boxer 19271 restoration

I don't think bias has anything to do with it...it looks sensational...you guys have made the right choices...absolutely no doubt about it.

Congrats.

I think Rosso Dino was Ferrari's answer to the Lambo colours of the day...

 

Could Rosso Dino have chosen for the photografy, so that in normal car magasines Rosso Corsa vould look too dark in those days printing?

 

Awesome work Paul!

 

Outstanding Paul , stuatt

 

Nice work

 

Mr. Newman: chapeau. I am in awe sir. Thank you (and spitfire!) for sharing this wonderful journey with us. This thread and your similar 308 saga have provided much enjoyment.
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It's very exciting, she looks amazing. I can't wait to see her in the flesh. Have we ordered my Mr. T control arms yet?!!!!

Goodness me, what a transformation from the well-storied and well-driven red car we first looked at 2 years ago.

 

I see that the firewall (frame tubes 'n all) is pretty much blitzed with silver, whereas other boxers (e.g., the black one owner one that you're working on) are different (i.e., frame tubes are black). What's the story?

 

Answering my own question here -- digging through photos from early on in the resto I see that it was originally silver (including the frame elements). Ignore the grey stuff that was sprayed over everything at a later date.
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The orange is cool like it. A dry ice blasting would be perfect for the motor area to clean that all up.

 

It definitely needed (and received) a bit more than a dry ice blasting! Glad you like the orange -- I've yet to see it in its finished state.

 

damn! the body sitting in state is a lovely sight!!! artwork...the likes of which will never be produced again by Ferrari.

have a good look guys...the bb was the end of the line!!!!

 

I installed both dynamat and dynaliner in my 430 Scuderia; but only on the inner wheel arches and cabin floor, not on the firewall, doors, dash or anywhere else. Additionally I only used the heavy duty black dynamat and dynaliner on the wheel arches and only the lightweight blue dynamat on the floors. The only reason I did this was because I found the sound of every stone being fired into the bare aluminium and every bang and crash of the suspension irritating and unnecessary. When I use the car it is often on 700km plus drives and it made for a very tiring day. The transformation post installation was dramatic to say the least, almost too much silence. Virtually no road noise whatsoever; but still every bit of engine noise as I didn't touch the firewall.

The point of mentioning all that is after looking at the pictures, I think that is going to be one very quiet interior indeed

Quality restoration work BTW.

 

+1 to 360C's comments. I also noticed the sound deadening acted as a "bandpass" or a "bandblock" filter, as post-installation I could hear more & different mechanical noises that must have been masked previously by the road noise. The engine noise came through better, as did the exhaust, and I could even hear a bit of whine from the drivetrain.

All in all, the car felt and sounded more solid - doors closed with a good "thunk" instead of sounding like a screen door being slammed, and the noise of rain on the roof was gone.

All good things except the additional weight. I haven't had the car on the scales since then, but I'd estimate we added around 100 pounds of sound deadening.

 

I weighed the dynamat before I started the install. From memory the heavy duty black grade weighs 1kg per sheet and the blue light weight grade is about 30% lighter. I used 2 sheets of black and 3 sheets of blue grade dynamat. The dynaliner weight is negligible.

There would be three times as much (all heavy duty black) in the Boxer install, if not more?

 

Wow- amazing work! I'm about 2.5 hours away from you. If you'd welcome a visit, I'd love to take a drive this spring and see this is person. I'm just outside Buffalo NY

 

What do you mean by "dry ice blasting"....Im always trying to learn new things!
John Z
79 Boxer

 

Dry-ice blasting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Paul, do you run into any clearance issues putting in Dynamat and dyna liner in? I am thinking the added thickness might present with issues?


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