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360 Challenge/Stradale Manual build thread

Discussion in '360/430' started by Julian Thompson, Jul 26, 2016.

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  1. Julian Thompson

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    #476 Julian Thompson, Mar 22, 2017
    Yes i was aware of this car it's a very nice job the owner is a little shy however :)
     
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    #477 sherpa23, May 7, 2017
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    #478 ewright, May 7, 2017
    What a beauty. Would love to know more about this car and the conversion process...
     
  4. Julian Thompson

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    #479 Julian Thompson, Aug 6, 2017
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    I've received a few mails from people interested to find out where my build is up to.

    Well in fact I've had to halt working on the car at the moment because I've simply run out of room to work properly on the car, and I'm having to store other members of my collection outside because a stripped down Ferrari with effectively another half a car "in stock" takes up far more room than you'd imagine.

    So in an outstanding victory for man maths I have decided to build a new garage to play with toys. It's as big as I can fit in the available space - about 17 meters long and on average 6 meters wide so I should have plenty of room to get this thing done.

    I'm hoping it will begin to go quickly now - got a retaining wall in around the garden and as a concession to the kids we are almost there with replacing the lawn with Astro turf!

    Funny how restoring a car turns into restoring the house!
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    #480 Mickster, Aug 6, 2017
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    Geees - you'll take it to a whole new level!

    Good luck!
     
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    #481 dreichman, Aug 7, 2017
    I was wondering what was up. Good luck and we all will look forward to you starting up again on your car.
     
  7. Julian Thompson

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    #482 Julian Thompson, Aug 7, 2017
    Thanks so much. I have been continuing collecting parts in the mean time though so haven't been totally stood still :)
     
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    #483 Julian Thompson, Aug 25, 2017
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    So seeing you other project guys cracking on has made me a bit sore and so it's time for another update! Progress on my workshop is slow but unrelenting. The slab is complete and now we are putting in walls. I'm hoping another month and I can move the Ferrari into its new home and resume operations....
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    #484 dreichman, Dec 1, 2017
    Hi Julian, how’s the new shop coming along?
     
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    #485 zipperkarting, Dec 10, 2017
    Me too. My neighbour had one that he sold for £50k approx 12 years ago. Actually it wasn’t my fault. I asked him to tell me when he was selling and sold it without offering it to me. Bugger!
     
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    #486 zipperkarting, Dec 11, 2017
    This is a beautiful thing to behold but you haven’t looked inside the motor and made it as sprightly and efficient.
    Isn’t that a tad more important.
    Just saying.
     
  12. Julian Thompson

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    #487 Julian Thompson, Dec 15, 2017
    The engine is a verified 10k mile motor out of a known Stradale that was sadly lost in a shunt. There is no reason to strip the motor. We will be doing RMS and valve timing on it and the usual cam gasket seals but basically that'll be all it will need.

    Workshop is almost finished - here is a pic. Need to put in some plasterboard, sort the floor and some roofing insulation etc but the cars are covered for winter now which is great news! So I'm hoping by spring I can begin to wield spanners on the Ferrari again!!!

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    #488 ar4me, Dec 15, 2017
    Congrats on finishing the garage! :)
     
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    #489 dreichman, Dec 16, 2017
    Looks great! These projects always take longer than you think. Keep us posted as to your progress. Cheers
     
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    #490 AleGJ, Jan 4, 2018
    First of all, Happy New Year!

    I've just finished reading all this thread and the work you are doing is awesome, I'm really look forward to see some progress now that your workshop is almost finished.
    This thread is also an invaluable source of informations for my current project, as 2 days ago I've just started to convert a F1 360 into a gated manual.
    My project will be documented in a topic as well.

    Keep up the good work!
     
  16. 360trev

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    #491 360trev, Apr 25, 2018
    Hey Julian, bump sir, bump!

    What's been going on!? :)
     
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    #492 Mickster, Apr 26, 2018
    Yes, like Marvn sang; What’s going on?
     
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