Just kidding about doing this to the Berlina. Joseph, owner of the sweet BMW 2000 TILUX seen on the Pedal Pushers Rally 2008 sent me a link to passionsmobiles who made the livingroom set up seen below out of a 1750 Berlina and will do the same for you for $25,000 -not sure if that includes the donor car. I’ve seen 57 Chevy trunk love seats and airplane wing desks but never a set made from most of a car. I hope it was rusted out in the middle.
There is a line that was crossed here, but at least it wasn’t made from a TZ2 or something. I actually like the shape of the couch and would gladly put that in my house. Note the hubcap clock.
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1493*26018 is not only 67 cars older than the next car, it is photographed in the same spot. There are some event stickers on the quarter window which if nothing else indicate this car drives well enough to do a few hundred miles.
These are the Giulieta items fresh from the media blast cabinet. These are contoured at the top to follow the curve of the windshield/dash intersection. The clamp up top is a cotter pin style and was used to clamp the defroster hose to the vent.
Some rust and crust can be seen here, but I don’t think it’s too bad. I pulled the seal and that weird washer that allows flow through the array of holes under the seal out and set to work with various implements to clean it up.
Body work is gorgeous on this car and the Celeste blue suits it perfectly. Note the laterals in the grill openings have the thin trim strips, an option on ‘regular’ Sprints but standard on the Veloce Confortevole.
Looks like a late Spider patiently waiting for some follow through on the started bodywork and a brake job and a carb swish and…
Car looks even better out of the cramped garage.
I wish my SS looked this good from behind.
Here it is, fresh off the 00121 engine I am going to start rebuilding soon for the SS. It doesn’t look like much but the shaft spins nicely without having any side to side play. I am told these are pretty hard to find and expensive, so I will be careful.
As usual, the finished picture first. The red in the engine compartment came out good. Not great, just good. I think the level of finish in the engine compartment will match the rest of the car if I leave the valve cover alone.
No serious alarm bells yet, except maybe the seeming absence of rockers. I can’t really tell if it’s red over gray or gray over red but important thing is they are both over rust.