F40 LM Restoration

Yep.

 

If I were in your position, I would take a side shot of the car and have someone do some photoshop work until it is exactly as you want it. Then I would apply any stickers or graphics like the white roundels.

 

No stickers and it looks really good as it is.

 

+1000 !

 

The latest photo really does give a good indication how much wider the evo LM front clam is to a standard cars or even the normal LM one. The area between the edge of the front clam and the surface of the doors is huge in comparison to standard, it also made me realise that the michelotto side panels with the extra ducting must be wider as well where they meet the front clam in order to line up correctly.

Regarding stickers, if it were mine I would leave it bare apart from the road car markings. No LMs were street legal where as this one will be, Sabre tooth tiger in wolfs clothing on the road then!

 

If it were mine there would be NO stickers on that lovely red paintwork...
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No stickers if it were my car. It would be a crime to clutter up and cover those beautiful lines.

 

Wow it really is looking fantastic Tim...

When do you have ideas on testing at Donnington? I might have to take the morning off work and pop and see it.

 

I am not sure where we will do a shakedown but will post. When it comes to testing proper then Donnington will probably be first choice and that will be the more interesting time. We need to get the shakedown under our belts, all issues resolved, new injectors and new power. Then we can test properly.

 

If I get a vote I vote no stickers... the ones it raced with in period looked a mess and after all the effort you've put into maintaining originality and the link to its past, anything else would be a bit fake. IMO.

You could get a metallic blue wrap

 

Does anybody know if this car is still in Japan?

Thank you in advance.

 

Wonderful. Big congrats Tim.

Looking forward to the rest of this wonderful thread …

What a car.

 

Right now, decision is to stick with certainly no stickers, no way and probably no roundels and make a final decision on them when the car is finished and all badged up, right now, short of shields, spoilers, badges etc, she is looking a little plain Jane, but I think that will be sorted once the final aesthetic touches are added. Anyway, still lots of time as much to do.

Car is currently set at maximum ride height.
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I would personally keep it subtle...

OMG did I really call an F40LM subtle, my apologies lol
Does it really need any stickers to shout what it is?
Maybe at the very least some Ferrari yellow shields on the top edge of the wings (fenders for our US boys lol)

 

As said, the fender shields, Pininfarina badges, bonnet badge etc are yet to be fitted and will go on the new clam once finished-no point fitting them on what will be a spare. No stickers is now a given.

 

just,beautifull

 

Let this picture be a reminder to folks who still think they saw an F40 LM car on the street. Even at this ride height, you're going to be scraping all over the place.

Car looks gorgeous.

 

Thank you but just wait for all the details to be added, especially the front spoiler. Looking at this image I thing we might have to consider a more realistic one for road use rather than our current one?
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Congratulations on the progress! Once this build is 'complete', I hope you keep the thread on-going with tinkering updates!

 

That is no subtle car at all, it is simply the best looking F40 so far. With or without stickers you can tell that it isn't a normal one. I'd like to see the attention it gets when you drive down London (maybe try the Knightsbridge/Harrods route)

 

I love in the side profile picture how the front bumper curves around the front wheel on the lm front, flows so much better than a normal street f40, would it be possible to have that design with the normal front clam, ie without the fixed headlights and with normal pop up ones?

 

Please, I beg of you, no decals. It looks beautiful just the way it is.

 

Sharp edge curves are back in style. The F40 design will never be old fashion.

 

Absolutely love the wider front clamshell. Makes it look so much more aggressive .

Seems like i'm in the significant minority here, but I'll stand by my point I made at the very start of this thread: keep the stickers! Belongs on the car IMO.

Best part about stickers is that you can pull them off once you're bored with them. Run them for a year and then pull them off if you're bored. Put them back on if you prefer. No harm done really.

 

Back to the front.

Piece has been baked in its mould for two hours, then through a cooling cycle, then back in the oven at a higher temp, then another cooling cycle then another baking at a higher temp still, finally out into the sunshine for a free cook off from the sun

Prior to removing the new piece from the mould, all the sacrificial layers are removed, a MUCH tougher job than it looks.
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