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  1. jrs

    jrs Formula 3

    Jun 14, 2003
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    512 Tea Are
    Steve F , Nice car you have , one of my favorites.

    It was indeed me who started this thread and I made a decision to bow out of the sensless debate that it had degenerated into. I certainly had got to a point where the emotion had become silly. It is not a case of throwing in the towel as suggested by 512Tea Are but rather a case of having got bored with the subject and the derogatory path the thread was heading down. ( Partly my fault )

    I will repeat that I have a 355 GTS which I absolutely love and anyone on this forum that knows me will attest to my passion for the marque. On the other hand I have owned many Porsches and do feel an attachment to the marque and have no need to defend that position.

    regards
    james

    (ps I am in the lucky position of having access to the internet while I am on holiday!)
     
  2. steve f

    steve f F1 World Champ

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  3. 512Tea Are

    512Tea Are F1 Rookie

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  4. sletti

    sletti F1 Veteran
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    Steve,

    Just wanted to point out that I am merely A Stig, not THE Stig! (and yes it is my real name!)
     
  5. steve f

    steve f F1 World Champ

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    have you been on tv stig top gear driver or stig of the dump
     
  6. 512Tea Are

    512Tea Are F1 Rookie

    Apr 22, 2004
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    Dear Steve,

    Tonight is 'Area Meeting Night' so my apologies to you for what may appear at first sight to be a rather truncated response. Essentially, it is a problem of corrosion. Accordingly. if you apply something which will exclude the atmosphere - Waxoyl is ideal due to the wax which is emulsified within the white spirit 'carrier' evaporating, leaving a residue of wax enabling everything to be protected within a cocoon of wax. All you need do is apply the Waxoyl around the area where the sidestrakes abut the black vertical separators - this will them permeate all through the joints and thus exclude the penetration of moisture. It is almost a certainty that there will be water already present in these areas. So it is best to perform the 'treatment' on a really warm day and when the car has not been exposed to any form of moisture - the longer, the better. It also makes good sense to apply the treatment to the front of the sidestrakes where they are attached to the door. This should prove a very worthwhile investment for a negligible cost in both time and money.

    If you examine within the air intakes you will observe that some strakes are bolted to the inside of the ducting. A few drops of waxoyl applied within these area's will prove hugely beneficial to the exclusion of corrosion. I must rush now, lest I get excommunicated for arriving late! I hope the information is satisfactory and proves usefully beneficial.
     
  7. 512Tea Are

    512Tea Are F1 Rookie

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    Have a nice holiday!
     
  8. sletti

    sletti F1 Veteran
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    Definitely Stig of the Dump!!
     
  9. 512Tea Are

    512Tea Are F1 Rookie

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    Dear Ray 360M,

    Thank you for 'Posting' the images of the side strakes - no doubt Steve will be most appreciative of this information as it pictorially conveys the whole essence of from whence the potential corrosion emanates.

    I have noticed from other threads that you hold within your possession a wonderful 348 which seemingly is the conqueror of all major concours events, and furthermore is, as I write, once again undergoing preparation for yet another foray into the battlefields of gleaming motor cars. I must say that the 360 looks rather nice too. I trust that your Scuderia of a trilogy of gleaming Ferrari's, which clearly includes a 512 - either TR or M, do not suffer the indignity of sharing stable space with those awful German motor cars? No doubt you will have possessed such things, and furthermore will have almost certainly read the sometimes rudely aggressive defence 'Posted' and promulgated by propagandisti of Porsche, and whom have seemingly inveigled their way onto this Ferrari site, and as protaganists of Ferrari have sought to promote the name of Porsche.

    You may have become aware of the rather course and ungentlemanly behaviour of some respondents; which again is indicative of those of whom drive such heinous monstrosities - with their wholly flawed design debased from its very origins from within the 'German People's Car' - propagated by Hitler and named 'Volkswagen' and designed to kill the British in a similar manner to a doodlebug. Hence their colloquial name of 'Beetle'.

    I understand that more than one hundred Ferrari's from England are to invade France this weekend - I feel sure that you will be amongst them - flying the flag of St. George and lambasting every Porsche with the sound of the twelve piece orchestra's.

