I like the old fashioned relationship between Iain and Ryan. When they’re in Iain’s workshop, Ryan is the ultra skilled tradesman. In his own place, he’s the boss & Iain is in learning mode, treading more carefully. Great mutual regard is sensed here. Ryan is still chuffed to get Iain’s approval. Iain offers thanks to heaven that Ryan is in his network. The owners probably don’t quite understand how their beautiful & very expensive car’s character rests on an exquisitely thin veneer of super professionalism of multinational tradesmen, stretching out over the decades.
To be fair to the Ferrari factory they were knocking these F40's out pretty quickly. This paint chap is doing beautiful work but he has the luxury of time to get it spot on. Such a lovely job and car. Well done.
This is a testament to Iain's dedication to getting the details right. The support groups who work on these cars are craftsmen of the highest order and take their tasks very seriously. Their knowledge is encyclopaedic and matched only by their quest for the perfect result. Well done chaps.
@@Lemingtona-x5g Wrong. "Body shops just like any other" do collision work and do not wait between paint and polish for paint to flash off and shrink. There are many other processes that your average (production) body shop skips in order to get the cars in and out. Their personnel are generally lower skilled labourers who have zero experience on a car such as this. And remember, the insurance companies dictate the hours and materials that a body shop can use, not the other way round, and it ought to be.
@@Lemingtona-x5gnot even close. See another body shop giving a 💩 about preserving original imperfections. This is being knowledgeable,.and careful. You WILL pay a hefty price for it, of course.
The more you watch your channel! the more you realise that there are guy that can spray paint and then!! There are guys that you use! Bravo to your friend at ClassicCarCraftsmanship
As someone who sees Ferrari as a god like figure…. I am absolutely thrilled to see those pieces of masking tape and the ‘hand brushed in’ areas.. as these were literally race built cars ‘for the road’. It shows such a focus on performance over aesthetics- just as Enzo historically prioritised his intentions of product. I love the F40 as many do and now adore all the more. This video is yet another example of why we love and cherish your time Mr Tyrrell. Salute you Sir as always and I really feel should you be able to find the time and energy to write a Book I would be one of the first in queue to purchase- and completely cherish.
Great video. The end of Group B was after the accident that killed Henri Toivonen and Sergio Cresto while leading the Tour of Course in 1986 on an Lancia S4. The Lancia S4 was considered the quickest, most powerful and advanced Group B at the time. It was Lancia's 4WD responde to Audi and Peugeot, following the 037 - the last 2WD car to win the Wold Rally Championship (84).
THIS is what restoring a car is all about. Knowing at which points to stop because you are beginning to take away from the car, and not add to it. It's one of my favorite parts of the process, making those decisions, because instantly you imprint a piece of yourself on to the build. Utterly beautiful paint work, what a privilege to see the work behind it.
Yes, white men are the best at these endeavors. Try finding an English speaking white man in a body shop in California. All you get are Guatemalans, Salvadoraneans, and the odd Asian. No white men any more!
If you’re obsessive about paint and I am, Ryan’s skill leaves you in awe, true modern day craftsmanship. Imagine seeing this car in a magazine from a concours and thinking, yep, I painted that, amazing!
You can probably count the paint shops in single digits on earth that would go to this level of detail. 99.99% of shops will hide anything they figure the customer isn't going to notice. Anyone receiving a car back from this shop is truly getting something very special and rare. It's worth far more than the price paid for the work.
I was a bit worried that if Iain cranked out one of these a week, he'd be taken away from his work and it would suffer, and maybe show up in the quality of the videos. Obviously I was worried needlessly! Just wonderful. One gets a smidgen of the spirit and soul of the cars this way.
In a world where things are increasingly done half assed, subpar, under spec , its rather refreshing to watch these videos with craftsmen working a high level doing things perfect with an sensitive understanding of their subject matter, ahhhhhh :)
You are 100% right. Character, soul, and patina are all part of that wonderful world of hand built cars. My passion is for the David Brown era Aston Martins. If you really want to see lovely hammer marks, hand written chassis #s and other wonderful aspects of hand built heritage cars, those are a must.
The car was built to the best of their engineering capability at the time. Little did they know what an icon the F40 would become - the grandfather of supercars.
Yes, sadly killing driver Henry Toivonen and his co-driver. It didn’t help that the design of the Delta S4 meant they were effectively sitting on the fuel tanks!
