1970: What Makes FERRARI Special? | Wheelbase | Retro Transport

1970: What Makes FERRARI Special? | Wheelbase | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

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5 ай бұрын

"Embattled behind his steel fence, Enzo Ferrari broods, makes cars and issues orders."
Wheelbase visits the Ferrari factory at Maranello in Modena, Italy. There, the 72-year-old former racing driver Enzo Ferrari, and his talented staff of designers, engineers and mechanics, make arguably the world's most famous sports cars.
What is it about this man, this city and these workers that make Ferrari such an enduringly iconic car?
Clip taken from Wheelbase, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 27 October, 1970.
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@Abi2612 4 ай бұрын

Fantastic footage! The silvergrey Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona „Plexi“ that gets test driven in the hills near Maranello at the end of the video is most likely s/n 13621, an example that was sold new on August 10, 1970 to a British industrialist in LHD configuration for his home in France. This example features the small orange indicator repeater lights in both front wings which only the German and UK supplied Daytonas had. Furthermore, it has the white perimeter parking lights below the headlights - another rare feature, both of which s/n 13621 does have. BBC aired this film for the first time in October of 1970, so it makes sense that it was probably filmed in late July or early August. The Daytona s/n 13621 did remain in family ownership from 1970 through 2023 when I assisted to find a new home for it.

@ianmangham4570 Ай бұрын

Watching that now while I read your comment 😅

@petergivenbless900 5 ай бұрын

"It's too fast for you, and you're not a good enough driver", and yet, to this day, countless young men find out the hard way!

@fritzmuller8246 4 ай бұрын

Better times then . I recall driving my fathers Dino . It was a great little car . We restored her to concourse . I then had Mondial and a super 348 . Now I'm building a one off 1950s style Barchetta . Once you've been part of this legacy you can't ever go back .I was 3 days old when this clip was made .

@arnebiesma1285 4 ай бұрын

When both the BBC and Ferrari were still at the top of their game.

@wallyr.7854 5 ай бұрын

What a fantastic feature, as an owner of a mid 70s Ferrari, I absolutely loved this video ❤ Thank you for posting this (historical) brilliant piece. FORZA FERRARI 💪🏼

@gtaluvr1992 4 ай бұрын

which model?

@wallyr.7854 4 ай бұрын

@@gtaluvr1992 76 308 GTB 🙌

@asensibleyoungman2978 4 ай бұрын

I bet you're the sort who wears clothes with Ferrari logos aren't you?

@wallyr.7854 4 ай бұрын

@@asensibleyoungman2978 Lol, sometimes I look like a Ferrari Store vomited all over me…..even pajamas 😌

@PhillipHomer 4 ай бұрын

Which model?

@bluedick321 4 ай бұрын

6.51-7.08sec 'Without an heir!, 25 year old Piero sitting right there.

@marcusbonello3106 4 ай бұрын

He was not legally acknowledged then .

@chumleyk 4 ай бұрын

Remember, in 1970 the average yearly salary in the UK was just over £1000! Average house price was £4000. Tax on the well off was 90%. So £7000 for a car then was nuts, especially when cars weren't collected because they still were seen as tools

@teddy1066 4 ай бұрын

“It’s too fast for you and you’re not a good enough driver” -Enzo Ferrari

@UpTheAnte1987 5 ай бұрын

Nice to see what that test road up in to the hills that all the press still use today looked like 50 years ago

@dwakim1 4 ай бұрын

My exact thoughts!

@Pulsonar 4 ай бұрын

This is more interesting than the 2023 Ferrari movie.

@aeiouxs 5 ай бұрын

Wonderful stuff, so refreshing to see this vision of Ferrari - and the manufacturing processes.

@dasgellendehorn1393 4 ай бұрын

Ferrari is the pinnacle of quality, speed and design.

@asensibleyoungman2978 4 ай бұрын

But they fall apart and break down.

@dasgellendehorn1393 4 ай бұрын

@@asensibleyoungman2978 nonsense

@asensibleyoungman2978 4 ай бұрын

@@dasgellendehorn1393 I've know people who own them.

@dasgellendehorn1393 4 ай бұрын

can I have their names I want to inquire

@asensibleyoungman2978 4 ай бұрын

@@dasgellendehorn1393 Oh yeah! I'm really going to give out personal information on here.

@benzina5917 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely superb period content. Thank you for posting.

@MichaelBosley 5 ай бұрын

No CNC tools or inspection in sight. All manual and mechanical. Would be interested to see the tolerance comparisons with a modern manufactured engine.

@stephenscholes4758 4 ай бұрын

But they were just around the corner....tape controlled machining was taking place in specialist shops from the mid 1960s

@rickintexas1584 4 ай бұрын

What a wonderful glimpse into the past.

@NLBassist 4 ай бұрын

What a great vid and a great historic insight! Thanks!

@nelsonclub7722 4 ай бұрын

I had a Dino - 246GT - Rosso over Cream - usual suspect - brilliant when it worked which sadly wasn't most of the time.

