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Volume 3, Issue 3 - April/May 1996

Published: April 1, 1996

A Shining Event at Ogner Motorcars

for those of you that did not attend the "wash and wax" event on february 24th, hosted by mike lederman of ogner ferrari and conducted by mr. bob mcgaha of mequiar?s, you missed a truly informative happening. we had another great turn-out of over thirty members who learned about proper care of the paint on their ferraris. bob started with the line up of products this fine california firm produces from cleaners to polishes to paste and liquid waxes. as well he explained the differences and their uses; from how to wash your car with their "hi-tech wash" to what towels (cotton-bath) for polishing and the newest and best all purpose product of them all, "medallion" premium polish-wax.

he admits that most of us with cars that don?t get left out in the weather and that receive well above average care don?t need the restoration of cleaner-polishes and then waxes. the new medallion meets all of those requirements for a paint job that is in good condition. further it is easily applied and removed. for those of you that want to add that extra concours finish he continues to suggest the use of our old friend "number 7 glaze" as a finishing touch. one more product that really stands out is what we have all been using to wipe our cars off just before the judge comes by. it has been known as "final inspection" or newly named as "quik detailer" mist and wipe. what a great idea. this mist enhances gloss and protection between waxing for fast touchups on all paint finishes.

bob mcgaha at ogner fca members look on as bob mcgaha talks about the tools and products to use when waxing your ferrari.

bob went on to demonstrate the use of orbital buffers and the application of polishes. he had many suggestions on how to prepare your car for show through the use of detailing brushes and applicator pads.

mcgaha with buffer bob shows the proper use of an orbital buffer on a black ferrari at ogner motorcars.

my suggestion to you is try the wonderful line of mequiar?s products - chances are your professional shop already is and secondly watch these pages as we are planning another event for bob "the wax wizard" to impart on us his knowledge of restorative powers.

again - thanks to mike lederman and eric steven?s of ogners for the brunch and an impromptu tech session on maintenance of the valve train and the need for "checking your shims" regularly. they?re the pros. see them for all contemporary and vintage service.

FCA Track Event at Buttonwillow

the first track event at the cal club?s new buttonwillow raceway park on april 6th and 7th saw lots of attrition. by sunday afternoon many of the competitors had either had mechanical breakdowns or had gone home to spend easter with their families. fca southwest region members doug ota and doug hayashi both fell into the latter category. but the club remained represented by denise stillman in her 328 gts and roger moore in his testarossa. marv landon was also there, running his 348 ts in the intro group.

the new track is great. located just west of bakersfield, it is only a 2 hour drive from la and combines the best of many past and current courses, such as riverside and phoenix. with a total length of over 3 miles, the track has been designed so that it can be run in many configurations, in either clockwise or counter-clockwise direction. this makes numbering the turns a bit troublesome. the april event was run in configuration #14 clockwise, resulting in a 2.8 mile distance that is fun, fun, fun.

it is a driver?s course, with 21 distinct turns. lots of shifting and braking, unlike willow springs which is more flat-out.

the course has a little bit of everything: turn 1 is a moderately tight 90 degree left hander, turns 2 and 3 are a tough to master combination of a left-hand kink immediately before the track?s tightest right-hand increasing-radius hairpin. this leads to another combination, this time right then left and then an elevation change as you charge up the hill to a right hander at the crest. coming down you can?t forget about the mild right hand kink or you?ll run out of track as you head into the back straight. once there, you?ll experience a slight kink as you reach your highest speeds and head into the right hand "lemans" sweeper, a high speed turn that brings you to a slight left hander. from there you head up hill to the "magic mountain", a very tricky little hill that turns right at the crest. if you don?t have the car pointed in the right direction here you?ll be going ?round and ?round when the suspension unloads. get it right, though, and you?ll feel like you?re flying as you come down into the left hand kinks at the bottom. after a short straight you?ll be turning right into a sweeping little turn that you have to do properly in order to be setup so that you can power under full throttle through the tight and exhilarating "esses", a right, left, right, left, right, left series of turns that make you feel like an f1 driver in a long set of chicanes. coming out of the last one you?ll really be moving and the very challenging left hand 90 degree turn onto the front straight will seem like it approaches in no time.

buttonwillow map track configurations at buttonwillow.

there it is: one lap of configuration #14 clockwise at buttonwillow raceway park. can?t wait to try it, can you? well, you?ll have to wait until next year because you missed this year?s one and only buttonwillow track event. now that the track is fully operational, i suspect you?ll see a lot more of our events there next year. who knows, maybe we?ll even add another one to this year?s schedule if you promise to come out and give it a try.

