8/21/07
San Carlos Collector
After my visit with relatives in Sunnyvale, I was headed back to LA to
fly home. I found out that Tom had left a car down in Monterey so he
could drive his Toyota home, so I offered him a lift back down the
coast.
I stopped by Tom's warehouse to find he already had the hood up on the
Toyota trying to figure out the cooling issues. Either not enough air
is getting through the radiator in stop and go traffic, or his radiator
is clogged. I'm sure he'll figure it out soon.
Among his collection of cars, he had this very nice 330GTC. He's
offered to drive this car down to Monterey with me if I fly into San
Jose next year. It's an offer I may not be able to refuse!
Tom's in the process of moving into, and setting up this warehouse for
his collection of cars, so things were a little in disarray.
As we started talking about the differences between Vintage Ferraris, I
noticed something I did not know with a 365GTC. The 365GTC looks very
similar to a 330GTC, but with the subtle difference of two extractors
mounted on the hood, but I was surprised to find this 365GTC to have a
cable operated clutch. Looking at the cast aluminum pedal assembly
mounted to the firewall, I could see the empty space next to the
steering shaft where the clutch master would normally mount.
Looking at the 330GTS, I found the usual three fluid reservoirs where
two are for the brake master, and the third one for the clutch.
I guess there must have been a change in the 365 engine that required a
cable operated clutch linkage as this 365GT 2+2 had the same set up as
the 365GTC. Anyone have any insight?
Tom and I had lunch in Monterey before I drove the 5 hours south to LAX
for my red-eye home. If I were better at planning things, I could have
eliminated the long drive, but it was a good way to decompress from a
hectic several days. Besides, if I don't think I could have planned
such a varied and interesting visit to Monterey if I tried!
Getting home, I had less than week to prepare my car for the National
Ferrari Club of America Meet in Watkins Glen!
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