Looks great! Love the leather color!!!
Finished. Except for the original seats which will be done in a week or two. I must admit it looks spectacular! The door panels came out nice and the new fasteners made all the difference. I am very pleased with the results. Ciao, FGM Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I picked up the car today and brought it home. After washing the dust off the car I took these photos, then went for an evening drive. Nothing better than a warm desert evening drive with the top down. Love the exhaust note. Next up I will be installing the original MonoFlux fuel pumps and new original type gas lines. Ciao, FGM Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Here some photos of 101.865 a stunning early one in gorgeous colours and excellent condition which I sold with a partner in recent weeks from the Uk to mainland Europe. It was perhaps the nicest I have seen, with some interesting features, priced fairly as well (don't ask please) contrary to others who have cars that need lots of work and expect top price. Best regards, MS
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Nice car with a very unique color. Thank you for posting. Can you post photos of the interior details? Ciao, FGM
One of the last Items on my punch list for the car is to install a pair of OEM MonoFlux fuel pumps. Cluck, cluck. These pumps took me 2 years to find and I am still looking for 1 more pump for my Grey 3500 Coupe #916. I also had to source the original fittings and have some original copper lines produced. This is not so easy. In the end my friends in Modena were able to supply the fittings and lines. This process took a year. In addition I had to source the diaphragms for the fuel pumps, again not so easy. In the end the pumps were successfully rebuilt and installed along with the new fuel lines and now the car is fitted with the correct pumps. Next up, the 800 mile drive from Palm Springs to LA then onto the Road Rally to Paso Robles and back to Palm Springs. There will be over 60 cars on this rally beginning on Fri the 29th. of this month. Hope to see some of you at the Petersen Museum for the start of the Tour. Ciao, FGM Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Has anyone seen a large fuel filter such as this one. I just discovered on my car? It looks to be original. As you can see it is 41/4" long and almost 21/2 " in diameter. The overall length of the canister is almost 41/2" long. Much longer than the standard 3500GT FISPA fuel filter housing. Any information on where to get a fuel filter for this guy would be most appreciated. Do any of you have this type of filter on your car? Ciao, FGM Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
That is a strange one to me. I have a FISPA filter but it is shorter and fatter, which is what I have seen on most 3500s.
Frank, Where and when is the meet-up point on Apr 29? Just so happens I'll be in LA. Thx. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk
7:30AM Friday April 28th at the Petersen Museum. I will be there with the Vignale Spyder. I will look forward to meeting you. Ciao, FGM
hello, here the next 3500 VS Project. BR Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Another interesting challenge. Looking forward to seeing many many photos of parts and pieces and the car goes together. Ciao, FGM
The road Tour started Friday morning at the Petersen Museum. The cars were flagged off every 2 min. and off we went to Paso Robles. The first stop was at the Mullen Museum in Oxnard and then onto Solvang for lunch. My navigator and I drove over from Palm Springs on Thursday afternoon, parked the Vignale at the Petersen threw a car cover on it and headed over to our hotel in Beverly Hills. After we got onto the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) it was a glorious drive along the beach up through Santa Monica and on past Malibu. The 3500 Spyder was made for this type of driving along the coast on a sunny day. It just does NOT get any better that this. We put 810 miles on the car in 4 days and it drove like the trooper it is. Never missed a beat, never ran warm, just dead on smooth. This car is now fully sorted and ready to drive anywhere... Next week the truck comes to take both 1121 and 916 back home to Mercer Island where I will continue to enjoy both cars over the summer. Vancouver here we come. First photo is at the Petersen departure. Second is in Malibu and third is at the Paso Robles Hotel at sunset. 810 miles and 14.3 MPG overall and yes the seats were very comfortable. Ciao, FGM Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I didn't get to LA until much later in the day. Sorry I missed your northbound launch. Car looks great and 810 miles is very impressive. Next time... A. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk
The Vignale Spy and the Touring Coupe getting loaded for the trip to Mercer Island. Both cars arrived and are now in my garage ready for the rain to stop so I can put some summer miles on them. Ciao, FGM Image Unavailable, Please Login
Took the Vignale to Cars & Coffee at Redmond Town Center this AM. I keep racking up the miles. Returned the car to my Toy Barn and rode my Triumph Bonneville home. AKA a W650. Note the tail end of 708 peeking out in the background. I need to put some miles on it tomorrow. Ciao, FGM Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
They are both beautiful, the Vignale and the grey Touring Coupe! By the way, if you would like you could buy a new Bonneville from Triumph (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGcdX2i0d7k)
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Nice photos Bella-donna, keep them coming, especially the details. Where are the other V/S you have restored? Ciao, FGM
One of the benefits of spending the winter months in southern California Palm Springs area is that you can drive your old Maseratis just about every day. Today Larry Ruben and I took 1121 out to The Thermal Club a private racing facility with homes built around the track. A truly spectacular idea. The car ran like a Swiss watch with a very odd situation on the way back, in which the fuel pumps stopped working!! We pulled over and I simply checked the fuses, all ok there. Rotated the fuel pump fuse, turned the key on and bingo!! cluck, cluck, cluck, the MonoFlux pumps sprang to life and off we went. Very strange.... Ciao, FGM Image Unavailable, Please Login
Hi Frank, really strange the situation with your fuel pumps. Did you find out the reason why they stopped working ? This is exatly the reason, why I did not dare to install my monfofluxes on the Vignale. I do not like unplanned outages when driving a vintage car. But I heard some stories these pumps are not really reliable ? At the moment i am driving with modern pumps (from a Biturbo) but I would like to use the original ones - but with NO such surprises you described. I would be glad to hear reports from other 3500 drivers who have installed the moboflux pumps. How does these pumps do in a normal use (in a traffic jam, when passing other cars, climbing up mountains, stop an go traffic, ....). Maybe there are some special tricks necessary to make these pumps more reliable ? Alfred