Layers of Paint Exposed.....Why?

Bingo.

I bet the owner can tell you exactly what periods the car wore each colour and where it raced, etc. Thus showing this (though weird and not something I would do) shows the pedigree of this particular car and is 100% proof it is what he/she says it is.

Pete

 

I think it's pretty cool. The mystique of the vintage race cars is their history. That little rectangle is a literal window to 0518M's history. Something to think about as we get closer to taking off the red lacquer my father painted (0446)0556MD in 1960, the gunmetal blue that Robert Davis painted it a year or so before, the dark blue it wore when Rubirosa won the 2-liter class at the 12 Hours of Sebring in 56, and finally down to the french blue the factory painted it for Francois Picard and which it wore when Castellotti drove it to a class win at the GP of Venezuela in 55 . . .

 

I really hope you will repaint it in one of the original blue colors! Please, not another resale red Ferrari. When I look at contemporary color phptographs I get really exited by all those different color schemes Ferraris were raced in. I love the blue, yellow, green etc. race Ferraris!

 

we're taking it back to how it looked for its most notable performance, the 55 GP of Venezuela w/ Castellotti. So it will be its first color, the original french blue w/ the SF shields and #8. We were lucky enough to find spots of the original blue under the bezels of the gauges when we removed them from the instrument panel so we could get a good match on paint never damaged or faded by UV or dirt. Practically no other body work will be done - this is not a better-than-new effort - you can still see Scaglietti's hammer marks. All items affecting safety are being replaced; rubber/seals/wiring.

 

Great! Good luck with your restoration and I'm looking forward to pictures of the result (it would be even greater to see it in the flesh - Mille Miglia maybe?)

 

the MM? I'd have to hit the lottery first . . .

We are doing the work ourselves w/ assistance from David Carte and his associated craftsmen - so this is a long process. We hope to have the car at the FCA National in 2006 when it conveniently will be hosted by the Mid-Atlantic Region.

 

I'll chip in on the costs if you are serious about doing it.

 

thanks for the interest, fellas - I think you've got an idea there, Erik; we could start a Ferrarichat-based 501(c) tax-exmpt charity to send the poor architect and his dad's Ferrari to the MM! Rigth now, we're just focused on getting the car done for 2006 FCA - after that, I think dad may be contemplating one of the domestic tours like Colorado Grand, etc.

As far as posting pics of the restoration, it's up to him; I'll ask.

 

Oh Dale, can you help with this? No, I'm not kidding.

I see a FChat bake sale coming up...