front grill cleanup Image Unavailable, Please Login done Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login side mounting bracket Image Unavailable, Please Login central reinforcement Image Unavailable, Please Login
Honestly, I wish I had half the skill set that you have. Your work is remarkable. I continue to be in awe! Sent from my iPad using FerrariChat.com mobile app
Magic. Mostly lacquer thinner. On many wiring looms, there are hand-striped wires included (I love that - it doesn't get more hand-made than that). Those cannot be cleaned with thinner as the paint comes right off. So other solvents need to be used - or as in some cases, I just re-striped the wires after cleaning. The grey wire I replaced in the above example was clearly hand marked - which I did as well. Doesn't get more original than that! More samples later on.
The next series of photos tells the restoration story of the trunk liners and heat insulation - which works perfectly once it's back to original. No heat soak in the trunk. Zero. Amazing. However, some of the molded panels were originally too large to fit and the only way to make them go in was obviously with force, which led to them being in bad shape, needing a lot of work and finally, much cutting down to make them fit. They do fit quite well once adjusted to the correct dimensions. LH wheel arch cover - FRP, and in almost perfect condition once cleaned up, hole is for emergency release handle of the engine bonnet. Carpet needed re-glueing and trimming in the corners to avoid additional thickness: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login LH quarter panel trim (covering the sunroof motor) - FRP with cracks: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login FRP repairs are easy Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Done Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
RH wheel well cover with passages for the electric antenna - molded plastic with integrated "carpet" - cracked in many location, stained: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login repairs with superglue Image Unavailable, Please Login afterwards Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login RH quarter panel trim - molded plastic with integrated "carpet" - totally broken because it was, as I found out later, over 30mm too large in some areas for the actual space available = not trimmed at the factory, but just shoved in: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
initial repairs with superglue Image Unavailable, Please Login re-inforced with a thin layer of glassfibre - it does bond but not extremely well. The molded plastic is sort of "greasy" on the surface Image Unavailable, Please Login The result is perfectly presentable for a trunk liner Image Unavailable, Please Login The two rear panels with tail lamp access covers were in sorry state, again due to their excessive size. Once trimmed during the re-installation process, they fit surprisingly well. But much work was required till that point. LH side Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Many attempts to fit them... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Due the wrong initial placement, the trunk illumination holes were misplaced and corrected as well: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Superglue repairs Image Unavailable, Please Login
Image Unavailable, Please Login Done: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login The RH side was even worse Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Many attempts of fitting a non-fitting panel Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Repairs Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Done and perfectly useable again Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login The firewall liner was interesting too: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login screws that were Image Unavailable, Please Login various fitting attempts Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login all of which needed repairs and filling Image Unavailable, Please Login
Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Finally, as good as new. Behind that liner is a FRP cover acting as a heat shield - covered in asbestos?? Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login That had to come off: Image Unavailable, Please Login Also, lots of metal inserts for fixing the liner and trunk floor - all corroded badly with the resulting expansion and destruction of the FRP. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Front side paint had to come off, but safeguarding the hand-written original part number tape: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Part cleaned and ready for repairs Image Unavailable, Please Login After lots of FRP work, and equipped with new aluminum inserts - holes not drilled yet, waiting for their positions during the installation of the liner: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Carefully repainted around the original markings: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login The heat shield was recreated with alloy covered glass fibre mat - 2 layers to get to the same thickness as the original packing: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login All the edges were taped up with aluminium tape so no loose glass fibres can escape Image Unavailable, Please Login
The trunk floor pack (heat protection from the exhaust) is composed of a 1" thick glass fibre mat floating FRP plate trunk floor board with "asbestos": Image Unavailable, Please Login undersides: Image Unavailable, Please Login Same issue with inserts Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Step one was the removal of whatever that was: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login and the paint on the fibre glass parts Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Following the FRP repairs and new inserts Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Floating panel done Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login trunk floor repainted Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Again, holes for liners not drilled yet. Image Unavailable, Please Login
I also foresaw a removable access panel (like the one on the body trunk floor) in case the trunk lock fails: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Final step was the heat shielding below the trunk floor: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login The complete set ready for installation Image Unavailable, Please Login
One of the trickier parts to restore turned out to be the battery cover, in bad overall condition and as it turned out, similarly to the trunk liner parts, way too large to actually fit - which lead to some of its damage. As removed: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login too many rivets there... previous repairs Image Unavailable, Please Login disassembly Image Unavailable, Please Login "insert"... note the 3rd hole that doesn't really go through the insert... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login First I cleaned up the washer tank bracket: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Which turned out to be heavily corroded but structurally still sound: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login repainted with zink paint and ready Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Next removal of all of those rivets - original and supplemental ones Image Unavailable, Please Login Both FRP parts cleaned for damage assessment Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login FRP repairs Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Front panel repaired Image Unavailable, Please Login Base panel repaired and ready for new, reproduced insert (as for the trunk liner inserts, I chose to make them in aluminium to prevent future corrosion) Image Unavailable, Please Login new insert before lamination Image Unavailable, Please Login fitted and ready for paint Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login parts painted and ready for reassembly - only original rivet holes redrilled: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Done Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Some heavy trimming will occur later to be able to fit, around the rear cutout along the wheel arch and on its total width. It does actually fit once trimmed correctly...
Next on the list was the spare wheel well/front trunk moulding. Here as removed, with obvious damage at the very bottom end and general deterioration on some areas: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Disassembly and clean-up - all paint, sealant and underbody coating overspray had to come off: Image Unavailable, Please Login Hand work: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login 1st paint-free patch: Image Unavailable, Please Login Lots of stuff... Image Unavailable, Please Login Fusebox brackets Image Unavailable, Please Login and corrosion-free Image Unavailable, Please Login zinc-painted Image Unavailable, Please Login
Damage-repaired area at the bottom of the wheel well - badly done, almost 1/2" think in certain spots Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login This is not fixable, so I decided to rebuild the area. Zone removed: Image Unavailable, Please Login Mold with the "hopefully" same curvature taken nearby: Image Unavailable, Please Login plaster poured Image Unavailable, Please Login mould removed Image Unavailable, Please Login resulting insert: Image Unavailable, Please Login Insert positioned and glass fibre mats prepared Image Unavailable, Please Login Dining tables are useful! Image Unavailable, Please Login
Hand-lay up: Image Unavailable, Please Login View from the inside with insert removed Image Unavailable, Please Login Sanded to basic shape Image Unavailable, Please Login Filler applied to get back to the original surface finish - and missing drain hole marked Image Unavailable, Please Login Repair done Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Edge repairs Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Rear section ready for paint, some more areas needed repairs as seen with the yellow zones: Image Unavailable, Please Login
