#16 On Ferrari, Part 1

#16 On Ferrari, Part 1

RPLA - City of Angels Michael Mann’s Ferrari movie positioned; as with Ford vs Ferrari, this will define, immortalize the story Big capacity ‘50s Ferrari V12 sports racing cars: the pinnacle automobile Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini At Maranello when Michael cliched 6th(?) F1 Championship Sponsor spot: Auxito LED Bulbs 15% discount code [https://www.auxito.com/discount/JONATHANSUMMERS?ref=aw30c7j8]: MOTORINGHISTORIAN Ferrari - My Terrible Joys / Brock Yates - Ferrari Why Ferrari never went to the races A bad marriage, an affair and a second family J’s visit to Linda Lardi’s village; the road up the hill from Maranello; J’s passion, driving in Ferrari’s wheeltracks Luigi Chinetti Stratovarius, Picasso, Ferrari Lifelovesexdeath: the 1957 Mille Miglia “Designing Emotion For Reactive Car Interfaces” [https://explorecourses.stanford.edu/search?q=ME+243%3A+Designing+Emotion%3A+for+Reactive+Car+Interfaces&view=catalog&filter-coursestatus-Active=on&academicYear=20192020] A Park Bench in Turin “I am one who has dreamed of what it is to be Ferrari” Ugo Sivocci The end of Ferrari’s race driving career Ferrari’s Memoir’s as therapy Collins, Hawthorn, Moss Nashville Pussy - Struttin’ Cock [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibSkQIELfQc] Formula 1, a sport which cannot exist without Ferrari Ferrari 412; the best sounding Formula 1 car? A flight with a Marketing manager R Hudson-Smith on the Ferrari 330 GT. The kind of Ferrari owner J wants to be. Ferrari’s three Ambitions Francesco Baracca [https://www.radiobunker.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/francesco-baracca.jpg] and the Ferrari badge Fred Kern, Blackhawk Museum [https://blackhawkmuseum.org/] Docent Sponsor Spot: Summers & Son Used Cars [https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?item=256434641975&rt=nc&_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l161211&_ssn=summersandsonusedcartrading] Italian Futurist Motoring Art [https://i.pinimg.com/originals/25/26/7d/25267dd87dda95f71f31f461fcfb28c2.jpg] “Cars bearing my own name” “For me, the racing car is like a son” From Modena to Maranello “I fell in love with the V12, and have never got divorced” “I have killed my mother” Ferrari callous? The death of Alberto Ascari.  D”Agostini bio of Giuseppe Farina, "Il Primo Iridator" Road car customers Pebble Beach-winning Roberto Rosselini Ferrari 375+, “The Perfect Storm of Provenance” The Mona Lisa car Ferrari’s role in the creation of Detroit Muscle Cars The North American Mille; Alain de Cadenet 4 wheel drifting Chassis #0625 “I am an Agitator of Men” Spotting a Columbo V12 vs a Lampredi V12. It's the plug location doncha know? 1988 Italian Grand Prix Identity vs Brand Values Saxon - Rock With Tommy Vance ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

#15 Neolithic Gixxers, German Power Metal, the 1000hp Sunbeam, Cale Yarborough, Jaguar Mk2s and a Screaming BMW M2