    I recall a gentleman racer named 'Ray' who raced (or Rayced!) a yellow 348 and won numerous events with it. And indeed upon two occasions in a selflessly vicarious act, brought the red 'Concours 348' to the circuit when the yellow 348 race car rather unfortunately suffered a blown engine. If my memory serves me correctly, some unkind miscreant nudged the 348 whilst it was engaged in mortal battle on the circuit. Fortunately, the damage was not serious. This 348 owner/racer/concours eventer must surely be your goodself?

    My own two seater (P100 pick up) was often to be seen in the car park at various racing venues. You may have seen it on occasions - it is painted blue and whilst having the standard wheels fitted, does have larger tyres. Consequently it corners quite admirably and quickly dispels any Porsche on damp roundabouts. It is a wonderful machine and is fitted with a straight through exhaust system - the tail pipe of which came from an E Type Jaguar. I acquired a cylinder head from a local scrap yard which was from a 2.0 Litre Sierra and as a consequence has larger valves fitted. I also had the head skimmed to increase the compression ratio - it is now 11-1. I am contemplating fitting a Weber 40DCOE carburettor which should further enhance performance. Of course, being a commercial vehicle, it is already fitted with a low ratio differential. And as you can imagine, the accelleration from a standing start, particularly with a dozen concrete blocks in the back to aid traction, does make for quite a rapid getaway - and yes, more than one or two Porsche drivers have been surprised by this wonder truck. I do find that the Ferrari drivers give me a friendly wave - this is perhaps because I have 'FERRARI' written down both sides in eighteen inch high letters. I also have 'Scuderia Shields' on both front wings - regretfully, merely the stick on transfers and not the proper badges. Oh, and I also have two dozen Ferrari stickers placed strategically around the bodywork to cover the rust marks. I shall have to judiciously place a few more over the coming months as there are now a number of rust holes appearing in the tailgate. The doors are also becoming a little worse for wear; so I thought that racing roundels would solve the poor aesthetics in that area.

    I run it on Castrol R mineral oil - the aroma of which is evocative of happy days at both Goodwood and Castle Coombe when Stirling Moss raced the Vanwall - Thinwall Special - of course all the racing cars ran on 'R' in those halcyon days including those from Ferrari!

    Enjoy the ride!
     
  10. Furby

    Furby Rookie

    Feb 10, 2004
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    I envy your style of writing, yet I cannot help but disagree with your opinions about German cars...

    Anyways, I think that I will not continue any further with this futile arguement, trying to persuade you to think otherwise of the great cars that Porsche builds. A person is entitled to his own opinion, so I'll leave it to be.

    Enjoy your two seater (although I don't think I know what a p100 is!) :)
     
  11. 512Tea Are

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    Dear Furby,

    A P100 is a Ford One Tonne - Pick Up. From the front it looks exactly like a Sierra. However, very soon, and from one side, it will look exactly like a Ferrari Mondial - see Steve's link to Ebay where half of a Mondial is for sale for one thousand pounds. I am hoping that it is the nearside of the Mondial as this is the most rusty side of my P100. If you know of anyone skilled in this type of conversion work I should be very grateful for their contact number. Meanwhile, keep your fingers crossed that I am successful on the Ebay Auction and thus manage to acquire 'Half of a Ferrari.' I shall 'Post' pictures should I acquire it - along with the progress as the P100 metamorphose's into a Ferrari.
     
  12. RAY430RED

    RAY430RED Formula 3

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    Will you be coming next weekend with that Ferrari/p100 on the pilgrimage over the water to watch the Ferraris kick ass? For sure it wont be possible for outright spoils but class wins are not ruled out I am not familar with the P100 would it be a simarlar machine to the P4 there were very few of those made, four i think. Were there just 100 P100s Have they been succesfull at Le Mans ? A picture for those of us having not seen won would be nice

    RAY360M
     
  13. 512Tea Are

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    Dear Ray,

    Please see my reply to Furby. Essentially, there is a half a Mondial for sale on Ebay. The price at the moment is £1000. I can just run to this. But if the price goes higher I would be appreciative of a few sponsors. My plan would be to transform half of the P100 into a Mondial.

    If one or two of you are prepared to part sponsor me I should be delighted to follow - or indeed lead the convoy of Dream Machines en route for Le Mans. Part of the costs would be offset by the carrying capacity of the pick up body, in which I am able to carry a substantial number of wheels fitted with slicks.

