I am privileged to restore and maintain some of the top collector cars in South Florida and I get to share them here on the channel. We have also made videos for vehicles being sold on online platforms like Bring a Trailer. We are also going to start bringing you the goings on at the shop.
This part number RCR-PH3 is for a Baldwin B50 filter painted correct FRAM orange color with flow control valve and finished with the FRAM PH3 sticker (applied). This is how we will be advertising them. Thanks for watching!
@@jensgronning4436 Nah, those canted headlights and elegant lines win hands down. It is a true road Ferrari. The 250 was a competition inspired model with no interior room and a tiny engine.
The Collier Brother's museum, Revs Institute, Inc. near the Naples airport has an unrestored red (of course) TZ in as-raced condition. It is my favorite of their cars, much to the chagrin of the museum docents considering the number of fabulous cars they have on display. Google Maps says they are temporarily closed right now for whatever that is worth... I can't say whether they might let you in to do some measurements, but you won't know unless you ask! I love those cars, so I wish you luck. I subscribed instantly, and I look forward to following this restoration.
Thanks for the sub! I have a loose relationship with the Rev's institute and have driven across to measure other cars in the past. Re-watch the video and see what I'm standing in front of during the introduction. Thanks for watching.
How crumpled, teared and scrap-ready the aluminium body looks in comparison with for instance the aluminium wing of a Beechcraft Bonanza. The are big, very smooth, without any waves, and have a very defined contour over the section.
The aluminum on the TZ is much better than the Italian coach-built cars of the late 40's early 50's. Funny you should reference aircraft as we used to joke around the shop that the early cars were made from the aluminum from dead warbirds. Some of it is so bad that when you try to weld on it the impurities make the weld puddle explode. Let’s face it aircraft are made to much higher standards than any automobile and have a whole lot more structure than these cars. Point being is you can't pull over in an airplane. Thanks for watching.
That is a 1959 Alfa Romeo 1900 CSS with Coachwork by Ghia-Aigle in Lugano Switzerland deigned by Giovani Michelotti it was also sold at the Pebble Auctions this past August. The auction catalog is still up; you can see it here. www.goodingco.com/lot/1957-alfa-romeo-1900c-ss-coupe-lugano/?filtersInput%5BauctionType%5D%5B0%5D=Live%20Auction&filtersInput%5BauctionYear%5D%5B0%5D=2024&filtersInput%5BliveAuctionVenue%5D%5B0%5D=Pebble%20Beach&sortBy=ENDING_SOONEST&pageNumber=10 The top is actualy the same color as the 1956 Chysler 300 we featured previously.
I have never seen your videos before but i liked this. I have a stock pile if old ford parts that some stuff i could sell. I usually dont sell anything so i dont have experience in doing so & i can clearly see my pricing is out of date! What i think is $50 dollors worth of stuff sells for $150!!
Jesse, Thanks for watching, glad you liked it; I've been selling left over and cast off parts from the shop for years and the updated eBay software makes it fast and easy to list and ship; give it a try. Good Luck if you choose to sell your stock pile.
Beautiful car, beautiful color! If Chrysler had actually built and sold cars like this stateside, they would probably not be owned by Stellantis today.
All 105 and 115 Alfa gearboxes have problems with the 2nd gear. The gears of 1st and 2nd are some heavy, so the syncronisation needs to be done with double-clutching to avoid crunchs. A somewhat common fix in the Alfa community it's to dissasemble the gears and enlight them by drilling or reduce the mass of the gears, but it needs to be done in order to keep the gear balanced so it doesn't cause centrifugal force in the shafts. Apparently, Porsche was entrusted with designing the gearbox, nonetheless, in any case the gearbox hace that problem: One of the biggets of the Alfas from those years. They are great great cars. I have a black '78 Spider Some people do it and others don't. It needs a good machinist and, well, do all the things involved in going to the very heart of the gearbox, thoug its desing it's clever. With that, the fix its permanent and apparently one never will have to change synchro rings again Great to see your video! Hope to see more of that TZ!
Thanks for sharing the info. I'll get with our inhouse machinist and see if we can implement this "Fix". A lot of the early Ferrari transmissions use Porsche synchronizers also. I hope you and Mrs. Robinson are enjoying the Spider; I'll get an update video of the TZ out soon.
Brian, I appreciate your concern; we always take great care when we "exercise" the cars and yes, we are properly insured by the Dega Insurance Agency, Inc, and our partnership with Hagerty who's slogan is "Drive with us" Thanks for watching.
Even though General Motors' John DeLorean nicknamed the Chevrolet Monza the "Italian Vega", citing styling with a strong resemblance to the Ferrari 365 GTB/4 the Chevrolet Monza did not debut until 1975; two years after Ferrari ceased production of the 365 GTB/4 (1968-1973) so who copied who? I think you needed the history lesson after all...
The TZ and TZ 2 are among my very favorite post-war Alfas. Someone in Eastern MA has/had one of each and used to bring them to lawn shows regularly. Can't wait to see what you guys can do with this one -- your work is beautiful!