denise took the win in the new ferrari-only class with roger moore picking up second place honors and the 6 points that go with them. denise?s win, combined with her fourth place finish is the first event, puts her in the points lead for the 1996 fca southwest region championship. after two events the standings are:

denise stillmanjoel quaidarthur trejoroger mooreneil miller
official fca southwest championship standings
driverwillowbwtotal
31013
10010
606
066
404
results from fca/alfa time tr

Upcoming Events

for a complete list of the year's events, see the calendar of events.

le cercle concours d?elegance

le cercle concours d?elegance was founded in 1955 by a handful of enthusiasts with a common interest, the love of motor cars. the group evolved from meetings at each other?s homes to sunday brunches to a formal concours event.

in 1959 the moneys from these concours were donated to a charitable group. throughout the years, hundreds of thousands of dollars have been gathered for the benefit of various charitable organizations in southern california. in this tradition, le cercle is proud to join the city of hope national medical center in this 29th annual invitational concours d?elegance for 1996. this is always a great concours which benefits a worthy cause ? the city of hope national medical center.

however, this year?s show is special because the featured marque is ferrari and the show is honoring bob estes as car collector of the year. also, the event will be at a new location this year ? loyola marymount university, located at loyola boulevard at west 80th street in westchester. to get there from the 405, take the howard hughes parkway offramp. take howard hughes parkway to sepulveda, turn left on sepulveda to 80th street and turn right on 80th to loyola blvd.

our own board member, shin takei is vice president of the le cercle concours program and is very active in assuring that this will be a phenomenal show for our cars.

all cars, regardless of age, may be displayed but only cars 20 years or older are eligible for judging. the exhibitor entry fee is only $25. completed entry forms must be submitted by may 23rd. for an entry form or more information about judging and entry please call fred bogardus at (310) 410-1022 or shin takei at (310) 471-0600.

there will be classes for ferrari, antique and horseless carriage, british sports to 1976, classic open 1925-1948, classic closed 1925-1948, pre-war european, post-war european to 1976, pre-war rolls royce and bentley, post-war rolls royce and bentley to 1976, mercedes-benz to 1976, porsche to 1976, corvette to 1976, mustang to 1976, cobra/shelby/tiger, thunderbirds to 1976, pre-war ford, post-war ford to 1976, italian sports to 1976, cadillac to 1976, america sports car, special interest to 1976, sports utility?, woodies, hot rods, muscle cars, race cars, motorcycles, and exhibition only.

so, even if you don?t bring your ferrari to the show, you?ll probably want to attend as a spectator. you?re sure to see many interesting cars and you?ll be helping out the city of hope at the same time. see you there.

mark dee's santa paula indy event and train ride

in the tradition of the late, lamented spring picnics at hampton canyon ranch, which were hosted for the ferrari owner?s club by mark dees from 1972 to 1987, ferrari owners are invited to come again to santa paula on sunday, may 26, 1996 under the auspices of the fca southwest region.

those of you who were there last year are familiar with the casual, fun, family-oriented format of the modern incarnation of these wonderful events.

last year ferraris were there in many shapes, sizes, and colors. on the v-12 front we had michael yedor?s red 250gt lusso, judd goldfeder?s silver 330 gtc, a red 330 gt 2+2, cy yedor?s blue 365 gtc/4, jeff littrell?s red 365 gtc/4, and a green 456 gt that stopped by for a while in the afternoon. flat 12s were represented by claudio szyszkowski?s red 512 bb and tom brockmiller?s silver 512 tr. v8s included marshall lieb?s gold 308 gt4, a mondial cabriolet, and many 308s and 328s, all red. we hope to see yours this year also.

either drive up on your own or participate in a ride and drive from one of our three departure locations. the destination will be the historic downtown area?s 1887 train depot, the location for many railroad film scenes like those in "chaplin" and "the t

A Rare Glimpse at Some Rare Cars

on saturday, march 23rd, don weber opened up his private collection for viewing by members of the fca southwest region. this fabulous collection of cars is not opened up very often, so we were indeed privileged to get a glimpse of "ferraiana" that is don?s private collection.

the cars are mostly ferraris, from an f40 to a collection of vintage indy cars and midgets, and the cars are all displayed "museum" style in don?s personalized building. among the cars is a delightful array of model cars and photos of don?s involvement with racing, with the ferrari factory, and with luigi chinetti, who was a personal friend. there are also posters, racing memorabilia, and framed correspondence with enzo ferrari. of course, the bar is something to behold also!

weber?s ferraris weber?s ferraris

don was gracious enough to cater brunch, and the italian omelettes were the greatest! while we were there, don had vintage indy races playing on the vcr! his stories of his relations with the ferrari factory are legend, as he has purchased many of his ferraris direct from maranello (when one was able to do that).

weber?s indycarsof course, it isn't all ferraris.

we are most grateful to don and his caterer for setting up a superb meeting!

