25984 pts ยท August 10, 2012
How about if I buy a $40,000 bible and you throw in a flag, shotgun and truck?
Congrats and welcome, brother!
Also, in the Xmas special of Grand Tour, James May did a very good segment on the Ferrari/Ford "split", from a different viewpoint than 24H@
mechanics involved. Comprehensive and personal feelings...
You can't go wrong with 24 Hour War -- it is an EPIC doc about Ferrari/Ford, interviewing Ferrari family, Ford family, the actual racers and
with Alfa, right up through the first post-war "Ferrari", the 125S, which was a giant slayer right out of the box. Enzo had a "head start".
Compared to Ferrari, starting from "scratch" -- Ferrari had been racing/winning for ~40 years at that point (including his pre-war days
"started", they spent an (estimated, so...) $500 million on the GT/Le Mans projects. And, IMHO, thank God they did.
Ferrari. Ford's entry into these races has been called the largest sum of money ever dumped at one time into racing. Wherever Ford
scorched a lot of the American racing series with his cars (especially the Daytona) and Carroll himself turned down an offer to drive for
Well, yeah -- that was the point of trying to buy Ferrari. Instead, they went largely with the Carroll Shelby program, who had just
You mean Henry Ford (the founder)? OK, sure. But it was Henry II that got into the tiff with Enzo in the '60s. Not the same guy.
wanted to dictate to Ferrari what races Ferrari had to participate in, and Enzo "didn't want to race at fucking Indianapolis"
One last thing -- the reason the negotiations broke down -- according to Ferrari's son and historians, and to the Fords, was because Ford
other USAM were cheating on their promise to stop participating in racing. Watch the 24 Hour War for a great documentary on this.
up to the point where Ford tried to buy Ferrari -- which was why Ford tried to buy Ferrari, to make up for the fact that Chevrolet and
survive the rigors of the 24 hr race. Not bad for starting from scratch. remember, US automakers had "voluntarily abandoned" racing right
The negotiations broke down in the spring of 1963. Ford won Le Mans in 1966, and the car was plenty fast in 1965, it just couldn't
"Too many hams"?! Is this a Kosher grocery store?
So... get a mop?
Well now I'm triggered.
#1 has "meme" right in it -- memeception!
Dog is my co-pilot
I'm late to the party, buuuut - studying gets easier the more you do it. You'll learn how you learn and become more efficient at it.
Was it your bra?
A superabundance of bad choices.
What is this, and how can I make the rest of my life about it? P. Griffin
Most exercise that dude's had in a while.
Where's her pussy hat?
I'm only on here occasionally, so pm me if it works! I hope you have some $ set aside for a prompt vet visit/treatment.
How about if I buy a $40,000 bible and you throw in a flag, shotgun and truck?
Congrats and welcome, brother!
Also, in the Xmas special of Grand Tour, James May did a very good segment on the Ferrari/Ford "split", from a different viewpoint than 24H@
mechanics involved. Comprehensive and personal feelings...
You can't go wrong with 24 Hour War -- it is an EPIC doc about Ferrari/Ford, interviewing Ferrari family, Ford family, the actual racers and
with Alfa, right up through the first post-war "Ferrari", the 125S, which was a giant slayer right out of the box. Enzo had a "head start".
Compared to Ferrari, starting from "scratch" -- Ferrari had been racing/winning for ~40 years at that point (including his pre-war days
"started", they spent an (estimated, so...) $500 million on the GT/Le Mans projects. And, IMHO, thank God they did.
Ferrari. Ford's entry into these races has been called the largest sum of money ever dumped at one time into racing. Wherever Ford
scorched a lot of the American racing series with his cars (especially the Daytona) and Carroll himself turned down an offer to drive for
Well, yeah -- that was the point of trying to buy Ferrari. Instead, they went largely with the Carroll Shelby program, who had just
You mean Henry Ford (the founder)? OK, sure. But it was Henry II that got into the tiff with Enzo in the '60s. Not the same guy.
wanted to dictate to Ferrari what races Ferrari had to participate in, and Enzo "didn't want to race at fucking Indianapolis"
One last thing -- the reason the negotiations broke down -- according to Ferrari's son and historians, and to the Fords, was because Ford
other USAM were cheating on their promise to stop participating in racing. Watch the 24 Hour War for a great documentary on this.
up to the point where Ford tried to buy Ferrari -- which was why Ford tried to buy Ferrari, to make up for the fact that Chevrolet and
survive the rigors of the 24 hr race. Not bad for starting from scratch. remember, US automakers had "voluntarily abandoned" racing right
The negotiations broke down in the spring of 1963. Ford won Le Mans in 1966, and the car was plenty fast in 1965, it just couldn't
"Too many hams"?! Is this a Kosher grocery store?
So... get a mop?
Well now I'm triggered.
#1 has "meme" right in it -- memeception!
Dog is my co-pilot
I'm late to the party, buuuut - studying gets easier the more you do it. You'll learn how you learn and become more efficient at it.
Was it your bra?
A superabundance of bad choices.
What is this, and how can I make the rest of my life about it? P. Griffin
Most exercise that dude's had in a while.
Where's her pussy hat?
I'm only on here occasionally, so pm me if it works! I hope you have some $ set aside for a prompt vet visit/treatment.