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It is amazing to see that body coming together from a patchwork quilt of pieces. What a "tribute" to their craftsmanship!
My own approach is different because of my fortunate starting position, as the old joke says, "If I were going there, I wouldn't start from here." I have only had to cut panels to fit (with one or two patches) and find places to hang them on the Z3.
Hi Towed, here is a link to the Harrington website for GTB2 long nose bumpers. Further research may also be done on various car Club websites.
The bumpers are 'hand beaten' which gives a certain patina to the reflective surface. There is a little 'twist' along the rear cross section, which should disappear when they are tightened in place. The aim is to make the car look properly 'dressed'
I thought £1415 was quite a lot for some bling. I suppose to complete the car they will add to the finished look !
Me too! That's more than I have in my donor car, v12, and wire wheels!
Maybe Tribute could take molds from Kidge's and make some fiberglass bumpers- only if he allows of course! They could then be spray-chromed or wrapped.
A friend had to fit a set of Harrington bumpers to a Dino, he got them to fit............eventually. He was very upset about how long it took to fit them and even then he wasn't 100% happy.
I keep looking at them for my MK2 jag but if they don't fit I can't see how you could adjust them as they are so large and heavy. Expensive if they don't fit, some people have had success others have hated them, lots of comments on various forums if ou hunt.
I stand correct on my last input, i thought they where £141.50! Maybe a bit pricey for most but im sure chris will take a mould. It would be rude not too!
That is the more popular 67-68 "long nose" gtb/4 cam car. The 65-66 "short nose" lacks the hood bulge, the grill opening is more square, and the bumpers sit lower on the nose.
More progress on the buck for Kidge's car. I realised that the top of the SWB rear wings were much flatter than the 275's, so the they were reprofiled using a strip of alloy as a guide followed by lashings of filler.
Once the ends of the spoiler had been reprofiled the centre section on the boot lid could be formed.
B pillar vents starting to be formed.
Rear wheel arch lips removed
Rear end shape nearly there, just boot opening shape to be finalised before everything is smoothed out for moulding.
Rear bumper hung on temporary brackets to check fit against body, some work still to do. These obviously aren't the rear lights that Kidge will be using, I was just having a ponder........
Haven't been on here for a while as starting to look seriously for donor now prices are dropping to sensible levels for winter but had to log in for this to say, wow that is looking absolutely incredible - just so right. Fantastic work. (and love the use of Farina F rather than the 'other' F)
That is amazing! How do they do it? It is fascinating to see that highly characteristic shape emerging from something (two somethings?) rather different. They are having to face the same compromises as I am to fit a fairly authentic 275 shape on to a modern chassis which has a very different layout but I have a different starting point which changes the skills required from being an artist to a mere cut and shut mechanic.
If anyone doubted it before, this illustrates the work that Scaglietti and the F racing department did to transform the 250 into the 275 shape.
I disagree. I don't know where they got their moulds from, but having started from genuine 275GTB moulds myself (see the first page of my 275/Z3 thread) I think the tail looks pretty good.
Thanks for that ref but I think a better one is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dmSaZ6mw-c
If you want accurate details and a review by an owner rather than a sales pitch by Bonhams.
One detail I did not know is that they had to change the Vee angle of the engine from 60 degrees to 54 on the 4 cam in order to get it under the bonnet. I thought the slight bulge was enough.
A classic error that the owner repeated, however, was that the 275 was designed by PininFarina. Yes the 250 was designed by him (he was a great friend of Enzo Ferrari) but it it was the racing department under Scaglietti across the road at Modena who made all the changes to the 250 design to reduce drag and high speed lift. Sadly, by the time the car was ready, the rear engined opposition was the new kid on the block and the 275 did not gain the racing success and aura of it's 250 predecessor.
