Restoration of Ferrari 275 GTB

[modenaf7red]

Hi, given our love of all thing mechanical, i thought i would share the restoration of my old Ferrari. Hope you enjoy the thread, it gives an insight into the work involved in a complete restoration, also shows how dealer and auction house descriptions of cars can be very miss leading!

If you have any questions or comments feel free to post them on the restoration thread, you need to login to the forum to see the pictures, but that only takes a few seconds - trust me the pictures are worth the effort.

hope you enjoy, cheers Mark

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=...

[Lordbenny]

Cant see the pics!

[E30M3SE]

OP said:

you need to login to the forum to see the pictures,

[sumlin]

Been reading the thread at work everyday. Loving it! Good luck with it...

[waterwonder]

Thanks for linking that, it makes a very interesting read.

I completely understand your reasons for doing it, however part of me thinks that historic cars such as this should have their warts and imperfections it's all part of their history/story. A bit of a rubbish analogy but i guess one could liken it weathered old man, his stories wouldn't be the same if he had been restored to a fresh faced 20 year old.

That said i equally like the idea of it being fully restored so it can provide another 50 years worth of memories.

[Paul_M3]

waterwonder said:

I completely understand your reasons for doing it, however part of me thinks that historic cars such as this should have their warts and imperfections it's all part of their history/story. A bit of a rubbish analogy but i guess one could liken it weathered old man, his stories wouldn't be the same if he had been restored to a fresh faced 20 year old.

This is a bit different though isn't it. It's not like it had a tiny skim of filler in one place and a little respray!.

OP, thanks for the link. Very interesting read, and the surprise on page 2 with the nose cone astounded me.

[waterwonder]

True enough especially re the nose cone.

I'm not disagreeing with the op or questioning his approach. That's up to him it's his car. I'd want to keep as much of the original car and it's imperfections as possible tho i think and only replace what is required to ensure original form and longevity.

That said I'm unlikely to be in such a position so I can hypothesize till the cows come home.

Edited by waterwonder on Saturday 16th April 12:31

[modenaf7red]

thanks guys, the only way to use the car properly is to restore it for the future. if it was left much longer it would only get much worse and result in an even bigger job. rust is like a cancer, it keeps attacking the good stuff until it is destroyed - only solution is to cut it out and remove it.

[waterwonder]

I shall follow it with interest. Thanks for taking the time to share it. It's a real eye opener for anyone who has hazy dreams of owning such machines.

Similar to the chef (James something) who bought the masser, Its really nice to be able to share in true experience (however remotely) of running such exotica.

I hope it's ready for Goodwood. Do you have any other projects on the go or past projects that you have documented in a similar way? I'm guessing this isn't the first time you've done this.

[Dr G]

A bump for anyone that missed this first time round, the rebuild is awesome.

[paulrussell]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

Anyone still following this ?

Starting to look very very tasty.
The guy sounds a proper car guy too - wants it as a DD not a Queen. !

I don't know how I missed this thread before today, so thanks for bumping this thread. I'm amazed by the craftmenship of the filler on the front end.