Dino Restoration

Gorgeous job, but I'm a little worried about what the little pooch is doing.

 

Wow. You and your son will never forget this project. Hope this car can stay in your family forever.

Congratulations and may the horse be with you.

 

I guess the suspension all settled down now and the ride height and all is in "like new" Condition?

The car looks GREAT, color, headlights, everything, can't wait to see the seats installed, Just think if they sent the right ones the first time you would be all done and looking to do something else right about now...

Well anyway it was a good time watching this thread for the past months and I hope you do another soon...

 

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! Thanks for giving me hours of interesting reading over the last few months. it is beautiful.

 

Jon,

The dog isn't chewing on the tires is he ?


LOOK OUT !


This is one incredible thread, and one incredible Ferrari Dino !

Beau - tee - full !

Thanks for sharing your experience with all of us .


Tom

 

jon.

where did you source your springs?

The first set I bought (Superformance I think) were wrong and the car sat too high in the front. I had to replace them with springs from Dennis McCann. Different spring rates from original, as I recall, was at least a part of the problem. Superformance sold them as uprated, but mostly they were uplifting. only product I ever had a problem with from them, and they refunded 100% of my cost, including the labor.

Dave

 

Jon now you have nearly finished, you need a nice holiday.

How about a nice trip to the UK.

Can supply bed and breakfast, weather is a bit rough at the moment
oh by the way, can you bring some of your tools with you.

Only joking if ever you come over, let me know it will be my pleasure to
make sure you have a nice time.

Without your pictures it would of been a bit of a nighmare, not too far behind you on finishing the car,
mine will be ready for our 6 week summer.

Stephen

 

wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. what an incredible transformation into possibly the best looking ferrari i've ever seen. i would love to undertake a project like this one day and i commend you on a job well done. can't wait til it's 100% done and done!

 

Jon,

I am so proud of you!! What incredible perseverance, commitment and love for an automobile. You never missed a beat through the entire process.

Congratulations.

Pietro

 

The car could not look better. Congrats!

 

Jon,

Car looks great.

I'm sure you know this but the passenger seat should be in the car when aligned.

Also point of interest, the Campy wheels have different wheel bolts than the Cromodora's. I researched this with a guy in Scotland years ago. The seating edge has a different angle.

Best

 

And also with driver sitting in the car ... but who does that?

As Dinos have adjustable spring platforms (I believe), I would also get the car corner weighed ... then it will drive beautifully balanced.
Pete

 

Hi Jon and Jeff, I'm Jim, the guy Rob G. walked in with a few days ago, we talked motocross, remember? Well I took your advice and spent some time here in this site, I have to say I am as impressed with what you have provided here for Dino lovers everywhere as I was upon my first glance at your car and shop. Let me tell these many other readers...that little car is so special words don't do it justice! And this guy Jon and his son Jeff are really neat guys, what a pleasure to meet them!

I'm going to pop in once in a while just to see all the fun stuff if you don't mind. Great job, see you soon. I hope my little intrusion isn't considered hijacking a thread, I just had to do it.

Jim
Escondido, CA

 

i think that would a great refernce site without having all the commentary to fish through

 

Jon:

Side by side before an after pictures might be helpful and illustrative for people. I would not do that for all of your 1500 pictures, but a good sampling assuming you have the equivalent before picture.

Alberto

 

Excellent idea! I think help anyone working on a Dino and should be libraried at the very least. If you need any help, let me know. I'd be glad to assist with the project.

 

+1!!! I really like this idea of seeing the before and after. I think it would add an amazing amount of depth, especially for someone who has not completely devoured this restoration thread like most of us have.

JIM

 

I just found this thread,absolutely amazing attention to detail. Well done! And congratulations on having a beautiful "new" Ferrari to drive.

 

Jon,
Need an index of some sort. Probably more than one. Alphabetical by part name. By major assembly. By TAV. By removal sequence. By repair sequence. By assembly sequence. Then number each picture, on the picture itself, starting at 0001jg (you taking the plate off).
Those first pictures can be sharpened and blown up a little, I have used a few in my Sagas. Don't think that full size photos make sense if you are talking about camera resolution. Maybe 1600 x 1200 pixels, sharpened, would be a reasonable compromise between size and navigability for folks who don't have editors. Of course you could have pan and zoom and sharpen as part of the web site and let folks have it all. Users could select size to download if they need hard copy. So many ideas about such a resource. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.
John

 

Jon,

Maybe a link to where you sourced parts and services would be nice as well.

Congratulations and thanks for taking us along for the ride. I hope to be able to see the finished masterpiece in person some day.

Manny