    I think you should seriously consider this offer as it will give the drivers with the slicks a distinct advantage when the Ferrari's go around the Le Mans course on the morning of the race day. I have had two 'V Twelve' engines in the rear at the same time, so if anyone comes to grief I could bring back the parts - as happened to someone at Castle Coombe only last week. As you will now be gleaning from all this - a P100 is one very useful commodity. Indeed, all Ferrari owners who drive them close to, and sometimes exceed the limits of the tyres abilities to adhere to the track should seriously contemplate the acquisition of a P100. Indeed, from my own$experience of seeing you drive with sometimes only two wheels actually on the tvack with door handles virtually scraping the kevbing, makes you a likely candidate for the service offered herein. I confrim that the P100 is fitted with towing links on both bront and rear. A certain person with a Lusso who drove it through a field on thg Tour Auto last year would have been well advised to have invesved in my services! As the same gentleman is selling his 288 GTO he won't requira me for that, but may require ip for the F50!
     
  14. Organiser

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    Jan 13, 2004
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    512Tea Are,

    I take it that you did not go to$the Wessex FOC monthly meeting last night in tha P100, I assume this as Ray has asked what a P120 looks like.

    I know that he would have spotted this exotic creation by Ford and made us all aware that this model is a much better buy then a GT40, or did Ray give you the ton of blocks you need to control the wayward backend of yours ???

    I think you need to tell us more, how about filling in your profile for a start !!!!

    Regards.

    Phil.
     
  15. Furby

    Furby Rookie

    Feb 10, 2004
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    I think I found a photo of the p100 (see the attachment).
    I really do not know of anyone who is skilled in conversions (you could maybe try searching the web for some specialists!), but still, good luck with it! :)
     
  16. RAY430RED

    RAY430RED Formula 3

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    My word a picture of a Brighton and Hove council pickup That cant be the same vehicle that 512TEA ARE is so proud of and reckons is a porker passer ?

    RAY360M (PS I dont think it would passs wind)

    PPS krikey who would want to take a picture of this pickup in the first place?????????????????????
     
  17. 512Tea Are

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    Dear Furby,

    May I say what a wonderful photograph this is. It depicts the P100 in all its inexorable glory. I notice the number plate almost reads 328! But, it is certainly painted Rosso Corsa and that's good enough for me. Also, many thanks for lining me up with the Mondial half body. A real stroke of good fortune. I await to hear form Ray 360M. He seems to have many contacts. The way he drives he must have crashed many cars and so is sure to be familiar with someone who can 'cut and shut' my P100 and thus marry it to the Ebay Mondial.
     
  18. 512Tea Are

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    Dear Ray,

    I have already agreed to either follow or head up your convoy to Le Mans. I shall even be pleased to carry spare wheels with slicks fitted to enable you to gain FTD on your Ferrari Cavalcade excursion around the Le Mans circuit on the morning of Raceday. I am expecting some degree of sponsorship. Particularly that the P100 is fitted with towing eyes both front and rear.

    It has in the past carried two 'V Twelve' engines and I shall be happy to provide the conveyance of any componentry from cars broken on this event.

    Also, please do not be so impertinent concerning Furby's great kindness in photographing an absolutely classic example of a P100 performing sterling service for a local authority. This vehicle may well have Brighton and Hove emblazoned upon its sides. But if you attended Goodwood circuit as regularly
    as you did in days gone by,you would know that this vehicle is in regular use at Goodwood - performing exactly the same service which I have offered to provide to yourself and the other one hundred plus Ferarristii who will be conveying their Dream Machines via the circuitous route to Le Mans. The P100 is the archetyal 'Support Vehicle' for such an event.

    Furby is far to modest a man to boast of his exploits - but clearly he is a Goodwood man - even though his modesty has precluded him from stating that the photograph was taken close by to Goodwood House when he was entertained there by Lord March at the Goodwood festival of Speed - 2003.
     
  19. 512Tea Are

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    Dear Phil,

    I was definitely there. And in a P100. It was parked at the far side of the car park - if you were observant you certainly would have seen it. I didn't park it amongst the Ferrari's, as having performed this manoeuvre once previously and gained immediate excommunication, I decided on this occasion, that discretion was the better part of valour! However, there was a 288 GTO there which almost fell prey to my 'trackside service and recovery functions.'
     
