More on the New Thomassima IIII
“My car will be reminiscent
of a ’57 Ferrari TR, 275 LM, and a 250 GTO–the body to be built in Modena.
I’m hoping it will be the most exciting cars to come out of Italy.
“My mission, my goal, my
dream is, and has always been, to create the most beautiful car ever given to
the world. It will debut at a to-be-announced time, at Lowe’s Casino at the F1
in May in Monte Carlo (as seen in the James Bond film ‘Casino Royale’). The
Thomassima’s body will be tasteful, elegant, subtle, and traditional.
“The engine is a Ferrari,
twin supercharged, dry sumped, 4-cam, multi-valved, V12. The fuel tanks
are hand-made riveted aluminum with
leather straps and rubber safety fuel bladders. It will be a 3-pedal manual
standard 6 or 7-speed.
“The rim barrels are spun
(not cast) from 6061T6 aluminum. The center knock off ‘star’ is aluminum. The
3-pedal assemblies are CNC machined out of solid 6061T6 aluminum billet. The
shift gate is to be plated in black chrome.
“The steering wheel is
ergonomically molded, sculpted, and assembled from different components
including ebony, ivory, carbon fiber, glass, and titanium. The main structure
ring is ergonomically molded purple carbon fiber hand made in the workshop. On
the wheel are hollowed out and hand-carved Sri Lankan ebony
attachments/inserts. Upon these pieces are mastodon ivory, colored purple. Titanium
hex screws secure the ivory to the ebony. The center steering wheel mounting
studs are 7000 series aluminum. The dash
cluster is fiber optically illuminated.”
Parting Shots (for now)
“I do not feel inferior to
any of the big names in the automotive world. But am I a guy who loves cars.
I’ll be doing this in heaven or in hell. And I’m asking and hoping for the
readers to join me in this adventure. It’s up to you make up your own mind if
the Thomassima is beautiful or ugly. I am only saying ‘please take a peek at my
car.’
“The first Thomassima IIII will
not be for sale but will be maintained and displayed around the world by one of
the biggest auction houses in the world. We’ve already agreed to this with the
owner over dinner at Lake Como in the Swiss Alps. This is on the border of
Switzerland and Italy. I’ll let you know when we’re going to Monte Carlo.”
