Ferrari Mailing List: Re: V12 308 - Recipe for Smoked Testarossa?

[Lashdeep Singh (lashdeep]

Carl,  interesting story and not unusual at all.

Maserati, Detomaso, Benelli and Moto Guzzi were all the last of the truly hand 
made Italian vehicles into the mid 1990s.

They soldiered on with old school craftsman long after Ferrari and Lambo sold 
to corporate owners.

> On Aug 12, 2020, at 09:07, cmlf1 [at] optonline.net wrote:
> 
> My father owned a restoration shop from the mid seventies until 1999. The 
> replacement panels for most older vehicles were rough, even the more mass 
> produced. I recall a Maserati Khamsin rear quester panel where the US 
> directional light hole was stamped about an inch lower on the replacement 
> that what was fitted to the car from the factory. Brand new panel requiring 
> cutting and welding and at least 10 hours to fit and align it to the car. 
> 
> Carl 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone- Please excuse brevity or typographical errors.  
> 
>> On Aug 12, 2020, at 7:27 AM, scott saidel <scott_saidel [at] hotmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> In my Classic Coach days...
>> 
>> 355: 4-5 hours To fit a fender 
>> 
>> 360: 0 hours for fit 
>> 
>> The big change was the precision of the aluminum cars. Everything was 
>> pressed or extruded - and there was consistency. 
>> 
>> On the pre 70s cars every panel was essentially custom as the hand formed 
>> originals have no consistency 
>> 
>> I had heard or read once that over its lifespan the Lamborghini Countach 
>> became flatter and smoother - because the wood bucks that they used to form 
>> the panels, were slowly pounded down with each set of panels. 
>> 
>> scottie 
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>>> On Aug 12, 2020, at 12:20 AM, Lashdeep Singh via Ferrari <ferrari [at] 
>>>> ferrarilist.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> One of the first Ferrari restorations I saw was of a 250 GTE.
>>> 
>>> The shop had procured a replacement door from another GTE and then 
>>> proceeded to spend 40 hours making it work on the subject car.
>>> 
>>> Eek!
>>> 
>>> 
>>>>> On Aug 11, 2020, at 18:35, Douglas Anderson <dnt [at] dock.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>> 
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