Today was spent preparing the Daytona for the trip to the Le Mans Classic on Thursday.

Since the last report a few small adjustments have been made. The timing has been lowered as the car was ticking over at some 1200rpm. More importantly, the spark plugs have been swapped for some iridium-tipped items. A short test drive showed a marked improvement in throttle response, especially in the midrange.

Taking a classic Ferrari abroad requires a little more planning, since if anything goes wrong you can't rely on the local garage to have the parts in stock! The boot is chock-full of potential consumables such as fan belts, although that hopefully won't fail. It's a trip with the boys so I'm sure sartorial elegance with not be required, but in this case the luggage will have to live on the rear parcel shelf.

Depending on the availability of wifi at the hotels we will be stopping at, I'll post some pics and reports from the event.

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