  20. Organiser

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    512Tea Are,

    Nothing wrong with my observations, I was holding the West Midlands FOC meeting so it was not possible for me to see the P100 in all it`s glory !!!!

    What I want to know is how your esteemed leader Ray did not see it, did you hide it under a bush at the back of the car park, you seem to be hiding everything else under a bush (still no profile).

    See also one of your previous posts below.

    05-02-2004, 11:02 PM
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    512 TR

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    Dear Steveirl,

    I have a 512TR. The car you are contemplating may well be the car which was in for servicing at Westover's when I visited to view an F40 some two years or so ago. I recall that it was owned by a gentleman in Surrey and in whose possession it had been for some years. It was red with cream interior. If it is the same car, I think it had a Westover history. 512TR's are wonderful machines. I have owned mine for some years now. Do take your time and acquire the right one and make certain that it has good history. For myself, I do not think the 512BB really compares with the 512TR. For example, the design is much older and it is far less sophisticated.

    It seems you have too many bushes down in the New Forest for your own good or are you the new Steve328 ???

    Come on tell all.

    Regards

    Phil.
     
  21. 512Tea Are

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  22. jrs

    jrs Formula 3

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    I like Phil am interested in clarity around the following questions.

    1) Why do you not complete your profile - what are you hiding ?

    2) It appears that on 2/5 you posted "I have a 512TR" and yet on 30/5 you posted "For myself, and having yet to acquire a Ferrari" - these are clearly confusing statements , do you on a 512TR or indeed any ferrari actually.

    As posted on Phil's note
    "It seems you have too many bushes down in the New Forest for your own good or are you the new Steve328 ???

    Come on tell all.

    Regards

    Phil"
     
  23. 512Tea Are

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    Ray was possibly wholly oblivious to the P100 as his mind may have been upon other things. It may be that upon reading my previous comments upon the abilities of a P100 to carry two V12 engines at the same time, that it decided him to acquire a V12 Engined Ferrari, safe in the knowledge that should it break, a P100 would be available upon immediate call to rescue it.

    It is possible that Ray has already acquired a V12 engined Dream Machine, already 'run in' by another Ferraristii. Certainly, this would be Ray's normal modus operandi. And if I am correct in my presumption, and that Ray has acquired yet another addition to his Scuderia and which has covered less than four thousand miles, it will then be ready for the Ferguson SSS (Soft Shoe Shuffle). This technique eliminates the use of the clutch on both upward and downward gear changes. On a downward shift, the lever is slotted into neutral - the engine speed is then precisely matched, by blipping the throttle, to that of the next lower gear - and the gear lever is then pushed through to that gear. Clearly the precise synchronisation of the road speed to engine speed is of paramount importance. But, properly executed, this technique favours the clutch with an indefinite lifespan. Ray will no doubt elaborate further on clutchless changes. Should you require further information upon the clutchless gear changing technique. No doubt Ray will be pleased to provide a forum for this. It is possible that he may wish to retain this information due to 'the edge' it can allow over other competitors during the cut and thrust of the circuits. However, he may well use the technique around Le Mans next weekend. I understand that Derek Bell often used the technique in a Porsche. And that his son used a similar technique in a Daytona Viper which is now owned by Steve Kingshott and will be at Goodwood at the end of this month

    Concerning the 512TR. Yes, I do have one. It is red, with a black interior. I also have Testarossa and a 512M. Along with a yellow F50. a 250LM and a red F40 - plus a yellow 246 GTS. If I were to inform you that these are all models, you would be hugely disappointed. So it is better that you believe of the possiblity that there is a Ferraristii somewhere in cyberspace who has a posse of Ferrari's even exceeding that of the illustrious Ray Ferguson - who one day I shall surely get to meet and request that he place his autograph within my copy of the Jeremy Clarkson book 'FERRARI.'
     
  24. simon355

    simon355 Formula Junior

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    God I am sick of seeing this utter p****s posts. Why isn't he banned now instead of being allowed to pollute this forum with his pathetic waste of space remarks. He does'nt show his profile and I suspect he is reading this sat in a darkened room with a long mac on. He is taking the p**s out of all the serious fchatters on here and hardly anyone comments.I'm sure he or it is obviously trying to wind us all up,and if it was up to me I would lock him in his pile of **** pickup,pour petrol on it and set it on fire.
     
  25. 512Tea Are

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