Last week I ran into this photographer
website which held very interesting photo’s regarding different brands,
including Ferrari.
One of these pictures was about the chassis
building for the 365 GT4 2+2. This was done at Vaccari. I had not heard of this company before. Yes, I’m still a novice. I quickly checked
and can see they are still around, but now under the name “Vaccari-Bosi”
Their website http://www.vaccariebosi.com/veb/index.htm does contain a nice
history on the company and how they became supplier for Ferrari. Apart from
this I wasn’t able to find much more on this company or any other
supporting material. So I guess this is quite a unique picture:
The GT4 2+2 chassis was built by Vaccari, and here fibreglass bulkheads are rivetted to it, before it goes to Pininfarina for body fitting.
You would expect a little more interest and
information since they have build a lot of frames for many Ferrari models.
At the time when I was about to buy my 400 I
had taken the morning off for a inspection to be done by a independent specialist. I asked my manager permission to
take the morning off. Of course he was interested in what I was up
to. So I told him I was going to buy a car but first wanted to have it further inspected. So the next logical question was about the car brand. Since he asked
about it I simply told him. Not sure if that was a clever thing to mention.
In
any case, the inspection took longer as expected and also resulted in finalizing
the deal in the afternoon (not something I had foreseen). As such I called my
manager to inform him about the situation so I could get the afternoon off as
well. Which was not a problem. He kindly informed my team as well.
Not knowing he briefed them and stating the reason as well; he bought a
Ferrari.
Typical techie response. Although I'm working in a ICT environment my manager had a background in mechanical engineering. But he was so right.
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