Holy **** you certainly know how to jump right in lol By the looks of it you are perfect owner for the 348 spider, plus you have a humors way of telling a good story, proud to have you on board my man Best of luck in your new love affair.
Fantastic story!!! I never found a car like that! Good luck on the work! Sounds like it was a "sweeeeeet" deal! ( but I whould change the belts first, are rubber, like the tires!) I should have cleaned the windshield before I drove off, made it easier in the corners! (lol) Keep us posted! sounds like a hell of an experience!!
The California DMV must have lost the paperwork. Tell them so. Good work getting the car running. Cleaning the sticky residue on the interior pieces is an easy job. You can take the pieces out and use oven cleaner, or leave them in place an use Goof Off 2 (in the orange spray bottle). I recommend leaving the A/C vents in place as the plastic tabs that keep them in place get brittle and can easily break when you remove the vents. When you use the Goof Off 2 you just spray a small area at a time, and use loads of Qtips to clean the mess off. About 300 Qtips should be good for the whole job, and wear rubber gloves to keep that crap off your hands!!! BT
congrats and welome to the brotherhood. as others here have mentioned, it appears as though you are the right person for the task of restoring this sleeping beauty.
Strong word of caution- If the tires are shot/cracking, you better be extemely cautious of running her with out changing the timing belt. That belt snaps (or pieces break off) you will be so far upside down you will be gasping for air... You seem to like jumping right in- do the belt service NOW. Looking at car condition & judging owner the belt has never been done since it was sold new I would venture to say.... Do the belt, you will take much risk out of the equation once thats behind you.... my 2 cents.. Congrats on the find, Chris
Wow, what a story!! This car is probably an insurance fraud were an owner just got the car to disapear and collected insurance mony on it.
Well this site http://www.my348.com/348.html our 348 Brother, No Doubt, put together has link to a whole lots of info you will find handy. But please, before you do anything else...............CHANGE THE TIMING BELT. The condition that thing was in when you got it leads my to believe that you could have the original timing belt STILL on it. Especially since you said the rubber on the tires is dried out and cracked.
Brother Paul (Gimme Fuel) has a very nice engine removal step by step on his site. http://www.myferrari.page.tl/Home.htm?PHPSESSID=1fefc1e2d5411fdf0423c487085c2453
best thread Ive read in a while. I am quite envious of you, my friend. Have fun with your new wife. :wink:
What a crazy story ......... as already mentioned ........ change the critical rubber on it ........ timing belt, fan belts, tires, vacuum lines, etc, etc ......
Great story! Now please tell us what you paid for it! We are waiting to find out if this is a truly classic story of the mythical "found this awesome car in a barn for cheap" or is this the sequel to "The Money Pit". Good luck! PS. Change those belts before you start it again!!! Listen to the wisdom on this forum. They know what they are talking about.
I know I will enjoy your posts, keep them coming! And Welcome! (... and yeah, you really do have to change the t-belts ... NOW!)
The only thing better than the story us the way you tell it. You are going to be a great addition here. Welcome!
Great story. Now tell us that you bought it off of a disgruntle ex-wife for $500. A teenage boys dream!
There is something special about rescuing/finding a great car (or a 348 for that matter j/k) that sends deep emotions through our bodies. Please continue to post
