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RHD White / Blue Boxer BBi Restoration Video

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  1. dave80gtsi

    dave80gtsi Formula 3
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  2. MonoSpecchio

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    This car was once in perfect condition, but sat outside in the UK weather for 14 years! It has an inch of mold and moss all over it!

    This is the same guy who bought that 1986 Testarossa homemade convertible disaster project (listed for sale on F chat for years) and created the “Ratarossa”.

    This will be a DIY restoration and will be fun to watch.
     
  3. sixcarbs

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    Just caught the video on Youtube. He usually posts here. I hope he continues.
     
  4. A348W

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    This will be interesting. I think the surface rust will be the least of his worries,

    Glad that it has been rescued though! I do hate to see lovely cars rot away.
     
  5. pshoejberg

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    My best guess is that this car recovery will not be covered on fchat. By the way Newman and others in the same league has shown how to deal with projects of this nature. Anyhow it will be very interesting to follow.

    best, Peter
     
  6. WJHMH

    WJHMH Two Time F1 World Champ
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    Just started watching the video, sad to see anyone abandon a car like that to the elements.
     
  7. A348W

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    So, £80k. Given a classiche certified one sold for under £200k recently,will there be any profit in it; or is it build your dream BB and never mind the £?
     
  8. Grease Donkey

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    Altough there doesn't seem to be too much welding involved, I think we can still apply the Car-SOS-Average of 900 hours to make it acceptable again (but not perfect). Let's not forget to add parts for 20-30k.

    It can turn a profit only if
    1) the hours are not accounted for as in a workshop (I think that's a given with ratarossa)
    2) youtube revenue compensates (3-5$ per 1'000 views)
    3) some of the $$ is accounted as an investment into his digital brand

    He's acquiring a whole new much larger community of non-owners. This can only be positive for all of us!

    I'd dare to predict that the sales price will be in-line with market when he sells, as the buyer will be 40+. In 10+ years this might change as the now 20+ year olds might be prepared to buy the "ratarossa build" at a premium.

    Let's give this fellow enthusiast a hand and watch the newest episode:
     
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  9. dave80gtsi

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    After viewing the latest video (above), can any current Boxer owners comment on the referenced 'strange noise'?
     
  10. pshoejberg

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    It is noise from the Dinoplex ignition box. It's a very common whine sound that's well known amongst BBi owners. The sound get's increasingly high when the box is about to crap out.

    Best, Peter
     
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  11. MonoSpecchio

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    Latest update is he has a bad leak down thru exhaust on cylinder 12. Doesn’t appear to have a stuck valve. Skip to 19:00 to see the score video and leakdown.

     
  12. ross

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    actually these videos have been posted already on fchat, just not all in one place.
     

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