celebrating one year of living the F Life. One year ago today I took possession of 10080 and have loved every minute of it! Image Unavailable, Please Login
Doing fine, thanks. Yes it does, and yes I did, but not another F-car. Sorry to hi-jack this thread without a GT4! My garage is now full of British parts for my project Elva Courier! Here's an older pic, looks little bit better every day! Image Unavailable, Please Login
This photo was taken last night at our Hill Country Ferrari Club's dinner in celebration of the 118th anniversary of Enzo's birth. On the left is a rosso 1977 308-GTB, with my bianco 1975 308 GT4 in the middle, and a blu 1969 Dino 246 L-series prototype on the right. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Here's a better shot with the whole group (my GT4 off in the distance)... Image Unavailable, Please Login
Didn't know about this thread.... On pickup day in Melbourne October '14. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
one of these things is not like the others. I think I parked in the wrong section. Image Unavailable, Please Login
You're in the right section, Erik. Shows the evolution of design and engineering. Early examples or nothing! (IMHO) Good job for showing them their roots, though they probably are in denial. Ha!
Here's my "newly" completed GT4 Vintage Racer at Peterson Museum Enzo B-Day party thrown every year by the Ferrari Club of America Southwest Region. (For a car that's sat around unused for almost 15 years through three owners, including 5 years in my garage, this is still "new" ). I've never seen so many photographers snapping photos of a GT4 in my life (and I've owned two street GT4s). Throw in a few period-correct stickers (some covering up holes), a full roll cage, rip out the interior and top it off with an fading, pockmarked paint job is all it takes who knew?!! Car prepared by Modena Motorsport in Los Angeles, who installed the QA1 conversion, and installed so many parts from Superperformance that I can't recall it all offhand (suspension bushings, throttle cable, ignition parts...). Made sure that an engine that had been rebuilt over 10 years ago - but hardly never run - would have as good a chance as possible to actually work (and work on a racetrack no street miles allowed for this car at the time). Don't know how I could have pulled it off without Modena. And a lot of invaluable advice from F-Chat. History So Far 1) Testing, engine break-in, Willow Springs oval course (ye haw!), July, 2015. 2) On Track Debut: August 2015 at FCA "Annual" event at Laguna Seca. Drove great, a couple issues across the the two days, all repaired on-site. Couldn't believe how well the car performed for its first time being run at speed on a 10 year-old motor with hardly any miles. 3) Vintage Racing Debut: September, 2015, SVRA Coronado Speed Festival. Oil temp too high (was 100 degrees ambient), DNF. 4) Track Day #2: West Coast Racing (also an official FCA regional calendar event) @ Willow Springs, October 2015, oil temp high again, and oil line juncture failure, pulled car. NEXT: 4) Track Day #3: West Coast Racing (also an official FCA regional calendar event) @ Willow Springs, March 5/6, 2016. Replaced aftermarket oil cooler/fan combo with the stock setup using the cool air from the C-pillar into the little air box should cool the oil better for a track-only car (ironically). We'll see. (I'm using the stock oil temp gauge, which I've read countless complaints about here.) Image Unavailable, Please Login
That was very cool to see! Here is another shot. Do you have any photos on the track? Image Unavailable, Please Login