Iain love the show. We want you around for a long time. This is the moment for some diet and exercise program - call it a personal restoration project! All the best Ian
@@iain_tyrrellUnder two roofs! Both unbelievable concentrations of talent and knowledge. And heart, actually. I’m at least ten-fold below the implied budgets, but I can feel how much you both care, both about the cars and their owners. Many commonplace workshops, you’re lucky if the proprietors care enough about the work. Not uncommon for the odd bit of distain for mere temporary custodians to bleed through. Your reputation depends upon the whole collection of characteristics & my god, if I had only done those additional deals….. On the other hand, as my wife reminds me, the graveyards are filled with indispensable men, and at least I’m still knocking around. We’re fortunate to have an insight into your & Ryan’s world. Thank you, Iain.
I worked at a yacht builder in the early 2000s, and some of the things we did that were the standard way of doing things on a $1M 45’ boat were astonishing to me. Need a screw head black? Sharpie!
Fabulous and honest. Michael Sheehan said it decades ago, 'People think Ferraris are perfect which is far from the truth, especially when you start taking them apart and discover crudity beyond belief!' Hand built=artisanal, especially in the early Ferraris and Lamborghinis.
The first F40 I saw was a competition version that showed up to Mosport for a GT race. The paint was so thin in areas you could see right through it and all the badging was vinyl stickers. I also commented at the time that is was the most race prepared of any factory car I had ever seen and that matters more at a race track. These cars were made to bang around a race track and they all look good at about 40 feet. Thanks for not over restoring this one.
All I can say is ‘wow!’ Would be good to see a 959 in the workshop at some point. As a kid of the 1980s, I have never seen one in the road and don’t know a huge amount about them!
Was that the tragedy & rule change that killed off a British would-be rally great, the MG Metro 6R4 or similar sounding name? I do recall there was crushing disappointment that something a British team felt it was good at was stillborn. For good reasons. It wasn’t possible to combine the power to weight ratios then burgeoning & any reasonable expectation of driver safety in an inevitable crash. And you just can’t operate like that in that era. Nor should we have accepted them doing it, even if the talent was of the opinion “it won’t happen to me”. Sounds like F1 in the 1950s & 60s. My fathers era. He said it was a time when you couldn’t look away but you also couldn’t watch. Too much tragedy. Now, looking back, it’s a blend of mad courage, bravado and death. I no longer watch F1, but I’m very glad they’ve stopped killing lots of young men.
@@GT380manthe Metro 6R4 competed in '86 but was never going to hold a candle to the top dogs on account of being naturally aspirated. It was about 100hp down and 100kg _up_ on the dominant Peugeot 205 T16 and Lancia Delta S4
Hi Iain, it’s Mick, your friend from Bologna!;) I believe GrB. rally racing met it’s demise after Henri Toivonen and his navigator were killed in a Lancia S4. Enjoyed this video very much!!
As many 80s kids did, I bought the magazine reviews of the car and then a video game to drive the F40 and the 959. The F40 was THE car but one statement that struck me in one of the US publication reviews was, that the restorers would have a hard replicating the orange peal. He was in a way correct but seeing this years on, it wasn't orange peel in the usual texture and application of the paint. Thank you for the back ground and not over restoring the car. My college roommate was a Viper tech, back when Chrysler would send techs to be trained on the car. The Gen1 Vipers had quite a bit of hand built character shall we say. Gen 2 in 96 was better but it had quirks that a higher production vehicle wouldn't The Viper is nowhere near as exotic as a F40 but low production vehicles will have their unique features. The Panoz factory was an an hour from me and the same stories.
Good evening Iain . Ryan has had to make some very difficult compromises on this. As a perfectionist l too, would find it very difficult to "lower" my standards ! But regarding the hand brushed areas , once l'd established and convinced myself they were factory flaws , then they would be replicated . You have to be very confident to bake this at those temperatures and time . My instinct would have been to let it air dry but Ryans experience is paramount ....."He who dares wins " ! Thankyou Ryan and as always thankyou lain . 🥰
What a gorgeous job! I love that you can still see that this was hand-built. You see the virtual perfection of something like a Pagani Utopia under the skin and, while it is stunning, it seems beyond the work of mortal men (even though some of it still is). As for the restoration, this has to be some kind of bench-mark of how all such work on these cars should be done. I'm sure that future collectors and custodians of classic cars will recognize this.
Due to a lack of money, I only had a 40 cm long Bburago model of the F 40, but even then I was fascinated by the wealth of detail and this stringent - form follows function - philosophy. Oooh. Great chanel !
