Ferrari F355 GTB-96 Project Thread "To Germany for Italy"

Time to do a project thread about my ferrari. Have some plans for her and thought to share with you.

who am i?
My name is Fredrik and I come from Sweden (Vansbro) 29 years old. I work as a salesman for Bianchi Sweden and as a part time firefighter.
When I'm not working I spend time with my wife and builds on our house.

Picked up my first Ferrari in June 2013. Been looking over a year after the right object. tried i 3-4 others i Sweden but they where in to bad condition. So i decided do check outside Sweden and find one in Nurnberg/Germany.

Below are a bunch roadtrip photos me and my dear friend Mattias took of our trip to Germany.

We call it "To Germany for Italy"


packed ready for roadtrip!




stopped for food and got a parking ticket, was Worth it =)


Trelleborg - Rostock ferry with TT-line




just got on the ferry







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6 hours later we reach Rostock




900 Km from Rostock to Nurnberg are now waiting...=)
Fantastiskt vilken välutvecklad infrastruktur Tyskland har. Mattias som står för bilderna igen




13 police cars...


Finally there after driving all night. NURNBERG! Company Mertel Italio cars









The car






















Packed the car on the trailer.


Tight!


A few Pictures from the journey back home to Sweden.





back on the ferry again.




unloaded the car outside my work.






Home safe and parked in the garage, now Waits registration and some more..


To be continued...

 

Thanks! the journey was Worth it all. The car is mine but the trailer i borrowed from a friend. great with the coverd top.


had some issues already from start.

Discover dripping on the floor after day one... gah!


Proved to be a simple error. a gasket to the shift linkage. easy and fast switch. phu! also switched the rubber around it.

aslo find out that the handbrake was in bad condition...


on my way to Mora to do the Swedish registration.


5 minutes left..


after that, i visit ricambi to do an order for all the handbrake parts, just to be sure.. also some new gas spring for the bonnet and a oil changing kit for next season.

two weeks later UPS deliverd!! just love ricambis website, easy to understand and finding parts and great support.


one of my best friends own a VAG workshop. he helpt me with the brakes


started tearing down.


left side, the easy side.


The right side was worse... a bolt to hold one of the handbrake pad was broken inside the spindle.


wrong bolt orderd (my wrong) so i took it to Anders and he fixed it - thank you Anders.


just cut it down to the right length.
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Then we drilled the old one out - straight thru.




pad been worn out..


almost done.


New stuff.


old vire:s

Pic taken from my garagedoor.. there´s one more F355 GTS just across the street...

 

Thank you, have some more info to share, coming soon..=)

 

My garage. fixing the walls for the right feeling..

a overhead and a Ferrari logo did the work...=)








the red wall also done with the logo and Everything. Also bought a custom car cover.


got the rear end waxed and switched the numberplate holder


did a mock up on the diffusors...


4 piece of these


A friend helps me manufacture these i carbon fibre, (they are so damn expensive to buy) promise to show the finsh result later.

stock


again, just a mockup.


will look something like these (just a pic from the web, not mine)

 

today I´ve mounted batteri charger vires (to exercise the battery during vinter)

got it up in the air.




did my own Electric harness for the C-TEK charger


done!

 

So... maybe time for some info about the car...=)

Ferrari F355 GTB 1996 (no F1)

- about 35000 km
- rosso corsa (fully original paint!)
- one previous owner (except for the firm)
- complete service
- fully black leather interior with red carpets (if someone want to change carpets red vs black please let me know)
- challenge exhuast


what are the plans for her...

some of the things i had in mind: (feel free to comment)


- lowering springs (about 5 cm)
- 19" Imola racing fiorano III rims
- capristo exhaust
- 4-2-1 headers
- de-cat
- manufacture carbo fibre parts for the interior and some of the exterior and enginebay
- challenge grill
- bigger diffusors carbon fibre
- new kickplates (making my own i alu)
- maybe bigger brakes
- sparco 383 steeringwheel + hub
- respray the front bumper (holes for the numberplate that doesnt fit mine)

 

ff355b:
Have the time of my Life =)

ronrob:
not sure yet but been checking for something like this... quite new to Ferraris so i´m very humble and open minded for suggestions.


today i have stock headers. (don´t know the condition on these)

 

Carbonio:
Thanks for sharing! will check it out.

ronrob:
maybe they have been replaced, don´t have any info on that. but its possible. i now i checked for welds if they have been broken and then fixed but hard to see anything.

the one i showed Picture i think that´s was 4-1 headers (replacing stock is the main thing)

tried to learn as much as can about these cars Before i got one myself, now that they have a few weak spots such as headers, valves and so on... love the F355 so it does´nt bother me=)

RSO1091
Thanks Henry, brings a smile to my face =) love to read about your mother issues...

Reading your comment, almost felt like you where in the vw Passat backseat when we drove to Nurnberg.. =)

 

Got myself some de-cat pipes and black exhaust heat-tape.

 

Share some of the other cars i have. Hope you don´t mind posting.

been into VW:s for several years...

Start with this one, have been a main Project car for many years. have done it all... rollcage, exterior, paint, engine.... 420 whp in 900 kg car.


This is the Engine we build for it. 1.8T S3 2001 Engine with insane load of work behind.
now im Selling it i pieces so the Engine and the sellholm dogbox are sold, looked like this:



the golf are now moved to Another garage


Then my VW golf speedster cabriolet. very rare!


Got a new Daily 1 month ago, pics when i got it from the local VAG shop.




The sad thing with all the other cars i owned...(generally vw`s) compare to the Ferrari they don´t have any soul... have tried a couple of new and sporty cars with perfomance like Ferraris.
but the feeling that the 355 gives are hard to get from Another car... can´t even put my finger what that special thing is... maybe it´s just me...

have a nice weekend!

// Fredrik

 

ronrob:
absolutly! thumbs up! =)

RSO1091:
great comparison Henry, could`nt agree more.

regards // Fredrik

 

Thank you!

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Won this on ebay yesterday=)






removed the front bumper and got it ready for paint.

 

hehe, borroed yhe trailer from a friend. the VW Passat did his work well=)