1/3/08
Gearing Up for Cavallino
We were slowly completing the list of things to prep the Lusso for its
showing at Cavallino. Although François is basically retired
from showing cars, he cannot prevent his customers from taking their
cars to shows, so he finds himself reluctantly detailing cars for shows
again! I positioned a sticker for the air cleaner while it was still on
the paper backing, and carefully stuck it in place. How did it turn
out? You'll have to judge for yourself when you see it at Cavallino!
The windshield washer pump and correctly colored tubing was routed from
the washer bag to the squirters. The nipples on the washer pump were
broken off, so I spent some time trying to glue new nipples onto the
old pump. Finding a replacement pump would be nearly impossible, or
impossibly expensive!
Speaking of the details, François had an original Marelli
ballast resistor. It not only shows the correct color for these
resistors, but also shows a stamp that they had on the top of the
resistor.
After e-mailing Parker Hall at Kilimanjaro Designs, I found out he has
made the stamp to reproduce the lettering. We thought about making
these rubber stamps, but Parker has saved us the trouble!
I'm making plans to go to Palm Beach, Florida for the annual Cavallino
Event over the weekend of January 25th. The plan is to co-pilot a 365GT
2+2 from Maryland to Florida. Too bad we won't get extra points for
driving, but if any road grime is still on the car by Saturday, we'll
wear it with pride!!
If you are attending this event, please come down to the track at
Moroso on Friday at 2 pm to meet at the "Rest Pavilion." I hope to meet
some old friends, and meet some new ones by putting some names to faces
at the track.
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