It's either perfect or it's not. Superb words for life generally! Ian is beyond a legendary car repairer. The knowledge in his head needs to be carbon copied for fear that it gets lost one day!
@@prt1527Yes folks don't realise that doing it once correctly is far cheeper than doing it once incorrectly and then having to rework it to a correct standard. 😮
Claudio Zampolli's former crew in West Los Angeles. Every last bit as competent. I knew, and have known Claudio as well as Avio Piombetti for well over 50 years. The number of exotica one was priviledged to be around is nothing short of boggling. At one point when visiting he had no less than a staggering 4 LP 400s in various states of dissassemblage - ALL were there for complete drivetrain refreshment with two, bare metal complete nut/bolt restorations. As many are familiar. Claudio was the creator of the Cizeta V16T. Riposa In Pace, Claudio.... Well done, lain.
@@bmepdoc9675Oh my... You've been blessed by the automotive gods. And a fun fact, not for you; but maybe some: Cizeta = Cee Zeta as in Claudio Zampolli
To my eyes the Dino becomes more and more beautiful within the changing context of contemporary times. The discussion of door lever perfection was classic!
The Dino has been pretty damn foxy since they rolled it out, imo. More of a classic that's for sure. The modern need for a "high seating position" has mucked up automotive styling in general. Being a slave to aerodynamics hasn't helped either.
Yes me to at your age and I was offered one of these in1974 , by a builder friend for £ 7,ooo , had to pass it over as just taken out a mortgage . And fire auto marine insurance had gone bust and could not get covers then at my age .Always loved the Dino and named our black cat after it . 😉
I saw my first and only red dino in the UK in 1972 when I was 13 playing out on my bike. I thought it was the most beatiful car I had ever seen, and to this day it still is. I spoke to the owner and told him it was a beatiful car. I was mesmerised with it. The owner sold it and bought a V12 E type later on. Watching this took me right back to then. Thanks for that.
I had the exact same experience at 19 in '71 in downtown Seattle and I was following one all around town on my bike just to see what it was. When I caught up to it the owner said it was made by Ferrari and I should look for the dealership to see one close up. So I went to the Yellow Pages (I wish we had internet then) and found the showroom was on a pier over Lake Washington in the Leschi neighborhood. A beautiful setting for the most beautiful car ever! It was over $14000, forever out my reach.
I am in the UK, and the price of them here meant they would be forever out of my reach as well. I don't think Ferrari have ever made a nicer looking car than the dino. In 1972 an e type was about £3,000 or so I read in a readers digest book so that would have been about $6,000 at the time, but I have no idea how much a dino was, but it was not something I could have afforded.
When Iain Tyrrell says your car "is a peach" and "absolutely gorgeous" You know you will be driving virtual perfection. Stunning work Iain on a stunning "FERRARI"
In 1972 or '73 I worked at a Shell station next to Newport Imports in Newport Beach. I seem to recall they were about $8500 or thereabouts. They would bring in the Dino's for fuel and I remember the gas tank spout was on the trunk deck. I remember spilling gas when trying to get the nozzle in to fill it up!☹ Didn't go over big!
In 1990 Dinos had so little respect a kid in HS where I lived drove one. He’d open the door and the speaker would be hanging there, always dirty, it was white over black, wish I had it now!!
Your Operation and your Special Touch on these Fine Babies make your videos so Enjoyable Ian,Thank You Very Much from Pennsylvania.If you are ever in the States and decide you would like to Shoot some Stuff do give call! I Loved the DB/Bond Skit! Fab!
Love the way Iain always takes his hat off to the lads workmanship on camera. The amount of talent in the workshop. I would guess largely bespoke. If i may, I started out working in public aquariums in 1984, learned the job through daily commitment and observation. Totally bespoke, no-one except the boss to give advice because those fish hadn't been contained before, ended up displaying the first and only hammerhead sharks in the UK. No mean feat because they refused to eat for nearly 2 months in a community tank with other species of sharks 3 times their size. Proud of that.
It needs to be lined up next to a Bahama Yellow DBS for the full nostalgia hit. The 246 is such a pretty car and you make them look brand new. Just learned that mouse hair is flocked vinyl; every day’s a school day! One thing that you probably know already is that Esso Synergy is the only super unleaded not to contain ethanol except in a few areas including North Wales and possibly Chester. Bit of a strange situation
@@iain_tyrrell Sorry to mislead you but I’ve just been told that Esso now add 5% ethanol to all their super unleaded fuel regardless of where you are in the country. There was a time when it was ethanol free but that’s no longer the case.
