1/18/09
Cavallino Road Trip: New York To Maryland
As I was planning this trip to Cavallino, my college roommate jumped at
the chance to come down with me. Rich and I are no strangers to driving
down I95 with one trip being a caravan to GA for Spring Break back when
we were at Pratt studying Photography together. With "hall passes"
secured, we got ready to head south.
photo R Faron
I got to Richard Garre's shop in the early afternoon and
picked up my car. It wasn't long before I found out my mechanical fuel
pump was not pushing enough fuel at certain rpms. What I thought was a
cold weather issue with the carburetors when I drove the car down to MD
several weeks ago was probably the fuel bowls running a little dry as
the pump was beginning to fail. By now, the car was stalling in traffic
unless I kept the electric fuel pump running. This required our first
unscheduled stop by the side of the road.
The electric fuel
pump on a Vintage Ferrari is really for two uses, one to prime the fuel
bowls when the car is first started, and second, to help keep fresh
fuel circulating to prevent vapor lock in hot weather. I don't think
it's really designed to run non stop for hundreds of miles, but it was
the only choice at this point if I wanted to make it to Cavallino.
We
arrived at Mark Dempsey's house just as Tom Kizer arrived with his
truck
and trailer. Mark had cold beer and a variety Maryland Crab delicacies
along with Mark's favorite bacon wrapped veggies and home made mashed
potatoes. This was our second big meal with the first one at my house
where my wife made a leg of lamb, baked squash and zucchini, and mashed
potatoes.
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