@patrickhenz996 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for publishing this historic footage!

@johnbecker70 4 ай бұрын

Always enjoy such vintage videos. Thanks for sharing.

@KSL12 4 ай бұрын

Great video !

@BNapoletani 3 ай бұрын

Incredible footage, and narration.

@donswier 4 ай бұрын

Great to hear the perspective from the era before Porsche would dominate LeMans. This is also pre-James Hunt, pre- Magnum Ferrari.

@astra47420 5 ай бұрын

Brilliant suff love it 👍

@jorgefernandes6915 4 ай бұрын

Wonderful footage.

@paulmccafferey9622 5 ай бұрын

It's hard ro believe that BBC2's 70s motoring show, "Wheelbase", would be relaunched as ... Top Gear !!

@DanielHillCoaching 5 ай бұрын

I’d love to know who the Prince was - typical Enzo 👏🏻 Brilliant 🤩 Thanks for the upload 🇮🇹❤️🐎

@jdb47games 4 ай бұрын

That particular story is almost certainly apocryphal, but it is the sort of thing that Ferrari genuinely do to aspiring customers they consider beneath them.

@NLBassist 4 ай бұрын

I guess it wasn't Prince Bernhard of The Netherlands. He was a good friend of Enzo's, and owned several Ferrari's. Pierro Ferrari spoke very fondly about Bernhard in an official Ferrari vid, spme days ago.

@jefflemon7382 4 ай бұрын

The picture inviting us to watch this, and the video both feature a Dino. Dino's were NEVER badged as Ferraris when new. And I kick myself for not buying one in the late 70's when I had the chance

@ianmangham4570 Ай бұрын

No way they had more "experts in their own field" at ferrari than Ford 🇺🇸 America is fkn HUGE.

@sergioleone3583 3 ай бұрын

Those have to be the mellifluous tones of the great Raymond Baxter? Suitable class and style for a piece on Ferrari. Forza! (If only the Beeb had such class today...)

@KiltedGreen 5 ай бұрын

Just imagine the rubbish the voiceover presenter would be coming out with if this had been made today instead of 50+ years ago. Loved this though.

@duncanbick6732 4 ай бұрын

Let’s not imagine, it would be truly awful!

@asensibleyoungman2978 4 ай бұрын

And all the editing acrobatics trying to give a sense of suspense and excitement. Oh and don't forget the workers walking up to the camera in slow motion and standing there with their arms folded while looking proud and defiant.

@ianmangham4570 Ай бұрын

5:08 Oh dear ,that's gonna Fail 😅 🇬🇧 ,as a kid in the 70s I was surrounded by Lucas spares 😅

@ianmangham4570 Ай бұрын

0:50 Paulie Walnuts! Forget about it.😅

@xelphinx 4 ай бұрын

This is Fantastic .grazZiZziMO!🇮🇹🇮🇹gF NM/FL USA

@ianmangham4570 Ай бұрын

6 twin choke carbs,now thats music 🎶 😅

@imarod78 3 ай бұрын

I get a better impression of what Ferrari and his company were all about from this 10 min segment than the entire 2 hrs of waste time watching the recent Michael Mann Ferrari movie.

@ianmangham4570 Ай бұрын

6.5k 🇬🇧, I remember my parents paid 4k for a 3 bed house in 1970 😅

@GBURGE55 3 ай бұрын

A 365 GT2+2 for £9000. Put me on the waiting list!

@kimchisgood2993 4 ай бұрын

British doing cars and fish & chips Italians doing supercars and Truffle 😂

@asensibleyoungman2978 4 ай бұрын

You think Bentley, Aston Martin and Rolls Royce were inferior?

@kimchisgood2993 4 ай бұрын

@@asensibleyoungman2978 yes , Rolls Royce it’s the worst car …. So many problems and specially ignition system check the last year so many recalls 😂 If you give me one Rolls Royce for free I gonna sell straight away I’m go for a yacht …. 😂 Aston Martin have big issues with quality control … transmission problem … early rusting …. Btw fish and chips are Irish …. 😂

@hovermotion 5 ай бұрын

With 16 constructors won, amazing company..

@iybjs5308 3 ай бұрын

£9000 ferrari? Yes please where do I get mine

@simmadpaul2880 5 ай бұрын

£6K sold when can I take delivery 😂

@asensibleyoungman2978 4 ай бұрын

£78,450 in 2023 money when you adjust to match inflation.

@chumleyk 4 ай бұрын

@@asensibleyoungman2978 It's only a recent phenomenon where people are prepared to spend millions on a car (adjusted for inflation) because even back then, a car was seen more as a disposable tool. That and the fact that most countries back then would tax their rich people at 90%!!

@asensibleyoungman2978 4 ай бұрын

@@chumleyk Nonsense! Rich people have always driven Rolls Royces, Ferraris and Aston Martins.

