Released from the Carrozzeria

The body restoration of my 1983 QV is finally complete. Back to its original Azzurro Metallico from yellow. It's pictured here just before being transported to Autosport Service at Pistoia for a full engine service. Sadly the fan belt snapped when the engine was restarted and it's an unusual size. Somewhere between a late 8 and an early QV. Hopefully Autosport can find one.

I don't get to see the car until tomorrow, I'm stuck at work in the UK at the moment
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Thanks. Yes fortunately it was the water pump belt.

 

Here's a photo of the car at Pistoia ready for its engine service. It was taken by the driver of the recovery truck.

I still haven't seen the finished car. I made it back to Italy last night but now we are snowed in on top of our hill.

I might even get to drive the car again some time soon, after nearly 3 years!
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Thanks for that StuR. I really agonised over the whole body coloured bumper thing. For me, it better shows off the lines of the car and obviously Ferrari thought so because they did the later models that way. But still, it was a difficult decision to move away from the standard colour scheme. In the end I decided that I could always go back to black bumpers later if I felt too guilty.

 

What colour are you going for, the original silver?

 

Good luck with the project. Post some pics as it progresses.

 

Some interesting cars down at Autosport in Pistoia where I'm getting the engine serviced.
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Hi MvT, We're in Lucca. The city is completely enclosed by medieval walls wide enough to drive around and the Mille Miglia cars usually do a lap of the walls. This year I'm hoping to park the Mondial on top of the walls along with some other classic cars. I haven't actually arranged anything yet, I wasn't sure that the car would be complete.

 

Thanks to everyone for your comments.

The car is still at Autosport in Pistoia. They were doing an engine rebuild on a Daytona which jumped the queue over mine. Not that I mind, it was raining here until Easter so I was pleased the car was somewhere warm and dry. They started the engine service on mine last week and its almost done apart from needing 4 new cam-shaft pulleys. Apparently the ones I have fitted are made of a plastic type material which was used because it was light but weakens over time and there is a risk they could shatter causing catastrophic damage to the engine. Sadly, new steel pulleys don't come cheap, about $250 each, and there are four of them. Has anyone heard of this issue?

So the car is nearly finished, just waiting on a delivery of pulleys. Meanwhile they have done a great job on the engine, lots of new hoses and they have cleaned it all up

Mauro




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Yep, mine was black originally but the paint all came off. I need to paint it black again as well.

 

Yes, you are right. I'll get the garage to check them. It spoils the look at the very least. Thanks for pointing it out.