What a fantastic car and fantastic workmanship from Ryan! As a former Customs Officer I remember that they used to import these in covered car transporter HGVs in the late 80s through Ramsgate. One day I decided we ought to pull the truck in for a Customs inspection. To be honest it was because I wanted a close up look at these amazing cars. The driver was not impressed as I got him to offload all the cars whilst I poked around and sat in them! Happy days 😊
The extent and lengths gone to here are truly amazing. Originality is key and now the AI era is here, it’s something that’s going to remain in high demand.
Very sad that accident. I was lucky enough to visit an Abarth rally prep shop in Torino, right near Corso Marche 38, in 1988. They had a pair of unused seats for Toivonnen and Cresto up on a shelf, as a sort of memorial. I bowed my head when I passed them. At Sparco, I tried on a Biassion driving suit that was unclaimed. Were are about the same size, but there ends any other similarity! Saw the ECV car at Abarth on a tour given by Ing Isenburg the next year. They were on top of the world. Damn FIAT for closing them down for a time...
You have to understand it from the period and intent in which it was built. Most of your classic period (post WWII-on) cars were never intended to last more than a few years, as the gentleman clientele would buy a new one again.
Thank you for converting metric for us Americans
I like the old fashioned relationship between Iain and Ryan. When they’re in Iain’s workshop, Ryan is the ultra skilled tradesman. In his own place, he’s the boss & Iain is in learning mode, treading more carefully. Great mutual regard is sensed here. Ryan is still chuffed to get Iain’s approval. Iain offers thanks to heaven that Ryan is in his network.
The owners probably don’t quite understand how their beautiful & very expensive car’s character rests on an exquisitely thin veneer of super professionalism of multinational tradesmen, stretching out over the decades.
never learned so much about these supercars as with these films. Stunning craftsmanship of Ryan, thank you Iain making us showing it all!
To be fair to the Ferrari factory they were knocking these F40's out pretty quickly. This paint chap is doing beautiful work but he has the luxury of time to get it spot on. Such a lovely job and car. Well done.
This is a testament to Iain's dedication to getting the details right. The support groups who work on these cars are craftsmen of the highest order and take their tasks very seriously. Their knowledge is encyclopaedic and matched only by their quest for the perfect result. Well done chaps.
sounds like a chatbot. its a bodyshop like any other
Iain after visiting "bodyshop like any other" with a F40
"Look how they massacred my boy" 🤣
@@Lemingtona-x5g
Wrong. "Body shops just like any other" do collision work and do not wait between paint and polish for paint to flash off and shrink.
There are many other processes that your average (production) body shop skips in order to get the cars in and out. Their personnel are generally lower skilled labourers who have zero experience on a car such as this.
And remember, the insurance companies dictate the hours and materials that a body shop can use, not the other way round, and it ought to be.
@@Lemingtona-x5gnot even close. See another body shop giving a 💩 about preserving original imperfections.
This is being knowledgeable,.and careful. You WILL pay a hefty price for it, of course.
@@thomasmulhall4873 this bodyshop does regular cars. all the same relax. Nothing special
Wow! Ryan appears not only to be a very likable character, but he is clearly a master of his craft. What a treat getting this inside look!
Mr tyrrell surrounds himself with super skilled people.
Much respect!!
The glossy paint, the exposed machinery.. I'm in heaven
Let's hear it for Ryan ! Hip Hip Hooray ! Hip Hip Hooray !
I just love how you could make it absolutely perfect but choose to keep the factory flaws and imperfections. Wonderful!!
No it isn’t, it’s a bit sad.
@@andycollier6458You're a bit sad.
Just a stunning looking thing. I don't lust after driving many classic cars, but this one....... very definitely
Would love to see a "Techy" video of Ryan's work, prep, filling, primer and different coats, oven baking, polish & finishing ops !!
I’d pay to hear it described & watch it done, too!
This is a definite nerdy must, I agree.
Iain this is the best channel on YT
Ryan is a dedicated professional 😊
The more you watch your channel! the more you realise that there are guy that can spray paint and then!! There are guys that you use! Bravo to your friend at ClassicCarCraftsmanship
Ferrari couldn’t dream / be bothered to build these to such a standard of perfection !
As someone who sees Ferrari as a god like figure…. I am absolutely thrilled to see those pieces of masking tape and the ‘hand brushed in’ areas.. as these were literally race built cars ‘for the road’. It shows such a focus on performance over aesthetics- just as Enzo historically prioritised his intentions of product. I love the F40 as many do and now adore all the more.
