Dino Restoration

Hi, Gents......dunno why I stumbled into this thread but we are chatting "blues " with Alex Leventhal on his 365 Boxer.... my 1977 308GTB I was using as sample for his carpet...it is blue interior and Factory has confirmed it as AZZURO DINO 5898349 (20-A-349)

Glad to see it in the recap above.

It's a lighter blue than you would think though in direct sunlight, but beautiful on the lines of the car.

A has posted pics in the 365BB for sale SOLD thread............

 

My uncle said he once owned a Dino the same color, when new..

Charles Craig, AIA (retired)..Jackson MS...Rice University, Houston TX '57......

 

Are the calipers being plated yellow cad or silver cad.

If you're painting the car blue, many painters will shoot a test color on a slap of sheet metal for your approval. Are you painting it or having someone else do it?

 

Just came across these images of Mondi claipers, I guess this is Gold Cad palting?
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Jon, there is a company in the UK called Frost who do home plating kits. I have one of there bright zinc kits and have had good results with it. As usual, everything is in the preparation. I don't know if they do overseas shipping but probably do. They are at www.frost.co.uk, check under the electroplating tab. The kit for the gold is a gold passivate kit if I remember,
Al Cowan

 

Variations on a theme--

http://www.barchetta.cc/all.ferraris/dino.summary/246-gt-dino--7.html
s/n 04246
http://www.barchetta.cc/all.ferraris/dino.summary/246-gt-dino--5.html
s/n ?
http://www.barchetta.cc/all.ferraris/dino.summary/img0032.html
s/n 03460 & 07666
http://www.barchetta.cc/all.ferraris/dino.summary/img0045.html
s/n 03314
http://www.barchetta.cc/all.ferraris/dino.summary/246.gts.0582-3.html
s/n ?

Click through the entire site. All sorts of colors and configurations...mild to wild. Hold the cursor over each car & its s/n is briefly revealed. 'trust this is of interest.

Jon, I've enjoyed following your project & have bumped your pictures up against my '72 Euro GT to compare common...and not so...features. Thanks for sharin' your grand venture!
Stephen

 

See this thread for a Boxer being painted the same
http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=114888
Scroll down to post #14

Are you going to have a light colored interior?
Would fit really well with this color...

 

Man, there are so many blues out there, it is hard to tell what is what. You almost need to see them all in person to tell what you really like.

The blue Dino you posted above looks similar to my TR and the blue dino I posted earlier I still like the best - Seems like it is a little lighter and maybe not Metallic??
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It's owned by a Gentleman in New York, It's currently painted Azzurro Blu Met.

Argento

 

Here's a shade of blue that I've not seen before. It's on Scott Jared Oshry's (A.K.A. "soshry") elegant 365 GT 2+2. He calls it "98% TDF blue." See his 08-22-2006 10:00 A.M. post, below.

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?p=136018206#post136018206

Also note that the interior of Scott's Queen is light tan; is that the color choice you mentioned?
If this combo has potential, perhaps an up-close-&-personal viewing might be arranged. It looks like he's just up the '5' from you.

 

Al kindly posted this link for plating kits in the U.K. I would like to purchase one. Can anyone help in my lack of knowledge with these units, How do you prevent the coating of certain parts i.e. i wish to plate the calipers but am not sure how to prevent the piston housings from being subjected to the treatment. Any ideas?
Regards G.P.

 

Jon,

Take a look at the red GTS.
www.cumminscars.com

That color is about the same color that I painted my old Alfa Sprint Speciale and is striking. Blood red! Add it to your collection. Looks great on a Dino. Brings out the curves just as well as dark blue. Explodes in the sun.

John

 

Omgjon, you sent me a private message some time ago, saying you liked the color of my car - I had posted a photo of my blue 246GT in my workshop. The color is Dino Blue Metallic. I took delivery of the car in the evening (delivered by flatbed from the port) and we cleaned and waxed it in the workshop. When finally I took it out for a drive and parked it outside, we were so surprised at how different the color looked in daylight. My point is that the color looks different - sometimes brighter, sometimes deeper - depending on the light, so it's difficult to keep comparing different cars, specialy in photos. I like the color very much. Good luck.

 

Those are my 79 308 calipers, not sure if mondial is the same though.

 

Jon,

Plated parts and the photos thereof look great. Could you tell us what the specs of the plating were? e.g. cleaning, cad thickness, additional treatment. And the name of the shop, again.

Thanks, John

 

That fine metallic will pick up different colours flickering off the light. As you say, even the time of day can change the appearance of the colour.