T/As in this period plus had my SPICA pump remanufactured. The car now runs the best I have seen, however, the vibration has been destroying the little pipe from the head to the pump. I have also replaced a number of the brackets associated with keeping this pipe from vibrating, but they keep on breaking. So I really need a manual replacement and am willing to make one if there are some plans.
Regards,
Eric Hasenbeck
Looking for Mr. Pomerance
Dear Editor,
I'm currently doing research about the collaboration between Ghia and Chrysler during the 50s and early 60s. I'm interested by any Chrysler chassis bodied by Ghia, Chrysler specials, GS1s, Dual Ghias. I've seen in your report about Grosse Pointe shores there was a Dual Ghia 375 belonging to Mr. Pomerance and I'd greatly like to be in touch with this person who owns a great collection of Italian bodied American chassis. Would you mind to give my email address to this man? Congratulation for your great magazine.
Raphael Brunet
Paris, France
Alfas and Ferraris
Hello Pete,
Just read the waterpump article on your 308. I know the old wallet is bleeding badly by now but feel comforted by the fact that you aren't in the restoration mode, rather the maintenance mode. A European Car contributor restored his Alfa Romeo Giulietta including a body job and engine rebuild and guess what? The machine shop blew it! They swapped his NOS crankshaft with a used out of round piece with chrome built up to fill it out. His con rods were bench ground to remove strengthening pads and I beam fillets, his block had wavy piston liners and the block hadn't been align bored. Top this off with installing valves so hard they recessed into the head and warped it. Yep, they stole his original crankshaft and did over his block and head. He had to start with a new engine after that. Sort of makes you want to kiss your car doesn't it? To make this worse, I know a guy who lost an Alfa Romeo Montreal to the same kind of sloppy work. He found out the hard way on his first long outing to Massachusetts.
Regards,
Pat Smith