@DrRock2009 4 ай бұрын

@2:47. PPE anyone? 🙄

@kimballbenson8116 4 ай бұрын

If you imply Ferrari cut corners and cheaply built engines, then you're completely nuts. Ferrari was all about racing and winning and to think he would build engines and drivetrains that would fail, break down and lose races is shear stupidity. Why do you think he built it all himself?? It was to control it and make sure everything was built right, not relied on some supplier. Criticize Ferrari?? Well why dont you go out and build engines that hit 12,000 rpm and dont break....

@ianmangham4570 Ай бұрын

Aluminium and silicon, just say Magnesium eh! 😅 🇬🇧

@djtomoy 4 ай бұрын

I bet those cars broke down a lot

@markyamaguchi9571 4 ай бұрын

What makes Ferrari special. ( PININFARINA )

@sergioleone3583 3 ай бұрын

Touring, Vignale, Scaglietti. Then, there are folks like Colombo, Lampredi, Forghieri, and so on. Do yer research, mate.

@hassyg4083 5 ай бұрын

whenever people restore Ferrari's from that era you see how cheaply they were built and how they cut corners on quality

@PJV1990 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely true. Enzo and the management didn’t give a damn about quality with regards to their road cars back then. All they cared about was the race team. The quality control of that era is appalling.

@aineo2888 5 ай бұрын

Modern Ferraris are not so different when you look behind the A surface (what the customer sees and touches). I worked at a place that tore down a 458, and the hidden areas were very shabby in places. Not so with Aston Martin, much harder to find anything rough on them.

@Zontar82 5 ай бұрын

lol you lambo fanboys are really something

@PJV1990 5 ай бұрын

@@Zontar82 Constructive criticism is always better than blind fandom. P.S. Learn how to spell.

@NoosaHeads 5 ай бұрын

You've obviously never owned a pre-70s Ferrari. They were extremely well built. Vastly better built that than an E-Type and probably better built than an Aston Martin. I speak from experience.

@user-pl7sf9qm9o 22 сағат бұрын

I wonder if they would be so fetishised if they carried the English transltion off his name;;;Henry Smith...

@simonmenzies3142 4 ай бұрын

Nothing to anyone under 50

@porscha901 4 ай бұрын

Fiat and lancia

@thepro08 4 ай бұрын

a ferrari for 6k, they made 75 per month so in 10years they could buy one... today you think a engineer can buy a top range brand new ferrari in 10years???? bet also you could buy a big house for 10k today 1 million, inflation is the biggest robbery tot eh poor ever created.

@manofweed1 4 ай бұрын

Ferrari is Ferrari with all that illustrious name means, but wouldn't hold a candle to a modern say Honda, quality wise.

@roverwaters3875 4 ай бұрын

Enzo lost hes executive power completely over the automobili division in 1971

@markyamaguchi9571 4 ай бұрын

I don't care how super fast a Ferrari goes i care how a Ferrari looks. And nobody does it better better than ( PININFARINA ) and todays Ferrari are ugly so Ferrari please bring back pininfarina and make Ferrari beautiful again.

@sergioleone3583 3 ай бұрын

I do agree with you that nearly all modern cars are fugly. Aston make the best looking modern cars, the last really nice Ferrari was the 458 and that was an anomaly. Don't forget such as Vignale, Touring, and Scaglietti, who also made beautiful Ferraris. They aren't around anymore, but Pininfarina isn't exactly creating what they used to either.

@Bosko423 4 ай бұрын

What makes a ferarri special? A correct marketing for the correct type of rich people, nothing more.😊

@sergioleone3583 3 ай бұрын

You mis-spelled "Porsche". Or "BMW"...

@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue4206 4 ай бұрын

I do hope you have kept enough money to buy some RAC/AA Breakdown cover when you bought this overhyped pile of junk..

@Jack_Warner 5 ай бұрын

I never could understand the attraction of Ferraris. My brother loaned one back in 2009, and took me for a ride in it. If it wasn't for the name on the front of the bonnet, I could have been riding in a Trabant.

@simes205 5 ай бұрын

Really? A trabant was a 2 stroke twin cylinder plastic car, your senses must have been affected by a third party.

@Zontar82 5 ай бұрын

ok zoomer

@aeiouxs 5 ай бұрын

And if you go to a fancy restaurant you don't notice either?

@CIAUSCOLOMAN 5 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 you 🤡

@DanielHillCoaching 5 ай бұрын

Magnum & Miami Vice sold them to me in the 80’s - and then I saw one in person aged 13. I have been in love ever since. I particularly admire the 50’s - 80’s cars… Timeless beauties

@gastonave 4 ай бұрын

Ferrari did not become an Italian hero as a racing driver. His career as a driver was unspectacular and he was in fact quite mediocre behind the wheel of a race car.

@markw9512 4 ай бұрын

@gastonave He participated in 41 Grands Prix and won 11. A 27% win rate is not exactly mediocre.