'The Ratarossa': The Testarossa Spider Rebuild Project

Thanks you guys, much appreciate the encouraging words

 

Out with the old and in with the new !!!

Its with a slight regret having to change the suspension over, as I do like to keep the car using as many original factory parts as possible, but I just wasn't happy with the ride height and that had to be resolved. The nice thing though is these 'Gaz' coil-over shocks are very similar in colour to the stock Koni's
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Something else arrived in the post today, hopefully a tool I won't ever have to use, but with the saga I just went through trying to remove that wheel nut I've bought this new tool that enables me to bash the crap out of it should that wheel nut seizes up again in future.
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Funny that you mention that Romano, it was only last night I had exactly that same idea

Actually the next big job on the list before I will drive the car is getting the brakes sorted and working well, currently they are far from as good as my old Testarossa coupe brakes were, so I know theres room for improvement. Part of which will be doing the s/s flexi brake hoses.

 

Saw this one up for sale, ex MJ.

I really do love the Testarossa in Black, think its one of the best colours, I remember seeing one on TV years ago and always wanted one in black ever since.
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Actually be fair I like most Ferrari's in black

even my Peugeot RCZ daily is a similar colour
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whilst in the passenger front wheel arch doing the suspension, thought I would make a start on finishing the area. First coat of paint to the fibreglass arch.

Im trying to also figure out if I have the front panel somewhere amongst my box of goodies, I didn't receive many panels as such when i purchased the car but have acquired a few from another Testarossa since.
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As the panels take up quite a bit of storage space in my limited size garage, Ive decided to look at starting to fit them back onto the car.

However as always, the intended job then leads to 5 others that then get discovered whilst looking into it.

I figured one of the panels is the front of my rear passenger arch thats missing. Started to see how its fitted then noticed the top metal part of the arch was held in place but a single screw, all of the rivets were missing ..... and then I started to clean

This area has not seen the light of day for 30 years and it shows, its literally caked in a thick layer of dust !!
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Removed the upper rear arch and ecu support panel. Before fitting all the wheel arch panels I will clean everything up and give it a new coat of paint
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Starting to make a list of little bits I need and are no longer available from Ferrari. Any help sourcing these will be much appreciated.

So far:
1.Little black door lock knobs (want original ideally not aftermarket stainless steel ones). I did buy some from 'Superformance' but the thread was different, the Testarossa has a small thin thread.
2. 1x Door Pocket .....not exactly sure why the one I have has been 'tested 75-80 degrees' ?
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Need some help from you TR owners to try and identify some panels, they came with the car and im not exactly 100% sure if they are even part of the Testarossa ??

 

First are these panels, I have 3 all very similar. I don't think they are testarossa but they did come with the car ????

Anyone recognise them ?
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Next are the panels on the right side of this picture. (front of my hood)

Again I have 3 panels labeled up right, left and centre

I think they are panels for the underside of the car, possibly the middle section or rear ?
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Im in the process of repairing these, pretty sure they are the front panels for the rear wheel arches (both left and right side of the car)
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I believe this is the panel that sits are the lower side of the drivers wheel arch, vent for Aircon rad ?
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This one again I have no idea, is it from the Testarossa ?
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same with this one, testarossa part or not ?
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As you can see the 'Ratarossa' is still a giant jigsaw puzzle and Ive still a few pieces to figure where they go and some smaller bits missing

 

Really love the old used look and feel of the Ratarossa's steering wheel. The car hasn't actually done that many miles according to the speedo (around 16k from memory) so suspect most of this wear is ageing from where the car has been sat around exposed to earths elements.

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A little more help identifying panels please.....

I think these 3 might be for under the fuel tanks. However when looking at the parts diagram the part is a single part number and looks like a complete single panel.

As you can see from one of the pictures they all fit together and form a similar shape. Also looking under the car it appears they would be the correct size ( car is on jacks at the moment and I cant get right under it to see for sure)

Anyone know ?


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