Off the dolly and onto the bench. Finally! The re-assembly begins! Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Well, here we go again. I just rebuilt a house (took 2-years), and moved again. So time to get the car done! Image Unavailable, Please Login
Thank you. Overlooking Canyon Country. Might just be one of the best view properties in Santa Clarita. Here's what it looked like when we bought it: Image Unavailable, Please Login
I took it down to studs and re-built it. Owner/Builder. Just got it all signed off a couple of weeks ago. It took me 2-years to complete - but it's finally done. So now I'm going to get back to doing the car.
Added this section in the picture and added about a dozen windows all around. Was quite a project. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Thats very nice if I had the $$ I would make a bigger garage! HA. I like the pool!!! I had to get rid of mine after the accident! Image Unavailable, Please Login
Hey Chris! Thanks for stopping by. . You miss? it's ME that's missed... The last two years. Now I'm trying to get Tifosi12 to let me back into the owners forum..
3 weeks! Anthony's mating the gearbox to the motor and then it goes in. Afterwards... Blu-Dino-Met. Woo-hoo! ...finally
The full quote was, "a new a proper Connolly leather interior and Wilton Wool Carpets" It's unfortunate what 30-years of sunshine does to Wilton wool... I went to World Upholstery in Santa Paula today and met Mars, who was very helpful. I've selected new vinyl for the dash, new Wilton wool for the carpets and some matching Connolly-ish leather for the center console. Here were my choices for the vinyl; both are Italian vinyl. The one on the left matches the grain on the existing dash perfectly, although it is noted as being for an Alfa Romeo. The second sample is Ferrari and is about twice as thick and the grain does not match my dash. Mars says he only knows of the Ferrari Vinyl being used on seats, and the Alfa vinyl he says is probably the same vinyl sourced for Ferrari. So in all likelihood it's the correct vinyl, in spite of the notation for Alfa. Below that is picture of the Wilton carpets that were in the car when I bought it. The original color was cinnamon. The sample is also Wilton cinnamon. I had no idea how faded the carpets are and (even) were when I bought it! The last sample is tan leather (#846) to match the rest of the interior. It's not "really" Connolly of course - but, it's the best available match for the rest of the interior and it's surprisingly close! Why just the console? I'm going to re-upholster the center console, because the cutout for the gear-shift gate is too big and there is a gap between the gate and the console, where the gate (I think) should be sitting on-top of the leather covering the console. So we're going to make that correct too. Fun, fun, fun!! View attachment 2672974 View attachment 2672975 View attachment 2672976 View attachment 2672977 View attachment 2672978 View attachment 2672979
Great to see you back at it man! I am thinking about doing some work so cool to see it still has your attention after all this time. Your house work was cool, too!
Thank you Spencer. The house was quite a learning experience. The car has been too and it's likely that it will continue to be. My next step is to get it up on stands so that I can remove the wheels and suspension, before taking the bottom cover off and cleaning-up and sealing the frame with some sort of epoxy based sealer. Unfortunately I can't use the same Glasurit that Bradan used on their restore of a GT4; I live in California. But I've been lead to believe Glasurit makes another product I can use, that's California EPA friendly, before giving the frame a fresh coat of paint. Then comes the suspension, then the interior and finally re-installing the engine/gearbox, which I haven't figured-out how I'm going to do yet. One thing is for certain though; I'm not going to attempt to do that alone! Been there, done that (opposite direction), won't try it again!
Well, not too long; after all, we want to make sure we're still able to drive them, when they're complete!
