[alfa] Re: Victory by Design...

[George Graves <gmgraves@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

  Just his ability to seemingly effortlessly switch between cars with 
the accelerator between the clutch and brake pedals and the 'normal' 
configuration is enough to impress me. I remember reading once that 
Jack Brabham was a guest at some car function in New Zealand once, and 
was supposed to take out some old Maserati GP car for a couple of laps. 
He got in the car, took off and immediately stacked it into some hay 
bales because he got confused by the centrally located throttle. It 
can't be easy unless you do it all the time.

The only thing about De Cadinet that bothers me slightly (and I don't 
think he does this intentionally) is his "Well, I think I'll just have 
to take this one out for a test drive (and you can't -  
neh-neh-neh-neh-neh-neh!)" attitude.

George Graves
'86 GTV-6
(And I'll let most any car enthusiast drive it)



On Jan 26, 2004, at 1:25 PM, alfa-digest wrote:

> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 12:50:14 -0500
> From: "Brian Shorey" <bshorey@domain.elided>
> Subject: RE: [alfa] Victory by Design...
>
> <snip>
>>> I'd guess that most of the cars that are being thrashed about are
>>> mostly non-original in the first place.  So hammering a new panel to
>>> replace a panel that is not original, what's the big deal?
> <snip>
>
> In the fwiw dept, I bought them all, and have been watching them on 
> the long
> distance flights to/from Rome (appropriate, don't you think?).
>
> To me, it looks like he does a pretty damn good job of driving them 
> all.  I
> think it takes some skill and knowledge of those cars to deal with 
> whatever
> quirks were common to them for the era, he seems to motor along quite
> quickly, getting loose on occasion but never really out of control.  Of
> course, I don't know what got left on the editing room floor..
>
> He does two things that irk me.  First, on startup, it seems that some 
> times
> the engine catches and he's on his way.  Sure, I know it's all properly
> warmed up in advance, but it would seem that a few seconds for the oil
> pressure to come up would be appropriate.
>
> Second, his shut down method.  A lot of times I hear the engine rev up 
> just
> before it cuts out, many times, he's shut it off as he coasts to a 
> stop.
> Doesn't that wash down the cylinder liners?
>
> I think that practice might have been appropriate when you're dealing 
> with a
> race car that's getting rebuilt after every race, but on these cars?
>
> Oh well, I think he knows more than I do in these matters..
>
> bs
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