Finally done

[Turbo 4290154]

Did you do the restore and build or did a shop?  I’m down in the tricities and looking for someone who knows the Turbo engine.  Mine has barely been run for 35 years and needs some TLC....

[Preyupy]

I have now done 4 turbo engines ( mine and 3 for customers). I restored my own car and have worked on 4 others. I am in the vintage race car restoration business and don’t usually take street car work but because turbos are unique and a personal passion I do work on them. Our shop is in Redmond WA. 

 

How long have you had your car? What is your chassis number? Where has the car been?  

 

Byron

[Turbo 4290154]

It is 4290154.  My father bought it in the Boston area around 1986-7 and gave it to me as a graduation gift.  I decided to keep it rather then drive it so it sat in a barn at our place in New Hampshire for about 20 years.  I started it from time to time and then just rotated engine so it would not seize.  About 12 years ago the place in NH was sold and car shipped to me here in WA where it sits in my garage/shop in West Richland.  It has something like 60k km on it.  Matching engine number and pretty much original.  We had it painted - now many years ago.  Have the stripes in a box and never got them on.  I just got the chrome trim back on.   I just spent some time getting it running again after 10 years of sitting.  Runs ok but valve train sounds noisy to me so I don’t want to run it much until someone has a good look at it.  Car originally came out of Italy and I believe owner before us imported as grey market.  I think the right rear quarter panel may have had an incident at some point and car shipper dented rear panel when it came out here (bumper was off) so I had to get that repaired which meant a new rain panel.  I would love to restore it fully but not sure I can convince my wife to spend the funds to do it right so for now I am focused on mechanicals so it is not decaying.  Woukd like to discuss what it might cost for various levels of restoration.  509....554.....9891.

[Turbo 4290154]

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^ that is very cool!

 

Cheers,