This video is yet another example of why we love and cherish your time Mr Tyrrell. Salute you Sir as always and I really feel should you be able to find the time and energy to write a Book I would be one of the first in queue to purchase- and completely cherish.
Get a life
Well that masking tape that would be Dallara making those not Ferrari. Not that ferrari would do it any better back then.
Great video. The end of Group B was after the accident that killed Henri Toivonen and Sergio Cresto while leading the Tour of Course in 1986 on an Lancia S4. The Lancia S4 was considered the quickest, most powerful and advanced Group B at the time. It was Lancia's 4WD responde to Audi and Peugeot, following the 037 - the last 2WD car to win the Wold Rally Championship (84).
"Viper Red" Good work Ryan 🙂
What a wonderful conversation between two experts and aficionados.
I know it’s the original paint, because I can smell it !!! Brilliant knowledge 👍👍
There’s a paint job… and there’s a work of art. Superb.
The lad knows his trade 👍
Ryan needs his own channel, Great video
Got this in the morning so I was looking forward to watching this all day.
As Darth Vader said: "Impressive...MOST impressive!" Great Vid Iain & Ryan! 👍🏻
The - THE! - source on TH-cam for insights in classic cars restoration.... wow!
Welcome to Nerd's Corner! I enjoy this type of content so much. Great to see people that are so highly skilled sharing their knowledge.
THIS is what restoring a car is all about. Knowing at which points to stop because you are beginning to take away from the car, and not add to it. It's one of my favorite parts of the process, making those decisions, because instantly you imprint a piece of yourself on to the build. Utterly beautiful paint work, what a privilege to see the work behind it.
19min of therapy this.
You know a car has absolutely fantastic styling when it even looks good with all the body panels separated
Ryan is on Iain craftsmanship level, and it's not very crowded up there...
Artists at work. All I got
Best craftsmen in the world. And all in Cheshire! Excellent work as ever.
Yes, white men are the best at these endeavors. Try finding an English speaking white man in a body shop in California.
All you get are Guatemalans, Salvadoraneans, and the odd Asian.
No white men any more!
The paint people are so professional, their experience seems second to none
If you’re obsessive about paint and I am, Ryan’s skill leaves you in awe, true modern day craftsmanship. Imagine seeing this car in a magazine from a concours and thinking, yep, I painted that, amazing!
You can probably count the paint shops in single digits on earth that would go to this level of detail. 99.99% of shops will hide anything they figure the customer isn't going to notice. Anyone receiving a car back from this shop is truly getting something very special and rare. It's worth far more than the price paid for the work.
The best possible end of the weekend 😊
The Ferrari F40 is being better built than when it was new.
This is a great example of how important it is to find someone with the same mindset and vision of a project.
Wow, Ryan is so enthusiastic and highly skilled. Done a magnificent job on this F40
Yes- brilliant work
What a beautiful job done. Very insightful how the process was done. A mechanical nerd and a painting nerd. Can’t get a better episode.
I was a bit worried that if Iain cranked out one of these a week, he'd be taken away from his work and it would suffer, and maybe show up in the quality of the videos. Obviously I was worried needlessly! Just wonderful. One gets a smidgen of the spirit and soul of the cars this way.
In a world where things are increasingly done half assed, subpar, under spec , its rather refreshing to watch these videos with craftsmen working a high level doing things perfect with an sensitive understanding of their subject matter, ahhhhhh :)
I'm so lucky to work with Ryan and his team.
This car is awesome.
Few cars are timeless, but the f40 does seem to completely encapsulate an idea in such a way that few cars ever have.
Best channel on TH-cam. ❤️
Love hand built cars finding the things not quite right is part of the fun in owning them .
You are 100% right. Character, soul, and patina are all part of that wonderful world of hand built cars.
My passion is for the David Brown era Aston Martins. If you really want to see lovely hammer marks, hand written chassis #s and other wonderful aspects of hand built heritage cars, those are a must.
14:51 "Very agricultural". Love it. I like the phrase "50/50". As in "Looks good at 50mph at 50 feet away".
The car was built to the best of their engineering capability at the time. Little did they know what an icon the F40 would become - the grandfather of supercars.
Well done, Ryan!
Wonderful. I think that it was a Lancia Delta S4 crash that ended Group B?
