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Add A Ferrari Lusso to Your Morning Ritual
Have been flicking through so many Petrolicious short films over the last few days. The production values aside, what’s amazing is that the cars vary hugely but the owners are remarkably consistent. Nothing to do with ethnicity or background or where they happen to live, its the passion that they share. The back story on a Ferrari or Porsche is just as interesting as that on a Jeep or Mazda. Absolutely love the way their stories have been told. Nice work Petrolicious!!
Absolutely amazing . I think, that words can´t desribe the wonderful atmosphere of this video. Excellent and subtle choise of music, location and of course car and it´s deatails (clicking sound of ignition fuel pump) and in general the real mechanical feel of this car. Petrolicious has done a really great job.
I was about to cry seeing this car! I do personally believe that this is one of the best vids and cars on this site. A ‘car’ like this is simply not a car.. its like a monument in the middle of Rome where many people gather up to take photos of it..Even at different times of the day since it just changes in your eyes and you appreciate lots more.
This is a piece of history and I enjoy seeing such a car and seeing so so much passion… Beautiful.. no other words! You should have put ‘The Lady In Red’ as a soundtrack in the background :p
I have to make a small correction. The owner states that the body was penned with no aerodynamic consideration but the Kamm tail was developed by an aerodynamicist as a more efficient method of closing the airflow.
Hello friends!
Sorry for my English, it’s not very good. I’m from Ukraine.
Ohh. That clicking!… That is awesome. It’s really a ritual. What a motor sound!
I have a 1984 Lada 21061 in perfect original shape. It based on Fiat 125. I hope to make a video about it. When she is starting it’s a kind of ritual too. First you need to pull the throttle lever, than you start it first time, engine makes a few turns than it stalls because in carburettor not enough fuel. These few turns enough to pump fuel into the carburettor. Than you start it again and it turns on. Than you can carefully move on, without touching gas pedal, or you can wait until engine warms up…
It’s a long story to tell, it’s better to see and feel. Mmm…
I call her Sunshine, because she is redhead)) (orange).
Best regards. 🙂
I had one of these in 1972… Bought it for 7K. Sold it a year later for 8K! Ouch!! Coulda beens…shoulda beens. Never look back. I would drive it down through the “canyons” of Wilshire Blvd or my office underground parking garage in first or second gear and listen to the car alarms go off. Lots of cars since then. This is the one I wish I had kept. Couldn’t afford the maintenance to keep it as a daily driver.
The first sports car I ever drove was a 330 GTC at 20 yrs old. I’ll never forget the smell of the leaded fuel or feel of the wooden wheel in my hands. Every day I’ve lived after that has just been gravy and I’ve appreciated the art of cars ever since.
This is true art. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful experience with us all. Most people in the world will never understand the true, enveloping, sensory beauty of any vintage car, let alone such a wonderful Ferrari. My thanks for encapsulating that and helping us all make a connection.
Exquisite. The urban settings and early morning light is perfect.
Might be a minority interest but I quite fancy a whole series on starting and warm-up procedures.
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Ignition, fuel pump, three stabs on accelerator, starter, hold accelerator steady until revs climb
Pull out choke half-way, ignition on, press starter button, blip accelerator, get going before it floods
[/list]Every old car has it’s own way of doing things.
Daytona is basically the same but needs more like 7 to 8 pumps of the throttle (to fill the six webers) on starting and you don’t use the choke at all. Once (or if) its fired up hold the throttle on about 1500rpm for a couple of minutes (longer on a cold day). before setting off. As with all old 5 speed Ferraris stay away from 2nd gear until the gearbox oil has warmed through.
I’ve always loved the Lusso. Always thought it was the finest expression of Ferrari. Then over many years as people ask me “if you could have one car….”, I always say their isn’t just one. But, maybe I’m wrong. Their is a difference between loving and being in love ! And, I’m in love with the Lusso.
