Dino Restoration

Alex - yes, original late 1970s Gotti's. Not many people appreciate them. Thanks for noticing.

Jim S.

 

No problem, I love Gotti's! If I may ask any history to your car?

 

Alex - I don't want to deviate from Jon's remarkable project and description on this thread. This is really, I mean really his party. Anyway, history of my Alpine Renault A110B is limited to extensive rallys in the U.K. and France in vintage stuff. No campaign during the 70s that I know of. It is completely redone for rally, with 1800 cc engine, high compression pistons, twin Webers DCOE45s, Quaife limited slip, 5 speed close ratio box, etc. Has Heuer Rally Master dash-mounted twin clocks, Halda Twinmaster computer, fire system, roll bar, on and on. One hundred seventy horsepower in a 1500 pound car.

Now back to Jon's piece of art.

E-mail me for more discussion. I appreciate your appreciation.

Jim S.

 

Fantastic Job, I love all of the detailed pics.

I'm a little concerned about this wire chafing, shouldn't there be a rubber grommet there ? (even if not original)
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Speaking of party, . . when is the party
for this beautiful Dino "unveiling"
scheduled for ?

Is it still "just for Dino owners" or can
anyone attended ?

How are the "new digs" coming along ?


Thanks for answering and thanks
again for sharing your experience
with all of us. This has to be the
best thread ever on this board.

Take care . . . .

 

Thanks Jim! I'd also like to apologize for my little deviation! omgjon this is a great thread, thank you for your effort to document the process for us!
Alex

 

Thanks, now I can sleep nights.

 

Jon - when you get to the point of installing the transfer gears and their housing, pay particular attention to the orientation of the flat roller bearings on either side of the middle gear. There is a groove on one side, and flat on the other. The shop manual will refer to the proper orientation. It is easy to miss.

Jim S.

 

Dear omgjon,

WOW, . . . love the "new digs".
Quiet impressive ! Nice, . . really nice.
Thanks for posting the pictures.

I cannot believe that you have
t-shirts made for the Dino "unveiling".

You are "the man" . . . . .

Good luck on the engine rebuild.

One beautiful Dino . . . . . thanks again . . .

 

Holy Crap!

 

Hi Jon,
All appears to be going well with you! I've not chimed in lately; however, one thing continues to concern me. In all of the pictures of your engine, the head studs have a patina that would suggest that they might be 'original' items. I trust that you've read of the assembly 'set-backs' encountered by F-chat members, such as:

And, Corbani's engine builder's infamous words, "John, we have a problem." Here's an excerpt from Dino Saga 051218:

Check out the pics of the damaged studs from John's engine at http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=86723&highlight=dino+head+studs

Of course, there's the potential for block damage when removing studs, so factor that in. (Mike's smiling...he's been there, done that with boxermotors. Right?)
You obviously have things well in hand, Jon. 'just had to mention this before you get too much further along in the engine assembly process.
As with all things Ferrari, "Decisions, decisions."
Cheers,
Coop

 

I wanted to have new ARP studs done for the Dino and stressed the importance of having the "show" end of the stud looking exactly like the factory studs. ARP came through! Made 400-500 studs and sold the excess off to McCann and Rutlands. I think Rutland's had maybe one full set left and McCann may still have some too. Only way to go if you are doing a rebuild IMHO.

 

is 200 t-shirts enough

I bet half of F-chat wants to show up. I will be there with my Dino that is for sure.

 

jon,

i would highly recommend the installation of soem type of protective environment for the dino. given, you are in CA, a least a driveway or some sheetrock would help keep the wear and tear to a minimum.

only kidding, in all seriousness, she seems to be coming along nicely. i know mechanically, it doesn't matter much, but the original interior was in very nice shape for it's age. have you redone the interior aspects of the dino?

 

Cant believe i've just come across this thread. Only got to page 12 and dont want to skip to the end to see where you guys are up to! Hope its going well. All the best and thanks for sharing.

 

I see the USA flag is one of the first things up.

Rumor has it that his next restoration project has already been targetted.

 

Spent most of the day reading it, but finally caught up.

BTW lovely house!