Correct
Yes, sadly killing driver Henry Toivonen and his co-driver. It didn’t help that the design of the Delta S4 meant they were effectively sitting on the fuel tanks!
Such a fabulous Ferrari, painted in the beautiful Rosso Corsa, as Il Commendatore intended. Complete with pink primer!
It’s a super looking primer in dusty pale pink, isn’t it? And as Ryan says, neither grey nor white does the job.
Iain love the show. We want you around for a long time. This is the moment for some diet and exercise program - call it a personal restoration project! All the best Ian
What a spectacular paint job! 👏👏👏😍😍😍
That paint looks fantastic.
So much talent under one roof. I find myself being more impressed each Sunday.
Ryan’s is a separate business but thanks anyway!
@@iain_tyrrellUnder two roofs! Both unbelievable concentrations of talent and knowledge. And heart, actually. I’m at least ten-fold below the implied budgets, but I can feel how much you both care, both about the cars and their owners. Many commonplace workshops, you’re lucky if the proprietors care enough about the work. Not uncommon for the odd bit of distain for mere temporary custodians to bleed through.
Your reputation depends upon the whole collection of characteristics & my god, if I had only done those additional deals….. On the other hand, as my wife reminds me, the graveyards are filled with indispensable men, and at least I’m still knocking around. We’re fortunate to have an insight into your & Ryan’s world. Thank you, Iain.
I worked at a yacht builder in the early 2000s, and some of the things we did that were the standard way of doing things on a $1M 45’ boat were astonishing to me. Need a screw head black? Sharpie!
Black on the F40 also verrryy nice...😊...but the red is fine...❤
Thank you Iain, Ryan et al for another superb episode. True craftsmanship.
It’s reassuring to see that gentleman like yourself and Ryan, still exist to look after these ageing beauties. Thank you for another wonderful video.
Nicola Materazzi deserves a video just for him for the F40... Just like Gandini for the Miura
Fabulous and honest. Michael Sheehan said it decades ago, 'People think Ferraris are perfect which is far from the truth, especially when you start taking them apart and discover crudity beyond belief!' Hand built=artisanal, especially in the early Ferraris and Lamborghinis.
Gorgeous paint work, world class work on a world class car!
The first F40 I saw was a competition version that showed up to Mosport for a GT race. The paint was so thin in areas you could see right through it and all the badging was vinyl stickers. I also commented at the time that is was the most race prepared of any factory car I had ever seen and that matters more at a race track. These cars were made to bang around a race track and they all look good at about 40 feet. Thanks for not over restoring this one.
Funny cuz the guy in my town that had one just street drove it occasionally. What a tiny little beauty on the streets it was too.
@@floodo1 That's cool! Loved the sound of these.
Oh, that Lambo LM 002! Wonderful.
Fair play to Ryan the job he's done on the F40 is like glass! 👌
The nerdier, the better. Keep 'm coming, Iain!
After watching it, I realised I watched it with a big grin for 20 mins
All I can say is ‘wow!’ Would be good to see a 959 in the workshop at some point. As a kid of the 1980s, I have never seen one in the road and don’t know a huge amount about them!
Great work on the F40! Grp.B was finally abandoned after the fatal crash of Henri Toivenen. He was driving a Lancia Delta S4.
Was that the tragedy & rule change that killed off a British would-be rally great, the MG Metro 6R4 or similar sounding name? I do recall there was crushing disappointment that something a British team felt it was good at was stillborn. For good reasons. It wasn’t possible to combine the power to weight ratios then burgeoning & any reasonable expectation of driver safety in an inevitable crash. And you just can’t operate like that in that era. Nor should we have accepted them doing it, even if the talent was of the opinion “it won’t happen to me”. Sounds like F1 in the 1950s & 60s. My fathers era. He said it was a time when you couldn’t look away but you also couldn’t watch. Too much tragedy. Now, looking back, it’s a blend of mad courage, bravado and death. I no longer watch F1, but I’m very glad they’ve stopped killing lots of young men.
@@GT380manthe Metro 6R4 competed in '86 but was never going to hold a candle to the top dogs on account of being naturally aspirated. It was about 100hp down and 100kg _up_ on the dominant Peugeot 205 T16 and Lancia Delta S4
Woah, Ryan has skills.
Paint looks brilliant.
thank you, Ian, for sharing this amazing restoration process with us
Pleasure. Thank you for thanking!
Hi Iain, it’s Mick, your friend from Bologna!;)
I believe GrB. rally racing met it’s demise after Henri Toivonen and his navigator were killed in a Lancia S4.
