#06450 Chaires and Flares

always love your threads ...a true gold mine for Dino owners, restorers & enthusiasts alike!

 

Clearly a car that had character, history and original finishes preserved for 40 years that are now long gone.

The pursuit of perfection is fine for cars clearly needing work, but this just doesn't seem the right candidate.

Or is it?

 

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Thanks for editing your post. It paints a clearer picture or your intention. Your simple "it makes the world go around" response just alluded to profits and nothing else.

This is an incredible project, which you will no doubt pour much passion and energy into, and kindly share on this board.

But I don't think this car required any restoration whatsoever, and there we will disagree.

Look up 1953 Ferrari 375 MM 0382AM, or any of the untouched, unrestored cars that have been lovingly preserved over the years.

 

I'm all for keeping that rat living in the wheel well since '73, I imagine he's original too; some real history and character!

 

As per your post 25 Jon you said there was no issues or rust which is remarkable for a car of this age, if above pics are all thats wrong then losing that little bit of history isnt the end of the world.

 

Excellent work, thank you for sharing and taking us along on the journey!
The rear lower body panel directly aft of the rear wheels is a double layer sandwich of two sheet metal pieces and notorious for trapping rust.
Keep up this great work!

 

Yes rgat part seems to be a consumable item.
After the first one went, i added a vent hole and sprayed inside
With oil. Any one have a better system?

 

So clean it up. They are only original once. Maybe these cars aren't significant enough to warrant preservation.

You would think the experts would know when to leave a car alone.

How much better does it have to get before every component is stripped of its original finish and powder coated? Did the factory even powder coat these components? Have you seen what 20 year old powercoat looks like?

 

Some people (including experts) are into preservation, patina, and originality which is great, others see that as old, musty, and decaying and like things redone, also cool. There is no right or wrong, up to the owner .....

 

some rot you have stop.

 

You do this really quickly. I am looking in the compendium you sent us right now for colors. There are a lot of colors that look good on this car. How long does it take you to put the car back together?

 

I did and I found a car with paint peeling on the firewall, etc. IMO the car needs to be restored and then raced again, restored and then raced again and so on.

Cars are mechanical objects and when they were originally built they were built to be "cars" and in this case race. While I understand many cars are over restored and that is a shame, and modern standards of race car preparation are way better than they used to be, Ferrari would not have turned up with 0382AM looking like that when it was current.

The biggest problem with people that restore cars is that the cars are NOT used properly afterwards and thus they never get a chance to grow patina again. Is that the restorers fault? No it is the owners.

Jay Leno has the right attitude: Restore, wear out again, re-restore and then re-wear out again and repeat until you cannot smile anymore .
Pete

 

I agree. This car was too original and nice to be taken apart. Cars are only original once. The work you do is beautiful and perfect, but IMO this was far from a candidate for a full restoration. Shame to take apart and restore a no-accident, original car like this. I hope to see your restorations on many cars in the future and wish you a speedy recovery on your hand, but can we all please agree to preserve the few remaining originals rather than treat them to a full unnecessary restoration? There are many restoration candidates out there, but very few originals left.