Oldtimer's Corner - Real Cars and Fakes... And Shades of Gray

by: ed niles

i remember an old-time mechanic from my youth who was fond of saying, "anything man can build, man can rebuild." well, yes, but it might involve a fair share of the national debt! to put it another way, it?s fairly inexpensive to build a car on an assembly line, even a modest assembly line such as ferrari used in the early days. but it would take a fortune to build that car from scratch!

that having been said, it also needs to be said that, in the italian way of doing things, building the body was not the most expensive part of the proposition. a car could be "re-bodied" in italy, in the old days, for as little as $1,500.00! for instance, in an earlier episode, i told you about the two "nembos" both bearing serial number 1777 gt. those cars were simply ferraris that had had the old bodies removed (perhaps after a wreck) and new bodies built and installed. this was not a terribly expensive project.

american tom meade, who lived in modena in the 60?s, was responsible for quite a few of these re-bodies. these were legitimate cars, bearing (for the most part) serial numbers from the original car. they were not purporting to be anything they were not: an older ferrari with a newer body.

the "re-body" game probably started as way to make a usable car out of a piece of junk. but as the older ferraris became more and more valuable in the 70?s and 80?s, the game took on a different complexion. an example is the series of "fake" 250 gto?s built by william favre of france. these cars started with frames from prosaic models such as 250 gte 2+2?s, the frames were shortened, the engines were moved rearward and modified for dry sump, and completely re-bodied to replicate a 250 gto. although a ferrari expert could easily tell the difference, to the lay person?s eye, they were dead-on ringers. in fact, they were so good that the ferrari factory brought suit against favre, obtaining an injunction restraining him from further production of these models. the factory no doubt felt that the potential for deception was simply too great.

as a matter of fact, the favre gto?s were built in the giordanengo shop, in cuneo, italy, south of milano. while these cars were being built, someone sent me a photo taken inside the shop of giordanengo, and i was interested to see a 250 gt california spyder in the photo. it seems that a california spyder on our east coast had burned to the ground, and after the owner collected on his insurance, the burned-out chassis was sent to giordanengo?s shop. eventually, a 250 gt california spyder emerged, bearing that same serial number. but oddly enough, the original burned-out chassis remained in the shop. so the question becomes that of whether any of the original parts ended up in the rebuilt car.

this, boys and girls, is where we get into an area of great difficulty. and this is but one example. for instance, many years ago, i purchased a wrecked 250 gt berlinetta, serial no. 0647 gt, that my friend peter helm had managed to roll over in a fit of pique. i sold off all the usable parts, and the bare chassis frame remained at a friend?s shop for years. when i was selling parts, i sold the engine to dick merritt, then i closed the book on that particular project. at the expense of a lot of work, i had turned $1,000.00 into $2,000.00. i swore i would never do it again.

but years later, i received a call from someone dying to find the original chassis frame. i couldn?t remember what happened to it, nor could the mechanic at the shop where it had rested, nor could the mechanic who ended up buying that shop. we simply didn?t know. but by then, the frame was valuable enough that it warranted some effort. in desperation, i visited a hypnotist, but even the help of a third party couldn?t dredge up the memory of what happened to the frame.

recently, (wouldn?t you know it?) i received an inquiry from europe, asking about the legitimacy o

Physics of Racing - Part 9: Straights

by: brian beckman

we found in part 5 of this series, "introduction to the racing line," that a driver can lose a shocking amount of time by taking a bad line in a corner. with a six-foot-wide car on a ten-foot-wide course, one can lose sixteen hundredths by ?blowing? a single right-angle turn. this month, we extend the analysis of the racing line by following our example car down a straight. it is often said that the most critical corner in a course is the one before the longest straight. let?s find out how critical it is. we calculate how much time it takes to go down a straight as a function of the speed entering the straight. the results, which are given at the end, are not terribly dramatic, but we make several, key improvements in the mathematical model that is under continuing development in this series of articles.

