“I almost cut up the chassis to make a hot wheels dragster out of the Devin body. eval(ez_write_tag([[300,250],'barnfinds_com-medrectangle-3','ezslot_0',134,'0','0'])); If a desirable barn find is the closest a car buff gets to God, as Peter Egan said, then Tom Shaughnessy must be the Almighty’s riding mechanic right now. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. “What’s with you guys?” he wrote. Early Ferrari expert Hilary Rabb examined the car closely once Shaughnessy had bought it, and made a surprising discovery. It’s a good looking body, with what appears to be many colors of paint on it. This car’s been missing for forty-three years. First, I too remember the R&T P.S. Shaughnessy hopes to have a running, driving chassis as soon as next summer. The chassis is one of twenty-five 340 Americas built. I had literally never so much as heard his name much less read a single word he has written. The vented brakes should have told us. “I got tired of pushing it around my shop and built a wooden shelf to get it out of the way,” said the cheery Sanfilippo, a retired drag racer who used to run a blown, injected 1960s front-engine car. Sanfilippo thought it might be a prototype Devin SS and said he was really trying to sell the Devin body and just giving the frame away.
It’s a parralel tale to the oe Surrounding the Morrari In New Zealand. Love to hear about his motorcycle, musical, travel adventures. “While we were bidding, we deduced the car had to be between number 150 and number 260, based on the steering box and spring and shock locations,” Shaughnessy said. Copy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. New especially for this book are his introductions to each chapter - in each one Peter looks back with the benefit of hindsight to charm the reader some more. If you like cars, car culture, or something funny involving cars, than you will love this book. Welcome back. I do know this story and I’m very interested to see the eventual completetion. Mike Sanfilippo is a saint amongst the ferraroscenti. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published I had literally never so much as heard his name much less read a single word he has written. A really good book. thanks. Road & Track Peter Egan "At Large" (Road & Track), Peter Egan on the Road: America's favorite automotive writer stays off the interstate. I took my trailer and picked it up. You need that top shop not only to do the work, but to persuade the people with the rare parts this car needs to sell those parts. “I thought, how cool would it be to have a big-block, blown Ferrari drag car?”. RULES: No profanity, politics, or personal attacks.
Peter Egan rights another great column, in the August 1997 of Road Track, regarding “Cars of Atonement.” When I have time, I really should excerpt a more in-depth section of the piece, but he basically writes about who people in his circle, came about their love and passion for cars and pretty much all things automotive.
Of course Shaughnessy’s purchase price is just a down payment on what it will cost to restore 0202 A. thanks for another great read, Mr Cotter. I paid two hundred dollars over fifteen years ago and have no idea of how to restore it properly. Because it is an even-number chassis, this is a factory competition car, one of 475 made between 1948 and 1974, almost all of which are accounted for. In a story full of twists, both he and seller Mike Sanfilippo are delighted with the outcome of the auction and the seller plans to be on hand when the restored car is presented to the world. California collector Shaughnessy scored a genuine 1952 Ferrari 340 America Spider chassis this summer (2006) in a Frankfort, Illinois, garage sale. A correct body will follow. To say I did not know much about the author Peter Egan is an understatement. The Ferrari GTO (often referred to as Ferrari 288 GTO)(Type F114) is an exotic homologation of the Ferrari 308 GTB produced from 1984 to 1987 in Ferrari's Maranello factory, designated GT for Gran Turismo and O for Omologata (homologated in Italian). (A corruption of Cognoscenti if I may). with the Ferrari in the ditch.