Not only a magnificent piece of art, but also a quintescential sports car: mid engined, rear wheel drive, classic cockpit with a full array of analogue gauges (oil press and temp, coolant temp...). My god, I am in love...
I'm not really a Ferrari fan in general but this Dino 246 GT is an absolutely beautiful shape and design. The restoration is as expected with anything that Iain and his team undertake - simply stunning.
I can tell by the way you are topping up that radiator you are a total pro Ian .. not a drop spilt . Takes a true mechanic to learn that skill .. lovely to see 👍
Yeh, I still miss my Dino's (GT/GTS) used as daily drivers in all seasons , sold back in the day - late 70's, when £7k was all they were worth. I believe this is pretty much all the Ferrari you need for the UK roads. Small, nimble, quick enough, good deep sidewalls for rough roads, and very, very pretty. I would have one back in a heartbeat 💚🤍❤
The balance of restoration versus preservation is where the magic is. When someone has enough money, they can thrown enough money at it to make it for all discernible purposes, “showroom new”. But what about the vehicle’s life and history and preserving things that are original? This channel is a beautiful tribute to the balance of restoration versus preservation.
What a beautiful car the Dino is. Specially this example! The original seats are magnificent. The door opener is a delight. The sound the turn signal makes, music. This car has been restored so beautifully with so much passion and showing respect not only for the designer of the car but also for the mechanics who originally put it together in a shop in Italy some 50 years ago. Can you imagine! It had been marvelous work back then, and it is marvelous work again today! Thank you Iain and team!
It’s a wonderful ethos to use a classic car’s original components. Patina is better than often below par after-market replacements. This is a really lovely little Ferrari
That’s a stunning job. As for the door handles, when something looks that delicate and precisely conceived you really don’t want the action to shatter the illusion 👍
The Dino is pure automotive art & is definitely my favourite car of all time! Thank you Iain for sharing this special car with your subscribers & I love the way you so nonchalantly say you have 3 others in the workshop...I'm sure there's not many places that can say that! That elegant door handle design you demonstrated on the Daytona & then the Dino is a nerdy detail I really appreciate. Keep up the great work! 👍🔥👍
Just listening to Ian driving the Dino - one of my favourite Ferraris - makes me want to drive it, too. Wonderful work. Wonderful car. The shape is gorgeous.
The sounds of this car very much remind me of the 911S and 250SLs of the same era. The exhaust and carbureted intake is combined with gear train and driveline to make suck a special symphony that hasn't existed for such a long time. Driving that Dino on a twisty road on a sunny day with all that tactile feedback and wonderful noise would be heaven.
Can only imagine the joy of having the first drive. Stunning result. The owner will be very thankful for all the hard work completed by a highly skilled team.
My favourite car ever, when I saw it in the early seventies fell in love with it and nothing since then has changed my mind. Another great video from a master craftsman and his team.
I hope the Dino will return once it has been "run-in". Maybe then you can take us for another ride so we can hear her sing that beautiful and soul stirring song. Well done to you and the team!
When Iain says “ I’m very very happy “ you know that perfection has been achieved Other than the 911 a Dino / F40/ GT40 / Quattro would be my dream cars
It is such a joy for me, to hear you checking and judging the vehicles that you do. As you are in the fortunate position of not needing to test drive every Nissan or Toyota, your specialist gift in driving top shelf automobiles is one of privilege, which is rarely available to most people. Knowing your stuff is a genuine gift, garnered over many years. The fact that your aim is to conserve is an admirable one, leaving such vehicles in fine shape, while the remainder go off to the car graveyard.
Quite the strive to perfection towards every smallest of details as always, and what a lovely beautiful peach she indeed has become. What has surprised me the most is the glorious distinctive sound of the Dino engines as you've demonstrated earlier and here once again; just magic how she spools up with a distinctively pitched harmony. Thank you so much again for sharing this Italian Contessa of the roads 💓
I was going to comment pretty much what you said about the sweet sound of the engine, your whole comment is so eloquent and wonderfully put. It certainly made me smile.😊
No doubt the restoration as ended with a car much better built than it was originally, I remember the very first one I ever saw in 1972 parked on our local Railway station car park. At the time the most exotic looking car I had ever seen at that time.
Back in the mid 1970s I used to work in a hand car wash on a Saturaday. There used to be a regular customer who had one of these models I have always loved the look of these ever since.
