Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferraris and rain - restoration pictures

[E M (pokiebaron]

Thanks for the link Rick.  Lots of really great pics.  I'm going to make a
coffee and sit for awhile and look through them all.

Ed
911SC

On 18/01/2008, Rick Lindsay <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks Ed.  This was all started 5-6 years ago.  I
> guess I could date the pictures and find out.  ...or I
> could look at my title transfer from when I bought it
> back from Ric.
>
> Tiny history;
>
> I bought #28133 with Phil Tegtmeier's help, in January
> 1997 and drove it home from the Carlisle, PA area - in
> the snow!  I had joined the List in the fall of '96
> and had 'meet' Ric, Steve, Peter henrys, etc., all of
> whom coached me along.  I can't remember how I found
> Phil but it certainly wasn't online!  Phill, can you
> remember?
>
> Bought matt Boyd's Mondial QV a year later, again with
> Phil (and Matt) helping, then sold the GTB to Ric
> Rainbolt about 6 months later.  Ric used it as a daily
> driver for a couple of years then sold it back to me.
> Ric had maintained the car and restored it
> mechanically, as is typical of Ric.  As part of the
> re-purchase agreement with Ric, we had the exterior of
> the car restored, leaving the interior work for me to
> complete.
>
> Here is a directory to all of Ric's pictures (and many
> of mine), taken along the way:
> http://www.aubard.us/Ferrari/ .  Just surf your way
> around in those directories for a look at the process.
> Please don't expect a published web page but rather,
> just find an off-site storage of our many pictures.
>
> Regards,
>
> rick
>
> --- E M <pokiebaron [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Great pic Ric.  Would love to see a few more as the
> > work progressed.  Don't
> > you just love seeing a car come back to life. :-)
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ed
> > 911SC
> >
> > On 17/01/2008, Rick Lindsay <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks, but you last comment should read, "Great
> > pics
> > > Ric."  Mr. Rainbolt is responsible of for the
> > > pictures.
> > >
> > > rick
> > >
> > > --- E M <pokiebaron [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > That's not rust, those are factory original rain
> > > > drain holes.  I remember
> > > > hearing where Minis being manufactured back in
> > the
> > > > 60-70s, would have their
> > > > bodies built up, then rolled outside, unpainted,
> > for
> > > > a few days or more
> > > > before painting and finishing.  I think it was
> > the
> > > > Brits who decided primer
> > > > should be rust colour, just to throw everyone
> > off.
> > > > ;-)
> > > >
> > > > Great pics Rick.
> > > >
> > > > Ed
> > > > 911SC
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>