Warlock - Signs of Satan (intro) J’s exploration of the neolithic sites of southern England, by Gixxer Warlock - Signs of Satan (break) German power metal, Warlock, Doro Pesch, Scanner, Running Wild Warlock - Hateful Guy (intro) The Chronicles of Halvar and Clarence, another shameless plug for M and J’s Dungeons and Dragons novel Warlock - Hateful Guy (break) Musings on Rhetoric  Scorpions - Don’t Stop At The Top (intro) Musings on Remote Conferences  Just Go Drive [https://www.youtube.com/@justgodrive2809] and Jeremy Clarkson rip offs Clarkson/Wilman, Summers/Gammie, Beavis/Butthead M is uncomfortable with Clarkson or 44teeth [https://www.youtube.com/@FortyFourTeeth] as ugly Brits abroad 44teeth’s Baron von Grumble [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=725AG7bqfAg] and Mental Health The Right Turn On Red Is Threatened [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pedestrian-deaths-right-on-red-ban/] Warlock - Burning the Witches (intro) RIP Cale Yarborough 1979 Daytona 500 Nascar Legends Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Itoj-Zhhq4] Dale Jnr Podcast J’s discourse on Hooters (with hindsight it seems Hardees was the sponsor - whoops;-) JHS Racing, friends of 44teeth and Gixxer builder extrordinaire Over wheelieing the press Gixxer thou Monster Magnet - Dig That Hole (x2) The Bitcoin Spot ETF Is Approved [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bitcoin-etf-sec-approval-impact/] D.A.D. Makin’ Fun of Money M’s BMW M2 is a Lemon Chops Garage [https://www.youtube.com/@ChopsGarage], Car UK [https://www.youtube.com/@carukchannel] and the sub $5k used car market The Revival of the 1000HP Sunbeam - please donate [https://nationalmotormuseum.org.uk/home/sunbeam-1000hp-restoration-campaign/] Goodwood to Celebrate Can-Am in 2024 Scanner - Retaliation Positive The lawless grey area of the electric mountain (motor)bike Scanner - Grapes of Fear (break) Bird and Revel go busy Helmet laws Quartic steering wheels, Mr Silly and the Nonsense Cup [https://mrmen.fandom.com/wiki/Nonsenseland_Cup] M does not like the Volvo EX30, nor SUVs in general M does not think supercar performance is applicable for most EV buyers Lucid circling the plughole? Tesla Beta Testing on the Public Highway J’s tribute to the Jaguar Mk2: a properly fast car for 30 years Scanner - Grapes of Fear (outro) J and scratch built slot cars Scanner - Killing Fields (outro) ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

#14 Vans On Fire Down Steps Through Walls, Slayer, a Burnout on California Street and an Alfa 33 Rewilded

Special Guest Dinsmore Greep Slayer - Altar of Sacrifice c.2010 Mercedes Sprinter 2.2 litre turbo diesel, 5 speed manual In praise of Mercedes cruise control - stalk C.2015 Mercedes Sprinter Supermarket refrigerated delivery van, automatic M beats the governor with a neutral drop Sprinter vs. VW Crafter  A fiery Sprinter and a ten mile tail back on the A38 A fiery Ford Orion Slayer - The AntiChrist A Fiat Ducato, a lost crabstick and a Cornish dry stone wall  Slayer - Die By The Sword Dukes of Hazzard in a Citroen C35 [https://topworldauto.com/photos/Citroen/a9/39/33894_1977-citro-n-c35-camper-flickr-photo-sharing.jpg] Driving 7.5 ton trucks on a car license in England; U-haul rentals in the US Mercedes 308 [https://carbuyersbroker.com/files/09-2020/ad1411/mercedes-benz-1472480094_large.jpg] The white/work van “get out of the way” effect 2010 Fiat Ducato 2010 Renault Master VW Crafter, “shat nav”, and narrow Devon lanes “Floor it and get throught, that’ll be the answer” “At Dagenham and Dartford” A can of beer in a Ford Transit J’s brown ‘93 Ford Econoline [https://jonsummers.net/2016/02/scuderia-mugshots-5-1991-ford-van/] An unintentional burnout on California Street, San Francisco Judas Priest and Steel Panther in San Jose J’s bespoke fitting of a velour driver seat from the Econoline Chateaux A bachelor party LDV duallie [https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MzJYMzI=/z/Ba0AAOSwj85ZfuGv/$_86.JPG] taking up 8 parking places A Ginster’s pasty [https://cdn.bmstores.co.uk/images/hpcProductImage/imgFull/335553-ginsters-cornish-pasty-2pk.jpg] Early noughties Ford Transits - fast! Gated communities of Cornwall Slayer - Spirit In Black Turning in Driveways Memories of a Rental House in Reading; an Alfa 33 on the lawn; strimming the lawn   Greep’s Corsa VXR [https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/z/JdwAAOSwIddcJe2H/$_86.JPG] 125mph Mitsubishi M’s BMW M2, Nissan 350Z and Honda CBR600RR: fettling required Slayer - Behind the Crooked Cross A sidebar on Slayer Slayer - South of Heaven Vauxhall Cavalier SRi Peugeot 309 Gixxer and potholes M’s Fiesta ST Broken Throttle body Dio at the Hammersmith Odeon and Pee in the Radiator of a Ford Sierra Fixing Overheating by running the Heater Mad Max Falcon Ronin Audi S8 Sux 6000 (Robocop)  [https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/65573649_10157378704247402_1355556777436905472_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=7f8c78&_nc_ohc=TonCy3jE9dYAX9l8mf2&_nc_ht=scontent-sjc3-1.xx&oh=00_AfAqNYkANywlTUymoPSN-Q80MBjSkaRUyfNrphet70fCQQ&oe=657BB92D] Toyota Yaris and Corolla GR Greep experiences a Tesla BMW CE04 electric moped Revel (who have since left San Francisco) J needs 50mph, not 30mph from his e moped Slayer - I Don’t Want To Hear It ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

