Fifties and sixties race cars for the road, sure, I'd expect spartan and
not well finished. The 250 SWB was a race car that people drove on the
road. Now, if I'm paying $85k (1984 dollars) for a road car that was
not meant to be raced like the Testarossa, I'd expect the glovebox to
close properly..... Still a huge fan of the prancing horse, and the TR
is a car I've always loved and wanted to own/drive with its outrageous
cheese-grater inlets and I was fortunate enough to have a friend who
trusted me with his car :-)
--
Christian
http://photography.skofteland.net
Paul Stenquist wrote:
Ditto. Fit, finish and Ferarri have never been bedfellows. Fun, fury and
Ferarri are a much better match.
Paul
On Mar 31, 2006, at 7:00 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Mar 31, 2006, at 12:26 PM, Christian wrote:
A friend had a 1985 Testarossa. Fun car, but it really ruined the
Ferrari mystique for me. While it sounded amazing and was awesome to
drive, the fit and finish was no better than my 86 Hyundai. The
interior finish was absolutely atrocious. I understand they are
better now, but I've not been able to drive a newer model.
I don't know about that, Christian. Ferraris, at least the old ones,
were never all that well finished in terms of upholstery and paint.
They put all their money on the mechanicals and attended to the
interior with casual "it doesn't make it go any faster" panache. My
all time favorites, the 1961-62 250SWBs, were little more than racing
cars with a couple of leather seats and a floor mat, road lighting.
Forget air conditioning, sound deadening, and all that rubbish.
But, man, they were fun to drive!
Godfrey
