I cast them and leave them around the city, that’s Bloody Mary on the left Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I was going to be in Seattle for Christmas. If that still occurs (getting less likely by the day), I'll keep an eye out!
Seattle is closed, the last person turned the light off (old joke from way back) think it was Boeing layoffs in the 70’s? You shoot me a message around Xmas when your in town and I might perform a miracle
8” of girth, it’s been an all day affair to get that front end quasi near anything even steven also I lowered it 6” with temporary struts, somebody made a homemade spring for front drivers side Koni, the frame sits at 6” of clearance front to back Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
'depends on whatever Ferrari seats fall in my lap' I have a set of 328 seats if that is of interest? They're in storage north of Spokane - you will need to pick them up. Not sure when I can get back to the northwest to get them out of storage. Crazy cool project you're working on.....
Spent some time doing nip tuck today, the panels have quite a bit of lead filler, super fun to remove, I can almost feel lead fever setting in Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I just love your ambition, so many of these projects fall short or completion only to end up back on the market years later (like when you acquired it). Nice work, great concept, almost certain NEVER done before! Don’t give up we’re all waiting to see what comes next !!!
Thank you for posting the progress photos. I have never seen how body work like this is done before. Very interesting. Very cool.
This is all gonzo primitive metal work, my sheet metal shop is at the X’s and I’d rather beat metal with a rock than deal with all that. I have a friends shop that I’ll do the tricky stuff at but it’s a two hour drive each way, it is pretty fun doing it this way though, more thought of how to do it with zippo tools, today I’ll whack the passenger side to match, cut lines are in, there’s quite a bit of square tubing in the door pillar area I’m trying to avoid with the 1” cut line. Also trying to keep as much Ferrari in this build as I can, only fiberglass is that lower valance Image Unavailable, Please Login
Here’s the door gap and panel matching factory dirty secret, simply slather lead on until it matches Image Unavailable, Please Login
Passenger side whacked, this side has an enormous amount of undercoating and drivers has zip Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I'm enjoying seeing the autopsy results. This is a fascinating project and the journey is probably going to be as much fun as the destination. It reminds me of the first house I bought. Built in 1930 and "repaired", "remodeled" and "maintained" over the years by a variety of skilled and unskilled owners. It looked good until you started digging into it and discovered all the imaginative work done... "Nothing that a nice thick coat of paint can't fix..."
This is such a cool project and such great work. Really impressive!! I have a couple different 308 exhausts that might work, although I feel like this should have straight pipes.
Had a little time today, you know, virus As some of you recall I don’t have my sheet metal equipment at this location, it’s not worth the hassle of dealing with the ex so we’re doing it cave man, man land, cocktail wieners and milk. I’m using 22 gauge metal to match, only tool I rescued was my Mittler Bros bead roller, has a few attachments so I can shear and what not, it would actually be easier to create a whole new panel but I really want to use as much original Ferrari metal I can, it’s beat to hell, abused and terrible but why not. I laid out the basic shape of the rear quarters and made some patterns, sooooo much bondo in the quarters it’s obnoxious, everything was a sculpture Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Since everything is shut down and I don’t have my shear, I allowed Lowe’s to rip me off on a piece of sheet steel 4’ by 2’ $30, crazy I know but I’m desperate, made a template and away we go, don’t have my Tig machine so I’m going to flange it, big no for me usually but the original metal is warped, I sheared and rolled a step to match the 22 gauge, few practice pieces as I haven’t built a body in a few years Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Don’t have my slip roller here so I needed to hand bend the curve , found the correct power pole and went to town, pretty good fit Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I then pre drilled self tappers to get everything aligned for curve and gap, sucked it all up tight, I’ll weld the panel later on and plug weld screw holes, rear panel will extend 18 more inches I believe for rear beautification, looks goofy bobbed currently, tomorrow I’ll match the other side, then on to wheel well structure and lip Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I don’t know, I kinda like the rivet look created with the self tapper screws. Nice fab work with limited tooling, keep going fun to watch
Had some setbacks a few weekends ago with family but coming back to the shop to do some things Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I reused the old rear quarters, switched side to side, thought it would be a nice detail with that telltale 308 rear lip Image Unavailable, Please Login
