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Posts Tagged ‘ferrari’

An Unbelievable Story About Cars And Tires

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

Cruising in your brand new Bentley, you end up with a flt tire. When you bought this beauty of a car you decided to save some dough and not get the spare. Also to save a dime you opted out of your car insurance’s road side assistance. What to do, what to do.

So should you hitch a ride from the next nice guy to pass by or just huff it for 25 miles to the nearest tire store and hope for a ride back? Also, the nearest phone is at the very least 20 mile away since you were out cruising your M5 on the open road with out a care in the world.

You reach into your the pocket of your Gucci shorts only and whip out your fancy iPhone 5 that you purchased from your local tech friend before it was even released. Having spent hours on your favorite iPhone app, Fruit Ninjas, your realize your battery is completely zonked. Not to mention you have no signal because you decided to save a buck by going with AT&T as your carrier.

So you push your thumb out into the air and begin your 20 mile hike to the closest phone booth. Couple cars pass by a BMW, then a Buick, Ferrari and a Chevrolet. Not two minutes into your walk a car comes to an ear piercing stop just inches from your leg. As you spin and look at the driver of the Aston Martin, you see the craziest old man you have ever set eyes on. He is grinning from ear to ear and if he had three teeth you would be shocked.

“Looks like someone needs a tire” he sounded in the oddest Scottish accent you have ever laid ears on. “Umm yes I do” you reply.

The trunk pops opened as the wild man says “Those tires are $400 a piece” When you walk to peer into the trunk you are amazed to see the exact tire size on the perfect rim to fit your needs.

Is it odd that this crazy old guy has the very tire size and rim that you happen to need at this exact moment on this exact stretch of highway? And for $400 which happens to be the very amount you carry in your man purse on a day in day out basis? You whip out your wallet and throw the cash into his greasy palms as you spout “I’ll give you an extra hundred dollars if you change it too” As quickly as he had arrived the old guy leaves you in a dusty cloud of dirt and all you can hear as he disappears from sight “Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!”

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Mark A Cella – 1959-1960 Ferrari 250 SWB Berlinetta Competizione

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Mark A Cella and the Ferrari 250 cc Grand Touring Sport Coupe for Competition

Building on the successful history of the V12 GT racing engines that made the GTOs so substantial, brought the 250 Berlinetta sport coupe about. GTO stands for Gran Turismo Omologato in Italian, and in English means Grand Touring Homologated. Homologated means Official Agreement. So, the GTO was Officially Agreed to be a Grand Touring car. Anyway, the 250 simply is the measurement in cubic centimeters of each of the cylinders.

Mark A Cella Officially Agrees This Car is all About Racing

From 1953-64 Ferrari built the SWB model which truly put Ferrari on the center stage. It was their most acknowledged line. It was the first Ferrari to have four wheel disc brakes. It had a model which was the first four seater for this sports car. It had a V12 weighing half as much of competitors, cranking out up to 280bhp at 7000 rpm. It’s 4 gear race engine rocketed its victories at so many races the list is endless so here’s just a few:

In the 1960 season it took 1st-4th place in the Le Mans 24 hour race, leaving it’s nearest rivals to eat dust. It took 1st-3rd in its third consecutive victory of the 5500 km Tour de France. Later that season for a second consecutive win at Goodwood, driver Sterling Moss took a victory by lapping the entire field. Then it won all over the rest of the season.

Weighing only 2,314 pounds gives the Ferraris 250 SWB Competizione a great power to weight ratio. Maximum speed was a little over 150 mph, and 0-60 was 6.2. Excellent numbers for 1960′s.

Mark A Cella Officially Agrees One of the Greatest Ferraris of all Time

Owners of this car back in the day could drive it to the track and race it with very minor modifications if they chose. Of course they’d have to slap on their numbers. The competizione models were built for strictly racing so were even lighter with up to 40 more horsepower and a shorter wheelbase making them faster in curves. Nothing could compete to either version.

Out of the ten Greatest Ferraris of all time, Motor Trend ranked this one 5th. Sports Car International placed it at 7 Top Sports Cars of the 60′s. Mark A Cella gave it first place of his 1960′s Muscle Car Picks, second is the 67 Corvette Sting Ray and third being the cherished 1968 Chevy Camaro.

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