[DeTomaso] Ferrari 308 roominess (was F1 Experience)

[michael at michaelshortt.com]

It's like a Motorcycle, you can ride my bike if I can ride your girlfriend.

That's the best scene in the first episode of SOA, they come out of a store,
dude is sitting on Jax's bike, he gets a solid knuckle sandwich as a
removal tool.

Michael


On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 2:36 PM, LS <lashdeep at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have admit that I've done that before.
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> A less than likeable acquaintance tried to jump into the Pantera after a
> friend was driving it around.
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> He wasn't overly tall (under 6ft), but luckily about 30 lbs overweight,
> and couldn't comfortably fit in between the steering wheel and race seat
> bolster.
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> "Sorry, seat is not adjustable."
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> LS
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>  *From:* Mike Drew <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
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> *To:* Kirby Schrader <kirby.schrader at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* Panteras <detomaso at poca.com>; Melanie Disco <
> michael at michaelshortt.com>; Gray Gregory <rgg at gregorycook.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 12, 2013 1:38 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: [DeTomaso] Ferrari 308 roominess (was F1 Experience)
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> I think he just knew you well enough that he didn't want you to drive it!
> :)
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> Mike
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Dec 12, 2013, at 10:27, Kirby Schrader <kirby.schrader at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> This may have been the case, but he insisted the seat was all the way
> back....
> The car was new, too...
> :-)
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> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 9:06 AM, <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:
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> In a message dated 12/12/13 5 32 34, rgg at gregorycook.com writes:
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> Unfortunately a lot of exotic sports cars are too small for us tall guys;
> although I had a 308 and don’t remember it being that bad. In fact my
> recollection is that it was roomier than my Pantera, but it’s been a long
> time ago so my memory could be questionable…
>
>
> >>>I drove your Ferrari 308 from Texas to California to deliver it to new
> (and current) owner Rick Moseley.  Your recollection is correct.  They have
> quite a bit more room than a Pantera inside, and are certainly more
> comfortable.  I'm six feet tall and had to have the seat several clicks
> forward of the rearmost position to be seated correctly.
>
> I would suggest that the 308 Kirby tried had 'issues' and the seat wasn't
> all the way back.
>
> I've seen the 308 that was used in Magnum PI; they had to cut the floorpan
> and bolt the seat to the floor and Tom Selleck was still never really 'in'
> that car; his head stuck out through the top and there is no way they could
> fit the roof on.
>
> Mike
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