[TriLUG] completely and totally OT question

Greg Brown gregbrown at mindspring.com
Sun Jan 4 03:05:39 EST 2004


I am humbled..

:)

Greg

On Saturday, Jan 3, 2004, at 21:43 US/Eastern, Matthew Lavigne wrote:

> On Friday 02 January 2004 23:50, Greg Brown wrote:
>>> Offtopic to this OT: Cameron's last name was Frye.  :-P
>>
>> ..And the elder Frye's car was a 1956 Ferrari 250 GT California 
>> (though
>> when ferris, cameron, and Sloane drive off from the high school ferris
>> shifts the gear into "drive" just as if it was fiberglass skinned 
>> Chevy
>> 350/350 kit car - though I have to admit the engine/tranny combo only
>> an educated guess).  I suppose I'll have to rent the movie again and
>> look at the underbody when the two garage guys are driving it as well
>> as at the end.  For anyone who could possibly care at this point the
>> 250 GT at the beginning of the movie Vanilla Sky was supposed to be
>> real (in case anyone wants to see and hear a real one).
>>
>> and... um... linux rocks (just to be on the semi-related side).
>>
>> Greg
>
>
> actually it was a
>
> 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California.
>
>
> and
>
> The 1960 GT 2+2 had the following for a Tranny:
>
> Multi-plate clutch, 4-speed gearbox and overdrive + reverse, 
> conventional
> differential
>
> The 1960 GTCabriolet has the sameee:
> Multi-plate clutch, 4-speed gearbox + overdrive + reverse, conventional
> differential
>
> so my estimation would be that it was a replica and was probably and
> automatic..
>
> Matthew
>
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