Enjoyed this video very much!!
Thanks Mick!
First! I need to get out more! 😅
As many 80s kids did, I bought the magazine reviews of the car and then a video game to drive the F40 and the 959. The F40 was THE car but one statement that struck me in one of the US publication reviews was, that the restorers would have a hard replicating the orange peal. He was in a way correct but seeing this years on, it wasn't orange peel in the usual texture and application of the paint. Thank you for the back ground and not over restoring the car.
My college roommate was a Viper tech, back when Chrysler would send techs to be trained on the car. The Gen1 Vipers had quite a bit of hand built character shall we say. Gen 2 in 96 was better but it had quirks that a higher production vehicle wouldn't The Viper is nowhere near as exotic as a F40 but low production vehicles will have their unique features. The Panoz factory was an an hour from me and the same stories.
''They are original only once '' Excellent decision Mr. Tyrrell.
F40……. Timeless Car! ❤😍
Good evening Iain . Ryan has had to make some very difficult compromises on this. As a perfectionist l too, would find it very difficult to "lower" my standards ! But regarding the hand brushed areas , once l'd established and convinced myself they were factory flaws , then they would be replicated . You have to be very confident to bake this at those temperatures and time . My instinct would have been to let it air dry but Ryans experience is paramount ....."He who dares wins " ! Thankyou Ryan and as always thankyou lain . 🥰
Amazing attention to detail from Ryan and his company Iain, a proper craftsman.
Depth of that paint is amazing.
Outstanding work, just as entertaining as the other side of the spectrum Vice Grip Gargae.
What a gorgeous job! I love that you can still see that this was hand-built. You see the virtual perfection of something like a Pagani Utopia under the skin and, while it is stunning, it seems beyond the work of mortal men (even though some of it still is).
As for the restoration, this has to be some kind of bench-mark of how all such work on these cars should be done. I'm sure that future collectors and custodians of classic cars will recognize this.
I love the honesty about the variable build quality of boutique hand built cars. Each is a mix of engineering & art.
Due to a lack of money, I only had a 40 cm long Bburago model of the F 40, but even then I was fascinated by the wealth of detail and this stringent - form follows function - philosophy. Oooh. Great chanel !
WOW!😊❤
What a fantastic car and fantastic workmanship from Ryan! As a former Customs Officer I remember that they used to import these in covered car transporter HGVs in the late 80s through Ramsgate. One day I decided we ought to pull the truck in for a Customs inspection. To be honest it was because I wanted a close up look at these amazing cars. The driver was not impressed as I got him to offload all the cars whilst I poked around and sat in them! Happy days 😊
2:59 actually, it was a Lancia Delta S4 tragically crashing that ended group B...
The extent and lengths gone to here are truly amazing. Originality is key and now the AI era is here, it’s something that’s going to remain in high demand.
Thank you. Well said!
F40 nothing better than it😍
What a magnificent art of engineering😍😍😍
Thanks Sir IAIN for sharing😍👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Great video Ian. That's all that needs to be said !
I think it was an accident with an Lancia S4 that ended Group B. Henry Tivonen in Corsica.
Very sad that accident.
I was lucky enough to visit an Abarth rally prep shop in Torino, right near Corso Marche 38, in 1988. They had a pair of unused seats for Toivonnen and Cresto up on a shelf, as a sort of memorial. I bowed my head when I passed them.
At Sparco, I tried on a Biassion driving suit that was unclaimed. Were are about the same size, but there ends any other similarity!
Saw the ECV car at Abarth on a tour given by Ing Isenburg the next year.
They were on top of the world.
Damn FIAT for closing them down for a time...
It’s amazing to me that a car is so valuable now had so little paint prep at the factory
You have to understand it from the period and intent in which it was built. Most of your classic period (post WWII-on) cars were never intended to last more than a few years, as the gentleman clientele would buy a new one again.
Whoever did the spray work on this did a fantastic job. Once this is flatted back and polished it will be fantastic.
The Ferrari masking tape was a $5,500 option from the factory. Very nice.
sublime craftmanship!
One word. "Amazing!" - Thanks (as always) Iain, Ryan. team and partners!
working on a higher level, superb!
Bravo 👏 the video speaks for itself. True master at work, and worth every penny in workmanship. Thank you for this video.
Fascinating, I love paint engineering!
Ian will be back with another video soon, as he sits on the freshly painted sill 😮eeeek!
Fortunately it was dry….
😅