By Robert Emslie
There were three distinct series of the “Competizione” version of the 365 GTB/4, all of which were developed from the standard road cars. The first featured all aluminum bodies, modestly flared wheel arches and aerodynamic “fences” on the front fenders. Later cars were steel-bodied, but featured aluminum skins on the openable surfaces, along with even more substantial flares to accommodate the fatter tires beneath. The last of the three had only the hood and boot lids in alloy.
It’s hard to imagine that the 365 GTB/4, or Daytona, as it is nicknamed could have been made to look any more aggressive, but the Competizione does just that, and the success of these cars in competition is what earned the big Ferrari the right to its racetrack nickname.
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Jeff Glucker
Really? I never knew Last Call was 'Hooniverse Unhinged'. I'm going to have a hard time beating the Sardinian Jumping Maggot Cheese I mentioned in this morning's WRC post for barely on-topic randomness; and now you tell me the reins are completely off?
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Old favorite. And very off-topic.
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Meshuggah!
Dang, I love Yiddish.
A now-dead wing of my family was comprised of medium-rich New York Jews who moved to Los Angeles in the 60s. As a kid I remember listening to the old ladies speaking Yiddish with very animated voices. Hilarious to a half Russian-Jew, half Irish Okie boy from Nevada. I will never forget my mother's great auntie, clad in a purple mumu, yelling at my little brother and 10 year old me in that crazy New York accent. We were 40 feet up a tree at some family gathering, and she comes running over to the tree, a chicken drumstick in one hand and an open wine bottle in the other, yelling, "Hey! HEEEY! Get down! Get down from there right now you little meshugenah!"
We almost got down by falling, we were laughing so hard.
A Jewish friend of mine in Tennessee calls the University of Michigan "Meshugenah".
Yeah, there's a ferry in Casco Bay Maine called the "Michigonne" we always called the Meshugginah Ferry.
How do you unhinge the unhinged? What do you call it then?
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So, it rained in Toronto today. A lot. That's an abandoned Ferrari California, as one of the more Hoonworthy exampes.
On an irrelevant note, guess who took his motorcycle to work for the first time, and really wishes he'd finished about 20 minutes earlier?
Woot! I had a DR650 Supermoto under my care for a while and that was a lot of fun to commute to work on. Pointless, since it was in-city and took the same amount of time as the bicycle, but fun.
Honey Bunny's motorcycle trip across Western Canada was detoured back into the States for a bit because of all the rain damaged roads around Calgary. She just left Regina this morning.
What you should have done, without the motorbike:
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Anyone want a cheap LSA motor?
http://gsaauctions.gov/gsaauctions/aucitdsc/
Didn't find the engine. But I did find this.
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I see haunted dreams in my future. . . .
I couldn't get that link to work.
No guarantees on the motor either.
Try this one:http://gsaauctions.gov/gsaauctions/aucitsrh/
So, going down my list, looking at cars, dreaming of the possible, the impossible and the probable.
How practical would it be to DD a 1997/1998 e36 M3 4door?
As long as you know a good BMW specialist, or are willing to spend what a dealer would want to keep in in decent running order, I don't see much wrong with that. Although I sort of suspect you'd be better off getting a decent 328i to play with, spend the difference on bringing it closer to M3-spec and assorted maintenance.
What is it about them though? Just that much more high strung of an engine?
My question is a bit like buzzboy's. How freakin' ridiculous would it be to own a 1987 MR2 as one's sole automobile? There's a very clean one on Craigslist and I want it, but two cars is not an option.
Totally fine as long as you don't plan to take anything along ever. Okay, one briefcase and a small soft bag.
I actually am in the throes myself of wanting an AW11. But considering I need to be able to haul canoes/bicycles etc around from time to time there's no way I could have it as an only car. Think of it as an enclosed motorcycle.
There's also the fact that the AW11's talents would be utterly wasted on straight Manitoba roads but that's never stopped me before …
mmm, good points. I can live with one passenger, and a carry-on is about the most luggage I ever carry. But I'd have to work out a way of transporting my mountain bike before taking the plunge. My friend who owned one was frustrated by its inability to carry a hockey stick.
When I parked my Prelude next to it, the size difference was comical.
Here's the one I'm lusting after: http://abbotsford.en.craigslist.ca/cto/3916722060…
I can see why you'd want that. Very nice.
Even my SW20, while a fair bit roomier, was pretty limited for bigger things. The last straw was when I attempted to load a single bicycle wheel and it would not fit anywhere except behind the passenger seat.
If you put a hitch on one though, you could do all kinds of things. Hitch mounted bike rack, storage trunk, of course small trailers for any purpose.
Seems it'd have to be fabbed. I've checked Uhaul, Curt, and Hidden Hitch so far.
Lucky though it wouldn't have to be too beefy of a hitch. The tongue weight of a MTB isn't too high.
Just now checking in after a long weekend in/on Lake Wenatchee. Saw some very cool cars this weekend, but most importantly, I saw a lot of this.
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I could get used to that.
The nickname of the 365 GTB/4 came as soon as the cars were introduced, to commemorate Ferrari 330P4's 1-2-3 win at Daytona in 1967.