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A pair of Lambo 350GT’s go “under the knife” for restoration at Bobileff Motorcars

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  1. garybobileff

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    #52 Smurf, Mar 10, 2014
    what a great thread!!!



    ....great work Gary !
     
  3. thedoc

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    #53 thedoc, Mar 10, 2014
    Gary
    we are fascinated by this !!
    my question is your showing new metal being replaced but on the old metal frame of the car . Is the for fitment only and then the whole body comes off then the frame gets done and hence the body will have already been fitted ....................... or is this particular one good enough to not receive a body off ful frame resto ?? just curious at the steps here?

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    #54 alberto, Mar 11, 2014
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    No offense Gary, but great work Nigel!

    Take a look at the Miura 1021 thread to see more great metal work from Gary's shop.
     
  5. garybobileff

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    #55 garybobileff, Mar 11, 2014
    Actually, Nigel, from my shop has been working on other projects, and hasn't touched this car ! For my procedures in restoration, it's too cumbersome and costly to remove the body from the chassis, unless there is a specific reason to do so. I find it much more cost effective to re do the car with the body in place. It's not as simple as lifting the body straight off the chassis, as you will see that the body is actually wrapped around the chassis and sub structure, you'd have to cut many panels off the body , just to release the main body section off the chassis.
    Gary Bobileff
     
  6. thedoc

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    #56 thedoc, Mar 11, 2014
    gotcha

    thx

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  7. RJR89

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    #57 RJR89, Mar 11, 2014
    Ferruccio would be thrilled!
     
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    #60 vaholtorf, Mar 14, 2014
    What finish do you put on the Weber bodies to keep them looking nice and not corroding down the road?
     
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    #61 BlueBiturbo, Mar 14, 2014
    WOW ! Great thread.
    Excellent work Gary.
     
  12. garybobileff

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    #62 garybobileff, Mar 14, 2014
    The bodies are not treated, such as Miura carbs, just lots of scrubbing, all hardware cleaned, prepped, plated.
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    #63 staatsof, Mar 15, 2014

    Those look a whole lot better than the ones on my Espada which were quite corroded but I'm surprised you do nothing to the bodies.
     
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    #65 Jalpa_Mike, Mar 19, 2014
    Holy corrosion, Batman!
     
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    #66 staatsof, Mar 20, 2014
    :eek:

    This car saw some rough duty I guess?

    Left outside for a very long time or salty roads?

    Please don't tell us all of this happened just sitting inside a garage for 30 years?
     
  17. garybobileff

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    #67 garybobileff, Mar 20, 2014
    This car came from the west coast of Florida, and resided there for about 30 years. I am not sure if it was stored indoors or out doors.
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  18. Peter K.

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    #68 Peter K., Mar 20, 2014
    Regardless, I hear even left in a garage the salt air gets in. Especially if the owner opened and closed the door for another car. Garage door opening is like a big swallow of salt air.
     
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    #69 staatsof, Mar 21, 2014
    That's a lot of corrosion though. Maybe it spent some time in salt country then went to Florida? I saw one get the the wheel arches and rockers replaced for the second time and that was a car which had been driven in Switzerland most of it's life.

    But it's not like these Italian exotics were built to last very long anyway. Four or five years then you get a new one, that was their idea. Not forty or fifty years LOL :D

    This is Frankenstein stuff, resurrection of the dead.

    Very Abbey Normal. ;)
     
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    #71 thedoc, Mar 25, 2014
    fascinating!

    so now since all this newness gets covered again how does one protect properly against a re occurrence of the rust.

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  22. Jon Hansen

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    #72 Jon Hansen, Mar 25, 2014
    Nice work. On the jack points, are you replacing a piece of sheet metal with what looks like .500" bar stock? It's hard to tell without a back view.
    If so, while not stock, that would add considerable strength and stiffness.
    The receivers look like they are greatly beefed up too.
    :)
     
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    #73 garybobileff, Mar 25, 2014
    All the new material is zinc coated for protection. And yes, the jack points are beefed up with heavier material than stock, including the gussets . Why not improve non visible items? I believe in that. And yes, it all gets covered up when the installation is finished.
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    #74 ken qv, Mar 26, 2014
    that's not from just "salt air" imo ..i know many old cars that "live" at the beach and they don't have issues like that. It seems you have to be within a mile of the
    beach to smell the salt and outside of that i dont see items rusting at any different rate. Of course an owner of such a car might have lived right on the water. wow though... lots of work.
     
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    #75 PSk, Mar 26, 2014
    Remember guys we are talking Italian cars from this period, rust prevention was not on their list.
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