the mathematical model for traveling down a straight follows from newton?s second law: f=ma (eq 1) where f is the force on the car, m is the mass of the car, and a is the acceleration of the car. we want to solve this equation to get time as a function of distance down the straight. basically, we want a table of numbers so that we can look up the time it takes to go any distance. we can build this table using accountant?s columnar paper, or we can use the modern version of the columnar pad: the electronic spreadsheet program.

to solve equation 1, we first invert it: a=f/m. (eq 2)

now a, the acceleration, is the rate of change of velocity with time. rate of change is simply the ratio of a small change in velocity to a small change in time. let us assume that we have filled in a column of times on our table. the times start with 0 and go up by the same, small amount, say 0.05 sec. physicists call this small time the integration step. it is standard practice to begin solving an equation with a fixed integration step. there are sometimes good reasons to vary the integration step, but those reasons do not arise in this problem. let us call the integration step dt. if we call the time in the i-th row ti, then for every row except the first, dt = ti - ti-1 = constant. (eq 3)

we label another column velocity, and we?ll call the velocity in the i-th row vi. for every row except the first, equation 2 becomes: equation 4 (eq 4).

we want to fill in velocities as we go down the columns, so we need to solve equation 4 for vi. this will give us a formula for computing vi given vi-1 for every row except the first. in the first row, we put the speed with which we enter the straight, which is an input to the problem. we get: vi = vi-1 + dt f/m (eq5).

we label another column distance, and we call the distance value in the i-th row xi. just as acceleration is the rate of change of velocity, so velocity is the rate of change of distance over time. just as before, then, we may write: equation 6. (eq 6)

solved for xi, this is: xi = xi-1 + dt vi (eq 7)

equation 7 gives us a formula for calculating the distance for any time given the previous distance and the velocity calculated by equation 5. physicists would say that we have a scheme for integrating the equations of motion.

a small detail is missing: what is the force, f? everything to this point is kinematic. the real modeling starts now with formulas for calculating the force. for this, we will draw on all the previous articles in this series. let?s label another column force, and a few more with drag, rolling resistance, engine torque, engine rpm, wheel rpm, trans gear ratio, drive ratio, wheel torque, and drive force. as you can see, we are going to derive a fairly complete, if not accu

Buying an Older Ferrari - Part 6

by: chris kantarjiev

last month chris and pat were spending a restless night in texas waiting for the banks to open and parts to arrive so that they could close the deal on the object of their desire -- 330 gt 2+2 s/n 9161.

tuesday. we dawdle over breakfast, show up at junior?s late morning. the owner is expected in town around 1:30. we hang out, trying not to be in the way and not be too obviously nervous. however, there are only so many times you can read the same old faf and automotion catalogs. there?s a 250gt engine apart in the next room, waiting for some parts to come back from the machine shop, and i stare at that for a while. sigh.

the owner finally shows up at 5:30. it?s too late to call my bank to do the transfer, doesn?t matter, he has a file of papers and an extra set of keys on the original fob, unused. he says, sure, go ahead and start working on it, these folks want to get home! but first he shows us what he?s brought and tells us a couple of stories about the car.

first he pulls out a leather folder. it?s just a simple stationery set, except that it has a cavallino rampante embossed in gold on it. "dr. manicardi said i was paying $1000 for the car - the rest was for this folder." in it is the original owner?s manual, the warranty, the dealer list, the instructions for the blaupunkt radio - everything.

next he pulls out a photo - of him, and the car, and mac, and a klm jet plane. ok, so that wasn?t just a story.

330 on klm jet 330 gt 2+2 s/n 9161 in italy as it is loaded up for shipment to america in the late sixties. standing near the car are the original owner and dr. manicardi. (remember from the january issue: supposedly the owner knew that klm was about to institute direct flights from rome to new york, and he knew someone at klm. so he arranged for the car to be shipped direct - it was the first piece of freight off the first klm flight. apparently it was shipped free of charge, for the publicity.).

then he tells a slightly different version of the story involving the catholic church: it?s largely the same except no mention of the spanish royal family, the owner?s assistant (mac) is the one with a good connection in the church, and the owner went to rome looking to get a discount on the car. the end is much the same, he paid his deposit, got a 5% discount and picked up the car later.