#13 Senna’s Excalibur, FrankenFerrari, Prius to Daytona, Lambos in Miami, “a Plastic Surgeon by trade” Cadaverous Collectors and three black Mercedes at Pebble Beach

A Florida Roadtrip;  A Prius Digression; J impressed by hybrid torque and 50mpg; Prius not impressed by J’s driving; Daytona Track Tour is worthwhile to see the banking’s steepness from the actual track; J drives where Dale Earnhardt met his end;  J’s recent Sprint Car research project - Midget racing in the bay area in the late 1940s/50s Hall of Fame Museum at Daytona; Campbell’s Bluebird; Marshall Teague’s “Fabulous” Hudson Hornet; Automotive sites in Daytona Beach - Smokey Yuinick’s shop, Marshall Teague’s shop Early Nascar and the rise of the SuperSpeedway; The North Turn Restaurant VINWiki Curated Lamborghini in Miami The Green Diablo Jota in the Kitchen 1981 Lamborghini Countach - the Monaco Grand Prix Pace Car The Estrella Warbirds Museum California History - Hunter-Gatherer societies and aeroplane graveyards  - the most awesome sprint car collection Motorhead - Deadmen Tell No Tales; Pebble Beach 2023 -  Structured a different way - first time in a decade didn’t watch the start of the tour; Stayed in Soledad - good roads but the distance an issue; The People Of Pebble Beach, and the McLaren Millenial crowd; If last year was McLarens this year it was lots of Rolls Royces; Familiarity makes them “less off-puttingly ostentatious” J has made his peace with the Cullinan The Yellow Crypto Lambo J is cynical about Audighini’s baked in understeer Iron Maiden - Sun and Steel Big day at RM; Lancia LC2 Manowar - And The Gods Made Heavy Metal 8 litre Bentley Siata RMs Barn Find Exhibit and the 1954 Mondial Exodus - Metal Command JDM at Pebble; but who are Spoon?; The white 90’s tuner Civic as a classic car;  Are drift cars attaining collectibility? Ratt - Dance Seeing the Quail show at the end of the day, while the cars are being loaded How Daimler and Benz came to merge in 1926 and the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, designed by Porsche Type o Negative - We Hate Everyone; Monterey Historic Races from Laguna Seca; Group C cars enjoyable from the Corkscrew; The build-up of Turns 3,4,5,and 6 - a rhythm and style which British club circuits lack. All like Copse Corner at Silverstone - simple fast, challenging; J loves Historic Formula 1; RIP Phil Reilly, Ford/Cosworth DFV Guru The Ragtime Racers,Classic car auctions as Performative Theatre Kreator - Grinder J’s new logistics for Pebble ‘23; the show itself remains the Best Car Show. But only until all the people arrive. A Beautifully Curated Balance of Cars. J particularly enjoyed Senna’s 1988 McLaren Formula 1 car. A fresh appreciation for Daimler Benz as the featured marque. Prong - Who’s Fist? J’s tribute to Don Williams, the man who wanted to “touch every car”, seller of the first $1m car, and the first $10m car; the origins of the Blackhawk Museum; Don said “I don’t like crap”, but J does!  Blackhawk Museum, jewelry store display case vs. J’s desire to tell rich stories around artifacts J appreciates Don for elevating cars to antiques Dope - You Spin Me 3 Awesome Black Mercedes - #1 - The Trossi Mercedes SSK owned by Ralph Lauren, J’s Best in Show, image car for this episode J’s tour for some Mercedes Benz visitors leading on how the concours works; pleasingly ended the tour on the winning car, #2 a black Mercedes 540k; 800 miles in two weeks in #3 my black ‘02 Mercedes E55 - great old car despite a cracked windshield; Cadaverous Collectors and the cars of Pebble as Avatar J’s favourite YouTuber of the moment - Car UK [https://www.youtube.com/@carukchannel] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

