fxm911 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 After literally years trying to find the right body shop to prep this car, it is finally back with me, freshly painted and ready for me to crack on and rebuild it to its former glory. The transporter bringing it back for me from France did create a bit of a stir in our industrial estate today 🤣 😀 Let battle begin.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Hoooolllyyyyyyyyyy Moly, that looks awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 (edited) Yes very nice .. is it a Fiat Dino ? if so very lovely if not still very lovely whatever it is .. great colour . Edited December 15, 2020 by Henry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nige Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 I thought that but I don't think it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 I think your right Nige , first thought Aston, then a lancia then Opel manta then ooo not so sure . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nige Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Keep thinking it's a Ferrari but can't pin a model on it. It's quite large. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longman Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Ford OSI 😉 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nige Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 That's the fella fella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxm911 Posted December 15, 2020 Author Share Posted December 15, 2020 3 minutes ago, longman said: Ford OSI 😉 Showing off with your knowledge of classics there 😉 Colour is actually a Ferrari one from the 60s so in line with the car (even if not original) which I eventually settled on after many attempts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Hats off to you Longman never heard of such a beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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World Citizen Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 oohhh, love a Ford Mustang is it a 68? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longman Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 16 minutes ago, fxm911 said: Showing off with your knowledge of classics there 😉 Colour is actually a Ferrari one from the 60s so in line with the car (even if not original) which I eventually settled on after many attempts... I only know as I follow you on Facetube Franck 😂 looks fantastic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryH Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 (edited) Jumped at my first answer ! Edited December 15, 2020 by GaryH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatsix777 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Looks fantastic, although I must confess that I’d not heard of this model. I see it had a 2.0 or 2.3 litre V6. Is this the Cologne motor that was in the German Capris? I ran a German 2.0S for a couple of years with this engine; rare here and quite interesting if a little less BHP than the UK market pinto. Nice. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnonut Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Nice! Certainly a million times better than the Taunus it is based on! I guess with it being a Ford, parts to rebuild should at least be easier to come by although not trim! Never knew until I started googling that OSI stood for “Industrial Stamping Workshops”. Not quite the same Italianate flare to it as the TLA 😋 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxm911 Posted December 16, 2020 Author Share Posted December 16, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Wingnonut said: Nice! Certainly a million times better than the Taunus it is based on! I guess with it being a Ford, parts to rebuild should at least be easier to come by although not trim! Never knew until I started googling that OSI stood for “Industrial Stamping Workshops”. Not quite the same Italianate flare to it as the TLA 😋 Some parts are ok but some are ultra rare and hard to come by (loads of exotic Italian parts on this so price tags are high when you manage to get them). Fortunately my car came with loads of spares (bought 1 and 1/2 car in fact). OSI stands for Officine Stampaggi Industriali 😉 10 hours ago, flatsix777 said: Looks fantastic, although I must confess that I’d not heard of this model. I see it had a 2.0 or 2.3 litre V6. Is this the Cologne motor that was in the German Capris? I ran a German 2.0S for a couple of years with this engine; rare here and quite interesting if a little less BHP than the UK market pinto. Nice. David Hi David, yes, they came with the Cologne V6 2.0 or 2.3 and I am lucky as mine is the 2.3 so a little more power than your 2.0 (albeit not that much and this is a BIG car to power) Not surprised you had not heard of it, even most Ford hardcore fans have not heard of it (never sold in the UK). Only about 2200 were built and it would seems that only short of 200 remain (most of them rotting somewhere although they have recently gathered a big following so more are being put back to former glory) Edited December 16, 2020 by fxm911 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndglynn Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Mega - for a second I thought it was the truck and got super excited... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxm911 Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 1 minute ago, johndglynn said: Mega - for a second I thought it was the truck and got super excited... I did try to keep the truck as well but driver just I did not have the room to keep it 😄 You should have seen it, thing was just a feast of engineering with rear half extending to reduce angle to unload and all the beds inside are on hydraulics so everything can be adjusted so suit cars (must be worth an absolute fortune !!!). Mind you considering the cars they deliver around Europe they need something like this (had just came back from Italy delivering 3 historic Formula 1 !!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Wow, that looks stunning already but from a quick google it is only going to get better!! I must admit to not knowing about this particular car - I hold me head down in shame. Have fun building it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_911 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 I hope Franck doesn't mind me posting this. I approached Franck when I saw his post as I have been looking for a full restoration project to showcase one of my car photography offerings. I'm delighted to say that Franck is going to allow me to visit and document the progress, and hopefully allow me to do a full shoot when it is finished. So looking forward to visiting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxm911 Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 47 minutes ago, Chris_911 said: I hope Franck doesn't mind me posting this. I approached Franck when I saw his post as I have been looking for a full restoration project to showcase one of my car photography offerings. I'm delighted to say that Franck is going to allow me to visit and document the progress, and hopefully allow me to do a full shoot when it is finished. So looking forward to visiting! No worries about posting this 😉 Work has started and some parts on already (but not much don't worry, still plenty to sort out, clean etc etc) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 I hope that doesn't mean we won't get a build blog here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_911 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 29 minutes ago, Phill said: I hope that doesn't mean we won't get a build blog here? Hi Phill Absolutely not - I will certainly share what I shoot on here. Up to Franck what he posts but he'll be welcome to use my images. It'll probably get over-exposed rather than under-exposed! (Pun intended). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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