I was pleasantly surprised to receive so many positive emails supporting my premise last week that the Ferrari 365 GTC/4 is one of the great, unsung, Enzo-era V-12s. In fact, I wrote back to one kind reader, all the way in Tasmania, to thank him and made the joke that “great minds think alike.” His response nearly floored me, “In more ways than you know, as I also race and own your old Lotus 51 Formula Ford.” What?!
Many moons ago, I unearthed a true barn find, a very original Lotus 51 that had been rolled off the track and stuffed into a storage unit in the late ‘70s. It was a surreal automotive experience you can read about here if interested (“Mr. Nutter’s Cave of Wonders”). After extricating the car, I restored it myself and then showed and raced it for several years, before “adulting” took hold of my life and I reluctantly sold it so we could buy our first home. Lame, right?
