BMW Z3 with Ferrari 250 SWB kit

[ukcerb]

Paint colour 312 is Rosso Barchetta. I think Rubino is a bit more maroon but nice period colour.

[pingu393]

ukcerb said:

Hi all. Thanks for your comments.
The colour is Ferrari paint code FER312 (sorry don’t know what it’s name is)
The leather dash trimming was £270.

I think that I'll be giving your trimmer a call. I collected a couple of dashboards and a set of dials yesterday. One of the dashboards might be destroyed when I try to add some wood trim.

Rubino is FER-308. I can't find FER312, but there is a colour FER-321 (Rosso Fiorano) ( Red Ferrari Paint Colours )

[ukcerb]

It seems FER 312 is not a common colour

[pingu393]

ukcerb said:

It seems FER 312 is not a common colour

It just goes to show how hard it is to match paints. According to the website I looked at, Barchetta is FER-320

[ukcerb]

This is the one, don’t know if the ‘c’ after fer312 makes any difference.

Are you doing a wood veneer insert with the dash?

[Hoonigan]

ukcerb said:

Hi all. Thanks for your comments.
The colour is Ferrari paint code FER312 (sorry don’t know what it’s name is)
The leather dash trimming was £270.

Please could you send me the details of the trimmer you used as it looks like they did a cracking job and my GT40 dash needs a trim soon.

Keep up the great work.

Cheers

[pingu393]

ukcerb said:

This is the one, don’t know if the ‘c’ after fer312 makes any difference.

Are you doing a wood veneer insert with the dash?

I'm not sure if it will be veneer or solid. I'm trying to contact the guy who will do it, but I think he might be in isolation.

If I were doing it, I would use solid, as I don't have the skill to work with veneer. He might prefer one over the other.

I'm thinking of leather and wood, but I'll ask the man, as he does this sort of thing all the time.


One thing that I am thinking about (and so is CC) is converting the temperature rotary dials to sliders.

[ukcerb]

Be interested to see your dash when it’s done. Agree something needs doing to make the heater controls more period. Handbrake too would look good on side of tunnel.
Front end finished now so R56 Mini seats to refit but got to splice heated seats into Z3 loom first.

[GTRene]

ukcerb said:

Had the dash professionally covered in leather with period stitching and really pleased with the overall effect now with all the gauges fitted.

wow, such dash looks really cool with the kit, nice work.

[ukcerb]

Thanks for your comments, it means a lot from a Z3 owner! Have you still got the 3litre one? I just bought one and the power difference even compared to the 2.8 is very noticeable.

[GTRene]

ukcerb said:

Thanks for your comments, it means a lot from a Z3 owner! Have you still got the 3litre one? I just bought one and the power difference even compared to the 2.8 is very noticeable.

Nope, I sold the Z3 coupe 3.0 because my project car was ready, but that one is on sale also, because of the 'bad' trigger it gaves me after a almost 4 year traject.

But to be honest, its fun driving when the road ahead gives you some free moving space ;-)
this is my Z3 s65, a Z3 with e9x M3 V8 and 445ps with 6-speed also from the M3 V8 models.

[ukcerb]

That looks amazing. Must be a very quick car.
The roads are eerily quiet round here too

[ukcerb]

The car is finished thanks to all the ‘lock down’ time. Really pleased with the finished result and the car stance is so much better with the track reduction and camber conversion, definitely worth the extra effort.
Looking forward to doing some drives out once we are all back to some sort of normality.

[pingu393]

Looking good. Now for the essential journey. I think there's a Tesco in Aberdeen if you need some bog roll .

[V8RX7]

Looks good, I saw it on ebay, I'll be interested to see what it sells for

(My father is a classic car trader)

[pingu393]

V8RX7 said:

Looks good, I saw it on ebay, I'll be interested to see what it sells for

(My father is a classic car trader)

Linky? I've looked under the obvious search criteria, but no joy.

[jeff666]

pingu393 said:

V8RX7 said:

Looks good, I saw it on ebay, I'll be interested to see what it sells for

(My father is a classic car trader)

Linky? I've looked under the obvious search criteria, but no joy.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1960-recreation-Tribute-250-SWB/223960527321

[ukcerb]

Sorry for not replying, managed to lock myself out of my phone !
Stopped the advert for the car for the time being. Probably nott a good time to try selling with the current situation, 4,000 views though!

[ukcerb]

Real car and real legend. RIP

[dhutch]

dhutch said:

Cant see the image on works computer, but I am glad someone has bumped up this thread, excellent kitting on all accounts!

ukcerb said:

jeff666 said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1960-recreation-Tribute...

Stopped the advert for the car for the time being. Probably nott a good time to try selling with the current situation, 4,000 views though!

Just seen them all. Very nice indeed. Good luck with the sale in due course!