by AMCO72 » Tue Dec 04, 2012 4:01 am
At the risk of incuring the wrath of other members of TRS, I am bringing up this subject of Jums cars on his own thread, started by Oldfart, so Jum could indulge himself in nostalgia. So no need to shoot Jum down as you, the potential reader can look, or not as the case may be.
The subject of the Ferrari replica was raised on another thread and some questions were asked concerning its build date.
Now I know that Jum is inordinately proud of this car, even though it sounded like a Model A Ford when competing...... true, and I have to ask myself ,why would you want to replicate a Ferrari 500, with a 4 cylinder engine, when you could have, for instance, done a very nice job with a 250F. There is about the same amount of work in each car, and you would end up, in my opinion with a much better looking, and certainly sounding car. The Alfa engine in the Ferrari just didnt cut the mustard for sound, or perhaps when I heard it Jum wasnt giving it enough welly!!!
Of all the race cars around at the time, mid fifties, the 500 was a pretty basic machine. I'm not sure how successful it was, but I think someone won a World Championship in one, maybe Farina, probably because it was so reliable, and actually finished races. It was hardly a thing of beauty ,cocked up at the back end as it was, compared to a 250F.
Jum put his heart and soul into that machine, only to have it scorned by the establishment at the time, especially in the North Island. Think it might be different today, but for whatever reason, Jum spat the dummy and sold the car to the USA, where it sems to have been welcomed. Think he may have regreted that decision, but then again we have all done this......selling cars we shouldnt.
The other machine that Jum is passionate about is of course the SS, not Jaguar, but Short Spyder. I have told Jum repeatedly that it will only look good when he converts to wire-wheels, but he is not convinced. He is concerened that they will fly to pieces when he puts it on the track, but that is not going to happen, is it Jum? A lot of things have got to happen before wire-wheels, like medicals for race-licences etc, so for a start you had better cut-out the lamb shanks and pino gris for tea, and go for lettuce and cucumbers!!!!
So there you go Jum, due to my excessive kindness, and in the way of an apology for ripping shit out of you yesterday for ballsing up the HRSCC thread, here is your chance to have your say, and put us all straight on these two cars.
And by the way, your sense of humour isnt to everyones cup of tea, subtle though it is. I sure you have to have had a sharply honed sense of humour to survive in Waiuku, as a valuable member of the 1st fifteen, and then run a business in Tokoroa dealing with all sorts of dodgy characters. You have come through, perhaps not with flying colours, but at least with your head held up. So dont undo all the good by getting all stoppy about your projects......move on and enjoy life for what it is now, with lots of memories both good and not so good.
Ok thats my lecture for the week. Why did I come back to TRS [dont answer that] Havent slept a wink since!!!
At the risk of incuring the wrath of other members of TRS, I am bringing up this subject of Jums cars on his own thread, started by Oldfart, so Jum could indulge himself in nostalgia. So no need to shoot Jum down as you, the potential reader can look, or not as the case may be.
The subject of the Ferrari replica was raised on another thread and some questions were asked concerning its build date.
Now I know that Jum is inordinately proud of this car, even though it sounded like a Model A Ford when competing...... true, and I have to ask myself ,why would you want to replicate a Ferrari 500, with a 4 cylinder engine, when you could have, for instance, done a very nice job with a 250F. There is about the same amount of work in each car, and you would end up, in my opinion with a much better looking, and certainly sounding car. The Alfa engine in the Ferrari just didnt cut the mustard for sound, or perhaps when I heard it Jum wasnt giving it enough welly!!!
Of all the race cars around at the time, mid fifties, the 500 was a pretty basic machine. I'm not sure how successful it was, but I think someone won a World Championship in one, maybe Farina, probably because it was so reliable, and actually finished races. It was hardly a thing of beauty ,cocked up at the back end as it was, compared to a 250F.
Jum put his heart and soul into that machine, only to have it scorned by the establishment at the time, especially in the North Island. Think it might be different today, but for whatever reason, Jum spat the dummy and sold the car to the USA, where it sems to have been welcomed. Think he may have regreted that decision, but then again we have all done this......selling cars we shouldnt.
The other machine that Jum is passionate about is of course the SS, not Jaguar, but Short Spyder. I have told Jum repeatedly that it will only look good when he converts to wire-wheels, but he is not convinced. He is concerened that they will fly to pieces when he puts it on the track, but that is not going to happen, is it Jum? A lot of things have got to happen before wire-wheels, like medicals for race-licences etc, so for a start you had better cut-out the lamb shanks and pino gris for tea, and go for lettuce and cucumbers!!!!
So there you go Jum, due to my excessive kindness, and in the way of an apology for ripping shit out of you yesterday for ballsing up the HRSCC thread, here is your chance to have your say, and put us all straight on these two cars.
And by the way, your sense of humour isnt to everyones cup of tea, subtle though it is. I sure you have to have had a sharply honed sense of humour to survive in Waiuku, as a valuable member of the 1st fifteen, and then run a business in Tokoroa dealing with all sorts of dodgy characters. You have come through, perhaps not with flying colours, but at least with your head held up. So dont undo all the good by getting all stoppy about your projects......move on and enjoy life for what it is now, with lots of memories both good and not so good.
Ok thats my lecture for the week. Why did I come back to TRS [dont answer that] Havent slept a wink since!!!