The CZickness XLIII prepping for winter.

[patience0830]

Mee too

 

[jagee]

Afternoon all... got my 8 hrs in already..

 

[88E30M50]

1979 308

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They use bicycle brake cables to actuate the door latch…. Needless to say…. It doesn’t work….

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Yup, that's a grail car for me. That type of actuator is not uncommon in Italian cars.

 

[mcapo]

1979 308

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They use bicycle brake cables to actuate the door latch…. Needless to say…. It doesn’t work….

If that car belongs to someone that lives near Markle...I know the owner. Or two 308s exist around here with a similar lower body treatment.

My dad owned an 1980 308GT4 - represented nearly everything a Ferrari shouldn't be. :-) Silver, back seat, slow, kinda ugly...car ended up smashed into a granite mountain in NY. Dad crawled out of the sun roof with the motor running and gas leaking. Didn't end well for that car.

 

[RustyHornet]

Yup, that's a grail car for me. That type of actuator is not uncommon in Italian cars.

I figured you’d like it.

 

[RustyHornet]

If that car belongs to someone that lives near Markle...I know the owner. Or two 308s exist around here with a similar lower body treatment.

My dad owned an 1980 308GT4 - represented nearly everything a Ferrari shouldn't be. :-) Silver, back seat, slow, kinda ugly...car ended up smashed into a granite mountain in NY. Dad crawled out of the sun roof with the motor running and gas leaking. Didn't end well for that car.

I’m not sure where he lives.

That is one ugly piece right there. Looks more like a Fiat.

 

[mcapo]

I’m not sure where he lives.

That is one ugly piece right there. Looks more like a Fiat.

It was a rough time in the auto world - even in Maranello. Wished he would have bought a Testarossa.

 

[Leadeye]

It seems like a pretty blatant operation how have they not been subject to an early morning wake up call by a battering ram?

My gut feeling is that he was an ear. When he disappeared after his house burned some undercover constabulary were really interested in finding him. What happens now, I don't know, but I would like to see the business cease and the characters go somewhere else. When I'm seeing more drug deals than deer from one of my stands, something's wrong.

 

[bcannon]

I’m not sure where he lives.

That is one ugly piece right there. Looks more like a Fiat.

I agree, pretty ugly. Looks like some Lancia DNA mixed with some Fiat DNA with Ferrari badging.

My uncle owned a Dino, sold it, then went part owner of a F40. I thought that F40 was the most beautiful car I'd ever seen.

 

[bcannon]

Morn'n gents :bigglassofOJ:

 

[ChrisK]

1979 308

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They use bicycle brake cables to actuate the door latch…. Needless to say…. It doesn’t work….

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I hate cable operated…The boom on a KC135 is cable operated to the Power Control Unit and is a pain to rig. You must check the ambient air temperature every 30 minutes while rigging because cable tension changes with the air temperature. You then have to safety wire the turnbuckles.

 

[rkwhyte2]

Morning cannon

 

[Leadeye]

Those bumpers don't help the appearance of the car at all.

Considering that the car dates to the 70s, Ferrari was lucky they weren't forced to use the chrome plated cow catchers mandated by the US government.

 

[bcannon]

Howdy Kirby

 

[patience0830]

Yup, that's a grail car for me. That type of actuator is not uncommon in Italian cars.

Like boats. Cars are a hole in the air we throw money into. Seems never ending.

Afternoon all... got my 8 hrs in already..

So, done for the day?

 

[patience0830]

L

1979 308

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They use bicycle brake cables to actuate the door latch…. Needless to say…. It doesn’t work….

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Looks like the headlight linkage on an Opel GT.

 

[patience0830]

 

[Benp]

Morning all!

 

[T-DOGG]

Strange looking cars in here this morning....

 

[hANNAbONE]

Yup. Old Italian wiring can be fun. The wiring diagrams were only a suggestion at the factory. At least it's not British.

I've owned both Triumph & Aprilia mobikes-- yes you speak truth about their wiring, ain't no doubt