I posted some pics a while back of my buddy Greg's 60 Impala. It was under a lift at the time. He drug it out to work on it some more, so here are some side shots. This is low!
The lines of that car are just outstanding - he has a very good eye. Hopefully those wheels are just on there to roll around while he's working on it right?
The wheels aren't staying. I am trying to get him talked into some Radirs or astro supremes. The 57 is a rear quarter that he is turning into a wall hanging. This lady's husband died and he had a 57. She just wants to hang it on the side of the garage to remember her husband. Kinda cool I think.
Nice looking Impala, I like what has been done to the roof. Is the screen cut or lowered into the cowl rea. The '57 wall art sounds cool. can never have to much hot rod art
The windshield is lowered into the cowl, not cut. The Ferrari is not a replica, it is indeed a real one. Supposedly one of six or something like that. I guess it is worth a half mil or something like that. Not that impressive to look at to me. Just a bunch of tubing underneath the aluminum skin. He redid one of the Penske Lola's for the same guy last year. The guy that owns it is from New York. Apparently the $40/Hr shop rate in the midwest is a bargain compared to New York rates.
Looked like fiberglass to me, that is why I stated that it was a replica. The ferrari P3 has that name to designate three vehicles produced. They then built the P4 with a larger displacement motor to qualify for a different class, but only built four total cars. Very, very rare. I have seen a P3 in person at the Palm Springs vintage auto race, it went for over 6 million the next day at the auction. There is a P3, and a P4 in the Ferrari plant on display, One in Calif. owned by Otis Chandler, and One in Houston (P4) owned by the dealership (largest in the U.S.) So you can understand my assumption of the vehicle being a replica. There are a couple of very good replicas, running with real Ferrari motors (not the slide valve injected v12's, but small v8's), These often sell for a few hundred thousand. Sorry for the Ferrari history lesson, but I have spent a lot of time with vintage European autos.
Ferrari's are a new one on me. I never paid too much attention to them because I knew I would never own one! The metal work was done by some dude over by Indianapolis. I can't remember his name. He has all kinds of high dollar rarities laying around. This one was actually raced in the 60's I guess. My buddy Greg has been on the phone with the actual Ferrari people to talk about different things about the car so not to "overrestore" it. Not bad for a hick from Illinois to pull a job like that. I suppose it could be a replica though. He doesn't know much about them either. He just knows what he is told. It is just a paint job to him.
I have restored/helped in restoration process of a few Ferraris. They are truly art on wheels. If the car is a "real" one if would have been raced by the factory (if it is a P3) which it would have been red. Or if it was a P4, it was the factory (red again) or by a private race team (name escapes me) but was painted yellow. The yellow car was campaigned in Europe only, and one P4 raced here at Sebring, and Daytona (winning only at Sebring). A proper resotation of a "real" P3/P4 would have to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars in cost, or would not be worth doing. If the car is real, you are very lucky to have seen one in person. If not, well, it is a good replica of a truly fast and beautiful car.
now thats a low car....ya know your low when ya bottom out on an airline in the shop .......very nice .....looks like real nice bodywork too .....post more pix when he gets more done on it ........
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