[DeTomaso] Ferrari 308 roominess (was F1 Experience)

[Kirby Schrader]

Nah... Unfortunately, the 308 disappeared...
He's regretted it for years...
:-)




On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 2:44 PM, <larry at ohiotimecorp.com> wrote:

> <<He doesn’t have it anymore>>
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> The wife??
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> Larry (no more) - Cleveland
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> On Thu Dec 12 19:03 , Kirby Schrader  sent:
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> >Nope. It was definitely a 308… A GTB, I think.I shall check with the
> owner!:-)Well, he used to own it… and
> then he got married and then he had kids and well…He doesn’t have it
> anymore.:-)
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> >On Dec 12, 2013, at 18:01, Gray Gregory <rgg at gregorycook.com> wrote:Or
> is it possible Kirby is talking about
> a 308 GT4? They had a little back seat so it would stand to reason that
> the seat might not go back as far?
> Kirby what say you? Gray From: MikeLDrew at aol.com [mailto:
> MikeLDrew at aol.com]Â
> >Sent:Â Thursday, December 12, 2013 9:07 AM
> >To:Â Gray Gregory;Â kirby.schrader at gmail.com
> >Cc:Â michael at michaelshortt.com;Â detomaso at poca.com
> >Subject:Â Re: Ferrari 308 roominess (was F1 Experience)Â
> >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.Â
> 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.
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> >I would suggest that the 308 Kirby tried had 'issues' and the seat wasn't
> all the way back.
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> >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.
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> >Mike
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