"but you know, i always wondered a little about why mac knew this guy in rome, and why he negotiated a discount for a stranger. years later, i found out that mac wasn?t just working for me - he was really working for the cia. and the fellow at the church was a married man, but, well, he?d been indiscreet. and the cia had photographs. so when mac said ?jump?, he didn?t even bother to ask ?how high??".

the other story he told was of chasing a miura on the autostrada. (this actually seems rather unlikely, since the first miura was delivered in march of 1967, and by then 9161 was already back in houston - but it could have been a different lamborghini, or one of the two 330 gtcs that this guy also owned...) "i saw him off in the distance, i was doing a good 130 or so, and thought i?d try to catch him. as i got closer, i noticed that he was putting out some puffs of exhaust and not going very smoothly; i figured it was vapor lock, because it was a hot day. i had switched on the aux fuel pump earlier. anyway, i just put my foot down, and flew by him at 150. boy did he look upset."

the owner goes away. junior and pat and i run up to hi-lo, the local pep boys equivalent, and get some gunk and head over to the car wash. two cans later, we can see the suspension and the front of the engine again.

we take the file of papers with us that evening. receipts from about 1968 on. lots of documentation about the dropped va

Ferrari Challenge Series Demos Well

the ferrari challenge held its demonstration event at moroso in february and they were two of the most exciting ferrari challenge races ever!

sixteen cars were at moroso to "tune up" for the 1996 season and qualifying on saturday produced a close field. there were six f355s in the field: not only was 1995 f355 champion peter sachs driving one of the new steeds, but challenge veterans steve earle, paul frame and scott neuman have also moved up to f355s. they were joined by new series drivers carlos hank sr. and jim mccormick. one was unable to start due to a mechanical problem (bob zinzell in the "no fear no deer" car) but the other nine 348s produced quite a show as well. jim kenton, rick jones, curt carlson, and tom murphy are back from 1995, but there?s quite a crop of new drivers with 348s. carlos hank jr. was runinning his first race ever, and was joined by jim place, john gillespie, neal heffron, and kevin crowder.

"top qualifying" - a new procedure giving each driver one lap to improve his best qualifying time - produced a new pole-sitter. paul frame did one real flyer and was on pole for the first race, ahead of peter sachs and steve earle. tom murphy edged jim kenton for the 348 pole, but carlos hank jr. was close behind.

in the first race steve earle took the lead from the front row of fram and sachs, but a minor off-course excursion dropped him back to third. neither frame nor sachs put a wheel wrong, but frame was uncatchable, and took the win. both tom murphy and jim kenton had problems, and carlos hank jr. took the 348 class victory. jim place and kurt carlson joined hm on the podium.

the grid for the second race was set from the results of the first, so paul frame and peter sachs again headed the field. this time, though, steve earle made his pass stick, and took the win ahead of frame and sachs, carlos hank jr. led every lap in the 348 class, and again was the victor; two wins in his first two races! jim place was again second and kurt carlson took third after a race-long dice with john gillespie.

the moroso event was indeed a demonstration: the number of new drivers, new depth in the 355 class, new winners, and close racing all through the field demonstrated that the 1996 ferrari challenge season should be the best yet.

it?s official!

the ferrari challenge is going to be a support race for the 1996 canadian grand prix, at the circuit gilles villeneuve in montreal. there should be a lot of interest in this event ? a chance to race on the same track with the ferrari formula one cars! the date is june 14-16.

a package has been arranged for ferrari customers. for the price of $750.00 this package will include hospitality at the track among the f1 drivers for three days, breakfast and lunches, grandstand tickets for three days, and parking assignments. please contact candice spikes at ferrari north america (201) 816-2620 if you are interested.

this just in!?.

march 31, 1996, the ferrari challenge championship kicked off the 1996 season at homestead motorsports complex in miami, fl.homestead,

paul frame seemed to have the pole locked up but during the "top qualifying" session steve earle improved his time by over 6/10 of a second to take the top starting spot. steve earle won the first race from the pole but that overlooks any number of battles on the track. paul frame was more than competitive until a broken water pump and resultant overheating caused him to dnf (he would drive car #1 in the second race). scott neuman started thrid on the grid but fell to near the back of the pack and then came through the field to get back to third by the end (setting fast lap in the process). carlos hank jr. continued his winning streak by taking the 348 class win.

gridding for the second race is determined by finish position from the first so earle was on pole with peter sachs second and neuman third. the number two spot must have been j

New Wind Tunnel for Ferrari

on april 15th in maranello, president luca di montezemolo presented the plans for the new wind tunnel which will be used to produce the aerodynamic shapes of ferrari road and competition cars of the twenty first century. designed by the architect renzo piano and built at maranello by the dioguardi company, it is situated in an area housing new parts of the company. the new wind tunnel will be ready at the end of this year and operational in the first few months of 1997.