Beautiful restoration and video, Dino’s are Dino’s stunning in their own right!! I’d like to see a clear pic of your watch, looks like a vintage 5513 Sub but can’t be sure??
Mr Terrell how could anyone think that your knowledge is nerdy your a world treasure thank you for these great videos. I hope you have young people to teach because when you go there should be someone to pass this onto.
Looks spectacular, both inside and out. That door handle segment took my existing door closing sound (thunk) OCD to another level! Please more nerdy details like that! Weirdly as a kid, the different ways ashtrays in cars opened and closed seemed to be a gauge of how posh the car was.
That Red Dino 246 is simply beautiful. And I love those wheels! The leather seats have a certain “patina” for sure but yes, they could do with a bit of regular TLC. I always love it when that screwdriver and hosepipe are trotted out, as also the “stethoscope”. I am honestly quite sad that all modern cars are diagnosed with OBD sensors and very little mechanical, aural and other sensory “feel”. The modern world does lack “soul”. This Channel is for me, a weekly fix. Thank goodness there exists such superb, high quality content. Thank you very much to Iain Tyrrell for this. I do request that these videos are all kept permanently in a repository for us to revisit and enjoy in the future as well. And I also pray that these lovely cars are allowed to remain on the roads to delight us enthusiasts. I also love that Red Daytona. As has been said before, and indeed even on the Tyrrell’s Classic Workshop Channel, the Rover SD1 was so reminiscent of the Daytona, even though when they brought it to India (Standard Motors Madras) they gave it that really asthmatic and wheezy engine which totally let that beautiful car down. And Sir, I cannot agree more that “things are either perfect or they are not” - its not Nerdy in my book, it is just the “Artist’s Passion” that comes to the fore, in your case. And Thank you very much indeed, for that!
Thank you for sharing this - The Dino is my favorite car of all time and this one is just gorgeous. It must be a treat to drive one. I appreciate being brought along on the first drive of this breathtaking classic.
This might be a controversial opinion but I think the Dino's looks are on par with the Muira. Also, Italian rims... They need an official appreciation society. A lot of modern rims are so gaudy. IMHO a rim should be a performance before style piece.
Iain, a tiny observation. The front number plate is 1-2mm lower on the left side. I’m a perfectionist, too 😊 I love this car. Thank you for showing it to us. That you’re back in the same car, 40 years after having driven it before, is special. Perhaps I misunderstood what you said, Iain.
The Dino turned me into a petrol head - I was at school with a lad called James Hartwell (for context this is early 70’s) and his dad had one, they were a decent size auto sales company at the time so it is logical but I was maybe 7 so knew very little - I went to his house and james showed my the car clearly cherished - it was the air scoops that did it - I could push my hand down them - that was it - I loved cars from that moment .
The first drive after such alot of work is always a nervous one but so rewarding, well done lads, mine were never on such valuable cars but rewarding all the same.
In our city someone has a red Dino and you can hear him coming through the streets on a sunny day from a mile away beacause of that characteristic noise. What a nice enhancement this video is.
She looks and sounds magnificent. As to the second gear synchro issue, this seems to be consistent with Italian cars of the period. I remember that the Alfa GTV6 was slated for its clunky second gear, but I never used to drive the car until the oil was up to temperature and I never found it to be a problem.
There is discussion about the most beautiful car ever made. Indeed those vehicles mentioned are beautiful and due that consideration. However, this Dino- and really in any color, may be among my top choices for most beautiful car ever made.
Thanks Iain grade one nerdiness we all love. Your recollections of driving the Dino on the Wirral 40 years ago reminded me of Harry's emotional connection with his Lancia Zagato and his visit to the Wirral.
I can't help but look at a Red Dino and just think of Tony Curtis driving one in the TV series "The Persuaders" great TV when I was a kid. I still wonder if that Dino is in someone's lucky collection, I wonder if Ian knows if it is still owned by some collector?
There is little more 'ordinary' than an undermaintained Ferrari. I have seen them left in desert car parks. I have seen them sitting in front of hotels with 'dead' paint and cracked interior leather. I have seen one sitting under shade trees waiting for a hobbyist mechanic to do whatever to it. To see a beautifully restored Dino is a real treat.
Absolutely stunning on all fronts. What a peach. The best looking car ever imo. I love the Ferrari Dino. And the engine went on to greater fame in the Lancia Stratos ofcourse. Italy at its very best..
Hi , I love nerdy , there is no percentage of correct it’s black and white. Correct as you show with simple little things like the door handle is correct. Love your work , been subscribed since Harry’s garage .
