Ferrari GTS 246 Dino
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| Boot compartment, the curved panel that holds the spare tyre is made from fiberglass |
Rear
view of the dino as it arrived, The car looks very
nice from afar, but there is lots of peeling of the paint,
bubbling and imperfections, which makes you wonder how bad and what
surprises we are going to find once we paint strip the body.
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The typical cylindrical tubing |
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| The doors are in real need of acid dipping | Front view of this beautiful GTS |
Body
dry stripped, coated with a special coating
to stop it from rusting and ready to start work
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Close up view of the dry
stripping look. First time we have used this
process on our vehicles
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Body panels acid dipped and in epoxy primer | Removed rusty sill panel and noticed the inner sill panel corroded too |
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| Fabricated n/s inner sill panel trial fitted in place | Fabricated sill panel |
o/s
inner sill panel view, primed and ready for the inner sill panel to be
welded in place
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| o/s inner sill panel welded in place |
upside
down view showing the o/s inner sill panel welded and primed
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car on rotisserie |
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| n/s lower quarter panel section fabricated, old one was rusty and was in need of a new panel | The panel on the underbody was in need of a new fabricated strip |
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panel on the underbody running along the tubular frames was rusty so
we fabricated a new panel
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| chassis rails repaired, lead wiped and file finished | Fabricated n/s lower door skin section | The same thing was done on the o/s door, with this view showing the repair section welded in place |
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| N/S lower rear quarter panel section fabricated and welded in place | Body in epoxy primer |