"ferrari faced the necessity of having a wind tunnel capable of responding fully to the demanding needs of developing formula 1 cars and grand tourers," said montezemolo. "we chose therefore to use the most advanced technology at our disposal with an architectural structure that would constitute an innovative landmark at maranello. we entrusted the project to renzo piano with the intention of showing, as we do with our cars, the high-technology approach that ferrari adopts, linked to a coherent beauty of design. to achieve this we linked together three components: an architecture that reflects the italian character in the relationship between form and function and a reflection of the cultural roots of the company; a company at the cutting edge of the construction business, not just in terms of quality but also in terms of its respect for the environment; and finally the town of maranello. ferrari wished to present it with a strong sign that identified the company with the area in which it was born and continues to grow."

the architect piano explained that the wind tunnel was a very big project in which would evolve a sort of technical melting pot which would open the way to the new ferrari. "ferrari was born in the heart of the country," continued piano. "just as it did fifty years ago, the ferrari of the year 2000 will respect its environment; frugality and craftsmanship mixed with sophisticated technical research and quality."

the specifically technical aspects of the installation will be undertaken by the specialist german company, tlt. the wind tunnel will be able to use 65 percent scale models of f1 cars(twice the size of the current one which has a one third scale capacity) with a rolling road speed of over 250 kmh, while full scale models can be run at up to 150 kmh. the platform which accommodates the models will be capable of rotation in order to simulate all types of set-up and movement: roll, yaw, pitch, steering and dynamic forces.

Derek John Hill wins Barber Dodge Series

derek john hill's victory on april 20 at sears point wraps up the barber dodge western race series championship, adding the second racing championship to his career. this first, of course, was derek's win in the ferrari challenge last year.

derek derek john hill on the grid in his barber dodge.

derek is one hotshoe! son of 1961 formula 1 champion (and club member) phil hill, derek is just getting his racing career of the ground. given the obstacles any young person faces in attempting to make a career in auto racing, including learning the craft of driving and the art of recruiting the all-important sponsors, derek john needs help and exposure to get a leg up on the competition. we'll help him all we can.

Classified Ads

for sale: daytona spyder leather pouch and all books from my old 1971 spyder (perfect condition). also two maserati motorcycles (fully restored). michael lederman (310) 251-9263.

for sale: 1985 308 gtsi qv s/n 53165. "last year of the 308" mint condition, 42k miles. red/tan, california car, no rust. sony 10 cd changer, am/fm , alarm, new battery, phone, tool kit, all receipts and manuals, good leather. new tires and brakes, 30k mile belt change and service, 2nd owner never been hit, driven daily. $45k obo. must sell - moving out of state. bill (818) 841-7129 - leave message.

for sale: ferrari models. your favorite ferrari in scale at a very favorable price. handbuilt or diecast models plus unbuilt kits in a variety of scales. call/fax/write for new expanded list. chuck jordan p/o box 8330, rancho santa fe, ca 92067 (619) 759-9227. fax (619) 759-1301.

for sale: parting out unfinished, disassembled ferrari 308 hot rod project. includes complete unwrecked 1975 308 gt4 with both 2v and 4v engine parts (many new); 4v heads; dry sump block;new 4v race cams; factory 308 quick-change trasfer case; 16" wheels; gt4 eurospec parts; carbon fibre front spoiler; and much more. list ready soon, in meantime state needs. also for sale: '47 lincoln v12 coupe; '57 de soto hemi sedan; '64 buick riviera gran sport; mint '87 buick trubo coupe w/ duttweiler extras (fast!). call mark l. dees (805) 529-2973, fax 529-0947.

for sale: framed limited edition print of yellow 275 gtb. purchased at the 1987 ferrari show for $500. artist: jay kona (signed and embossed by artist). mounted with double mat gray on yellow in 34" by 22" gloss black frame. edition 57/250. mint condition. color photo upon request. inquiries to: brian tracy, p.o. box 67511, los angeles, ca 90067. (310) 449-1577.

for sale: ferrari models: your favorite ferrari in scale at a very favorable price. handbuilt or diecast models plus unbuilt kits in a variety of scales. call/fax/write for new expanded list. chuck jordan, p.o. box 8330, rancho santa fe, ca 92067. (619) 759-9227, fax (619) 759-1301.