Barchetta means "little boat" in Italian, it was first used by the Italian
coachbuilding firm Touring to designate their open two seat body style on
Ferrari's 166MM chassis as driven by Luigi Chinetti in the 1949 LeMans race.
It also ment the way workers would be dispatched if they didn't lay off the
Chianti while building the bodies, as that the plans originally called for
were closed cars. A couple of swigs of that rot gut and "forgetta da roof, we
maka da car open"
"Midget" Susan
who is married to an American of Italian-American ansestary and in the
interest of political correctness is refered to as the dago.
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