Classic Auto Mall Show #188 - Vintage Ferrari Master Mechanic Tom Yang Plus Keith Martin of Sports Car Market

Classic Auto Mall Show #188 airdate 04--09-25 Host Stewart Howden welcomes Blogger and #Ferrari Master Mechanic Tom Yang (Young) discussing an "educated consumer", knowing what is involved in a vehicle repair to justify cost, his second career apprenticeship and first career as #AudioEngineer for #DavidLetterman. PLUS Keith Martin's Blog Comes to life as the Publisher of Sports Car Market discusses swapmeets & weighs all-day car shows vs. "cars and coffee" events.  RLLracing https://TomYang.net  #Ferrari  https://www.sportscarmarket.com/testdrive6 #FrancoisSicard

Ferrari Restoring, repairs, consulting and more with expert Tom Yang who started his career as an audio engineer on Late Night with David Letterman. Who was there he met legendary Ferrari Mechanic Francois Sicard who got him into Ferraris and helped him learn how to work on them. At the time Francois was working on David Letterman's growing Ferrari collection.

There are affordable Ferraris but once people see that it’s a Ferrari they think it’s an expensive car, but your Toyota Camry may cost more than a Ferrari Mondial.

Did brand saturation hurt Harley Davidson? How is Ferrari maintaining their brand? Ferrari is sponsoring Formula One Racing and Harley is making an electric motorcycle, but are they missing their main customer. What happens as customer grow older and how do you reach a new market?

Ferrari is constantly looking to the next generation of potential owners and enthusiasts to market to them. They discuss cars becoming a collection of things you have to show people. They are symbols of wealth like a Faberge Egg.

What is the effect of Hybrids and EV cars on the industry? What happens to mechanics? What happens when they stop making the battery for that car?

Tom talks about how he got into Ferraris, working on the Late Night With David Letterman Show, Letterman’s Ferrari collection and how mutual friend Francois Sicard helped him learn about Ferraris. He talks about Francois Sicard being his mentor and helping him restore his first Ferrari because there are no manuals and it’s difficult to learn. Francois was working on David Letterman’s car collection, and since Tom was working for Letterman, they were able to connect. Tom eventually left the Letterman Show to devote his time to restoring vintage Ferraris.

Tom talks about his job on Letterman which was to record the bands on each show, so he was setting up a performance and concert almost every day.  He talks about David Letterman building his Ferrari collection and the Ferraris he was buying to start his collection.

The talk about buying collector cars and classics that aren’t practical to drive. They talk about the reasons people buy cars. Some people buy cars, don’t

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