84 boxer full restoration

sunday is for me the best time to work :

no phone wringing
no ( or nearly no ) customer coming
so 10 hours in my shop and 9,5 hours productive work

 

Rick, I wouldn't want a sloppy paint on the outside. Look at the picture here. All the drips and runs are under the floor bellypan. I reproduced them because this is the way they came out from the factory, the body was dipped in a primer tank. I had to do it that way to look CORRECT not new. I remember when we use to paint the underside all black and shinny. Today I'd throw up if someone would do this on a full resto.

The underside of the 71-73 Mustang hoods were painted with the hood hanging from their side, so the underside runs were sideway and to be FACTORY correct this is how you do it.

Same with the power steering pump reservoir.
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Again, great job Paul. And keep the factory sloppiness as they were. Where it's tolerable.

 

Ahhh, yes.

Only Ferrari factory drips and runs allowed.

Someday somebody will spend big $ to replicate these drips!

rgds,
vincenzo
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Didn't they change chassi color later (then BB) to gray color? And "black" color is rust preventive stuff sprayed over. Attleast all factory new chassi spareparts (in Testarossa era) are gray.

 

paul,

please have this car professionally photographed extensively when completed. this is going to be the boxer high water mark in my estimation. I would prefer this to an original because the workmanship and details are superior.

 

What is the paint product that you are using to get the texture?

The TR OEM air dam had texture.... might your product be an accurate match for that texture as well?

Life Is Good,
vincenzo

 

Wow! Coming along nicely.

 

Try Daniel Stern Lighting Consultancy and Supply He does have some NOS NLA headlamps. If he doesn't, he knows where to get them.

 

I dropped in last week driving my daughter to Barrie, and noticed your car. Amazing the detailness - beautiful - well done.

 

There are usually yellow Carellos on leboncoin. Some on there right now.

 

When you cut and buff the color coat, you don't want spatter on the nice black texture paint