I owned the Dino for a short while and planned on restoring it due to it’s rare color Rosso Cordoba Metallizzato. I got a call from a guy who needed a Dino to run in a rally he was doing and this is the one he had to have. So bye bye Dino.
My first sports car as I headed off to BYU. I quickly graduated to 911’s but slowly graduated from BYU!
The interior pieces are being covered in Dino Vinyl and the dash with mousehair from the Netherlands.
This is the second restoration I did. It is a 73 GT, very rare in that it is one of 5 USA models that came from the factory with “Flares and Chairs” a special package with flared wheel housings, wider Campagnolo wheels and seats similar to the Ferrari Daytona.
This is a 74 Dino Spyder painted in Blue Dino Metallizzato. I spent 2 years along with my son Jeff doing a 2 year total nuts and bolts restoration. I plan on keeping it forever!
This Dino was bought in boxes by the owner and was sent to Steve Kouracos for surfacing and paint. After some research it was found that this car was one of 3 special Pininfarina colors painted at the factory in Oro Kelso. Being as rare as it was the owner decided to go with the original color. This car arrived today to be put back together. I’ve already had all the interior pieces recovered and chrome redone. After inventory there were many parts that needed to be sourced. Reassembly starts tomorrow.
With the body now out of the shop and being media blasted it’s time to turn my attention to refurbishing the parts. I decided to start with the suspension, where all bushings, seals, bearings, shocks will be replaced and the parts will be replated. I got the A arms and sway bars back from the powder coater today.
All the fiberglass is now removed and ready to be media blasted.
If you want a really good job with are the metal exposed and blasted you have to take out the fiberglass. Kind of a big job for sure but worth the added time it takes for the results
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I took the floorpan off which took all day seeing that it was coated with some very heavy undercoat and I couldn’t see the hundreds of rivets that hold it on that all needed drilled out. A few more parts to come off then ready to be media blasted.