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67 Fiat Dino Spider restoration

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  1. TheMayor

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    Plastic interior panels being recovered in leather. New screws will replace the old rusty ones. The interior plastic air vents survived all these years by some miracle. Piece by piece coming back to life. All these leather pieces came pre-cut from Dino Point in the original kit.
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    Went over to the interior installer today. We are getting pretty close to installing all the leather and the carpet. One of the door panels is finished but the lower chrome trim is out for refurbishing.

    New armrests are on.

    The colors look amazing. Indoors the red doesn’t look metallic. You might say old school darker Ferrari red. Outdoors the metallic really shows the curves and highlights.

    We are going to wrap the center console in black to bring it like new. It’s not cracked but rather beat up / faded. Needs TLC, like most of this car.

    Convertible top will be next.
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    My box of parts arrived at DinoPoint today! A month delay in Italian customs. I sweated every day waiting.
     
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    Looks like you are nearing the finish line. I hope that you enjoy the car for a long time.
     
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    I think still 2-3 months away from being "finished" (whatever that means!)

    The hope is the end of the summer. Its been a much bigger adventure than I first imagined. But when you open a can of worms, it shouldn't surprise you there are worms inside.

    To some degree, its my own fault. I didn't plan on some upgrades like the interior in leather. I didn't think I needed to replace the windscreen. I didn't plan to have the carbs completely overhauled and set up in Italy. All these are things I decided after starting as I felt we should try to do more than just the minimum.
     
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    Just get it running enough to bring to Monterey. It doesn't need to be finished.
     
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    It won't be running for at least another 2 months. The carbs and ignition system are being worked on in Italy. When Italian customs delayed my shipment, that made it impossible. And we still have electrical problems we have to sort out. Not sure how long that will take.
     
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    #360 TheMayor, Jul 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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    Finished both doors and the back seat. The upper trim in the back seat is waiting for the top to be installed. Today they will start the new wrap of the center console. General cleaning of the console levers to freshen it up and get the cables to move.

    The old fabric of the top has been cleaned off and now restoration of the frame spars begin. You can see from the current condition of the spars what the general overall condition was like. 30+ years of sitting around. The top might have been original. It actually didn't look that bad but it was ripped and faded.

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    The Center console has been completely refreshed. It was really bad. 50 year old oxidized, scratched and faded plastic. Luckily, it wasn't cracked.

    Looks brand new again!


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