Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A similar Ferrari exhibit is about to open down at the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, VA. Hmm... Roadtrip from NY to VA ? La Bella Macchina - http://www.chrysler.org/ferrari/index.html Harland On Friday, May 2, 2003, at 03:08 PM, Seth Rosner wrote: > Hello all: > > Completely off topic -mea culpa - to inform those luggites in the > northeast > corner of the U.S. that the Saratoga Automobile Museum tomorrow opens > a new > exhibit, Ferrari Roadburners. I was there early this morning when a > local > cable TV news channel did a short piece on the exhibit. The 1967 > Ferrari > 330/365 GTC that I bought in 1978 when it was just an old used sports > car > and I could afford it, is one of the cars on loan. For cognoscenti, > also on > exhibit are a 1949 Type 166 Barchetta, an F40, a 1962 type 250GT short > wheelbase, a Ferrari-engined Indy roadster prepared for Nino Farina, > then > World Champion, to run the Indy 500 in 1952, the 365GTB4 Daytona that > Dan > Gurney and Brock Yates drove during the first Cannonball Run, a 312 > PB, the > model that won the world sports car championship for Ferrari in 1972. > > It's a lovely exhibit and only a part of what is on display. One of the > Museum' missions is educating visitors on the automotive history and > heritage of New York State. Who knew, for example, that from the late > 19th > Century until World War II New York State was home to over 150 > automobile > manufacturers. Most were tiny, building fewer than 100 cars. But the > State > was the most important car producer until Henry Ford opened his first > plant > at River Rouge near Detroit. Worth a visit for car-lovers in the area. > > The Museum is having a black-tie Gala Dinner the evening of Friday 16 > May > that will be fun for anyone automotively inclined. Featured will be a > retrospective Ferrari reminiscence with Luig Chinetti, Jr., son of the > man > who back in 1949 persuaded Enzo Ferrari to build road-going cars to > support > his racing operation, Brock Yates and David E. Davis, two of the most > prominent Automotive writers in the U.S. > > For more info email me off-list or go to the Museum website: > www.saratogaautomuseum.com > > Seth LaK 9 > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html