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  1. ferrari-nut

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    #1 ferrari-nut, Nov 13, 2008
    Guys, For those who are interested, my Daytona will be on Top Gear on the 7 December. Filming was done early September. Hammond drives it from Portofino in Italy to the South of France, racing James May in a boat. Should be a laugh!
     
  2. Beau365

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    #2 Beau365, Nov 13, 2008
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    Nice one - Daytonas were built for those roads. I trust Top Gear coughed up for the privelege !
     
  3. ferrari-nut

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    #3 ferrari-nut, Nov 13, 2008
    Nope, They gave me 6 tickets for the studio filming on the Wednesday (3 Dec), AND I have to get the car to the studio myself! The reason that I lent them the car is because it all adds to the history and makes the car interesting.
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  4. Beau365

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    #4 Beau365, Nov 13, 2008
    Shocking ! A mere 1 hour of Clarksons salary would have covered the proper hire of your car. BBC Sharks.
     
  5. Urgentemente

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    #5 Urgentemente, Nov 13, 2008
    Something I've wondered about, and glad you didn't have to find out,
    but if , <gulp> it had an accident while they were using it, were you covered for any event?
     
  6. angelis

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    #6 angelis, Nov 13, 2008
    I thought your Daytona was a replica?



























    :D
     
  7. steve f

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    #7 steve f, Nov 13, 2008
    they are a set of tight arse's
     
  8. racespecferrari

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    #8 racespecferrari, Nov 13, 2008
    Most of their budget is swallowed up on Hammonds teeth whitening:):)
     
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    #9 racespecferrari, Nov 13, 2008

    Definitely agree on that. You could get magazine or book features after exposure like that:).
     
  10. Daytonafan

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    #10 Daytonafan, Nov 13, 2008
    Did Hammond drive it properly I seem to recall a few crunched gears when he drove the Miura in a show a few years back.
     
  11. ferrari-nut

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    #11 ferrari-nut, Nov 14, 2008
    Guys, Top Gear has just phone me to say that the car will now be on the Top Gear on the 30 November and not the 7 December as originally stated.
     
  12. ferrari-nut

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    #12 ferrari-nut, Nov 14, 2008
    My car was featured in Classic Car magazine two months ago. It was on the front cover, and the was few pages comparing the Daytona to the muria.
     
  13. ferrari-nut

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    #13 ferrari-nut, Nov 14, 2008
    I'm not sure how he drove it, but it did come back in one piece.
     
  14. ferrari-nut

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    #14 ferrari-nut, Nov 14, 2008
    Top Gear insured the car. I made it very clear to them before, the golden rule "you break it --- you mend it"
     
  15. Wheels1

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    #15 Wheels1, Nov 14, 2008
    Not sure i would be so brave as to let hammy drive my car.
    I will look forward to watching, i am sure it will be fantastic.
    I do miss mine. [ sometime i have to get a fix, and watch, more like listen to the Daytona's on Youtube]. One day it will return, after being reborn!
     
  16. AlexO91

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    #16 AlexO91, Nov 14, 2008
    Awesome can't wait to watch it.
     
  17. dan360

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    #17 dan360, Nov 14, 2008
    You should try driving a Miura - 2nd gear tends to be challenging, the synchros are often tired and thus require double clutch on downshifts and super slow shifts going up. If its not properly hot you really can't use second at all. Requires a greater degree of mechanical sensitivity than F-cars of the same period. Other than that the Miura's a *****cat - well apart from getting in and out since its so damn low to the ground.
     
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    #18 Arvin Grajau, Nov 15, 2008
    x2
     
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    #19 thepinkumbrella, Nov 15, 2008
    I also recall they (the then Stig, Perry McCarthy) didn't treat the 1953 Le Mans winning Jag C-Type too well either.
    I believe Duncan Hamilton said something along the lines of 'it was driven like a stolen Metro'.

    Paul
     
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    #20 ferrari_fan99, Nov 15, 2008
    Nice one! Wow, sounds like a really cool race - looking forward to it already :)
     
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    #22 AlexO91, Nov 16, 2008
    Great Photo's i like the colour of the car too.
     
  23. ferrari-nut

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    #24 Carsleuth, Nov 16, 2008
    VERY nice color! I love it!
     
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