Mopar owner have it easy!

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Mon Mar 07, 16 9:32 pm

$115,000 for this! And someone has screwed with it. Billy has to bring it back to stock! It is a Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider chassis.

db · Post by db » Mon Mar 07, 16 10:30 pm

Chuffin ell!

Mick70RR · Post by **Mick70RR** » Mon Mar 07, 16 10:50 pm

Who's Billy?

Guy · Post by **Guy** » Mon Mar 07, 16 11:15 pm

Jeff's son, Billy Brown

drewcrane · Post by **drewcrane** » Tue Mar 08, 16 12:03 am

Humm, now that is a good deal

hemi472 · Post by **hemi472** » Tue Mar 08, 16 6:51 am

You have to hand it to those cost cutting Italians - they've incorporated the rear chassis rails and the exhaust tailpipes into one convenient unit

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Tue Mar 08, 16 7:47 am

And they've fitted the cal tracs upside down, bet it's got 4 reverse gears as well.....

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Tue Mar 08, 16 8:00 am

Blue wrote:... bet it's got 4 reverse gears as well.....

Another Italian stereotype perchance?

latil · Post by **latil** » Tue Mar 08, 16 8:20 am

Pete wrote:
Blue wrote:... bet it's got 4 reverse gears as well.....
Another Italian stereotype perchance?

British Military were just as bad post war with the Austin Champ,5 speed box with separate forward/reverse box,thing could do 70 backwards.

How much is wrong on the 250 chassis? I don't have one here to compare

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Tue Mar 08, 16 9:16 am

It's probably that Mustang 2 front clip and the back axle looks like it came off something agricultural....

latil · Post by **latil** » Tue Mar 08, 16 9:44 am

Back axle looks correct,as does the front,could be later Ferrari stuff though like they use on the replicas.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Wed Mar 09, 16 4:56 pm

Story is..... Customer goes into shop. He has a chassis and a motor. Not sure how much motor was, chassis was $115,000. He wand them to do a total rebuild... There is no body, they have to start from scratch.

Now there were two models built, a LWB and a SWB..... 6 inches or so difference.... But this frame is 6 inches shorter than a SWB! So who know what went on before somewhere?

Just heard from Billy, it is now the correct length for the SWB car... I think this one will be the main car on the next series of restoration garage, look out for it, and Billy!

RobTwin · Post by **RobTwin** » Thu Mar 10, 16 1:12 am

Jeff wrote:... I think this one will be the main car on the next series of restoration garage, look out for it, and Billy!

I think they've only broadcast the first series over here so far Jeff

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Thu Mar 10, 16 2:04 am

Oh, so you never got to see Joe on tv? He was not in it much to be honest.
The next series should be interesting. The top fabricator is no longer there. In fact, there is not a fabricator there at all! Billy is doing some fab work, but is having to teach himself!

RobTwin · Post by **RobTwin** » Thu Mar 10, 16 1:26 pm

No jeff, I've been keeping an eye out in case they start showing any subsequent series.... sorry, seasons

but they always seem to be repeats of episodes I've seen before from when it was first on a couple of years ago.