Ferrari 166

[Envy Valeting]

Well, a rare old beast has been taking up my time this week.

Its a 1949 Ferrari 166, one of Ferrari's 1st ever road cars and its look may not appeal to all!

 

 

 

 

 

Foamed at low pressure and low concentration

 

Rinsed and washed with Espuma Astro.

Clayed with Dodo gentle grey, not a lot came off and the paint was very smooth already.

PTG readings taken ready to machine and defects photographed. The previous owner either dried with a blade or had a gritty car cover.

Bad swirls but a LOT of RDS's which were to take a lot of chasing out as you'll see!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not 100% correction but certainly much better.

 

 

 

 

The heart of the car is a 2.0l V12, small but perfectly formed. The differance between this cars engine and the race version was the race cars ran 3 carbs (instead of 1 here) and had higher compression.

 

 

2 days later and 15.5hrs of machining took us to this stage now. Wax time, allow me to introduce Chemical Guys E-zyme. I got this from David at Car wash n wax and it smells amazing. 1st time I've used it. Very easy to apply, and easy to apply too much. Only needs a really thin layer to be effective.

 

 

On a panel at a time and buffed after a few mins. David said on for as long or short as you want, it wont cause any trouble. I opted for the shorter time as time was getting on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Based upon the wax's performance its one to keep:)

 

To follow hopefully the wheels and tyres, polishing all metal work, interior etc.

 

Time spent so far 20.5hrs

 

Hope you like it.

 

Tim

 

ps if anyone can advise on a product to buff/fill marks in perspex I'd welcome suggestions

[Jay]

WOW looks superb Great work

[Maccaman]

That has got to be worth a lot of wonga. I'm sure when Stan sees this he will be creaming his pants As ever superb work Tim.

[3FIDDYZ]

Wow, bet you wanted to do a great and careful job on that beauty... Bet it would cost almost a RBS chairmans bonus!!

[rich5259]

I think that's a great car and Excellent work on removing the swirls and scratches

[Maccaman]

That has got to be worth a lot of wonga. I'm sure when Stan sees this he will be creaming his pants As ever superb work Tim.

[rich5259]

That has got to be worth a lot of wonga. I'm sure when Stan sees this he will be creaming his pants As ever superb work Tim.

 

of your own at 12.05 are you trying for the role of spam king keith?

[3FIDDYZ]

That has got to be worth a lot of wonga. I'm sure when Stan sees this he will be creaming his pants As ever superb work Tim.

 

of your own at 12.05 are you trying for the role of spam king keith?

 

Forum glitch me thinks..... Just happened to me 3 times!

[Beavis]

WOW What a great looking car

[Tarmac@TarmacSportz]

 

That is brilliant... love the car

[kObi]

wow thats awesome! lovely job you've done! Hah i bet those wheels wont take long to clean

[uzthedentist]

'that belongs in a museum' indiana jones stylee

[Vik54]

Great job

[Chris`I]

One word - awesome

 

That has got to be worth a lot of wonga. I'm sure when Stan sees this he will be creaming his pants As ever superb work Tim.

of your own at 12.05 are you trying for the role of spam king keith?

Forum glitch me thinks..... Just happened to me 3 times!

If you have times and dates of the glitch we can look into it. Usually its a dodgy internet connection at the users end, as Martin will testify on his USB dongle! Raise a new thread in the Site Suggestions & Feedback section.

[Stew]

Lovely car, looks ace. Love the single centre exit exhaust!