#12 Fighting the System in New England; Goodwood in Old England, "High 4" and Panteras Jumping off Trains

M’s Goodwood Festival of Speed report The Allure of the Metro 6R4 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yjsoB0mBuM] M on The Value of Being a Goodwood Member McLaren P1, Marlboro livery [https://s3.amazonaws.com/gt7sp-prod/livery/60/55/83/8359319798273835560_23.jpg] Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, a EV with gears, and the comedy touch in performance EVs Not racing, but burnouts and crashes on the hillclimb up Lord March’s drive J’s interest in Leyton House Cathedral - Hopkins, Witchfinder General A Nissan Altima rental J forgives the CVT, if indeed it has one The aggressive nose of the innocuous Altima [https://cars.usnews.com/static/images/Auto/custom/15107/2023_Nissan_Altima_Front_View_1.jpg] J wants to Fight The System in New England, don’t judge me by my flip-flops!!! An E-plate Aston Martin V8 Vantage at home in New England A cheap MG EV [https://www.mg.co.uk/new-cars/mg4-ev] - is this a milestone affordable-and-practical EV, as J thinks? J worries about the longevity of today’s EV cars Le Mans: the TV experience - J is impressed M moans about UK Formula 1 coverage, and the new Murray Walker, David Croft James Hunt and Martin Brundle Commentators Above Reproach J’s five minutes of Formula 1 in the last five years - Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton crash at Copse J doesn’t like Max M doesn’t like Red Bull M respects Adrian Newey Spa deaths at Eau Rouge / Radillon Door hits are always bad - Keith Odor, Mike Hawthorn The Halo on F1 Cars NASCAR Chicago street race; Shane van Gisbergen wins his first NASCAR race Type o Negative - These Three Things Automotive Storytelling - Fast Five. Panteras jumping off trains, Hokosuka Skylines in a Rio favella Celtic Frost - Dance Sleazy Mission Impossible bike stunt and movie review, including plot spoilers M recommends John Wick 4 for its Epic Imagery 3d botmaker [https://www.youtube.com/@3Dbotmaker]1:64 scale Hot Wheels diecast car racing updater The A-Team roll [https://youtu.be/ZgUBogpF-M8?si=o-3sUcKlng6oYepa&t=319] Fastest Hot Wheels castings; Sierra Cosworths, Nissan Maxima Wagons Practical Sportsbikes [https://www.practicalsportsbikesmag.co.uk/], the son of Performance Bikes magazine is dead. The End of Days for print media. M considers the tablet as a shareable alternative to magazines Quick Fire US road trip - $ no object what do you drive? Broadly T70 [https://drive-my.com/1969-lola-t70-replica-2015-broadley-t76/] The rental F250XL used for the Route 66 road trip discussed in Ep11 [https://shows.acast.com/the-motoring-historian/episodes/11-cricket-poker-gold-route-66-revisited-and-death-valley-wi] “High Four” is J’s new happy place An Epic Drift Best driving music? Metallica: short hair or long? ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.