Why would Eben limit himself to working only with sheet metal on cars. He started his metal forming career making sculptures like this full sized horse head and sometimes wishes he knew nothing about cars so he could make more of these.

What would cause the shift lever to move forward and backward upon decelerating and accelerating? I am not talking about a 1/4″, more like 1-2 inches. The transmission was quiet and the ring and pinion are totally silent so it could not be the pinion shaft cluster that was loose.

We pulled the trans-axle and something very unusual happened, we found a simple problem that required a very simple solution! The forward most ring nut on the main shaft was loose and it did not do any damage to the rest of the gears or bearings. With this nut loose, the selector rings were moving which made the shift lever do the voodo dance.

A friend who owns a 330 GTC went with me to look at this blue GTC when I was interested in buying it. The seller claimed that in the 20 years that he owned the car, he never did much to it other than routing service, new shocks and tires. My friend who has spent countless thousands of dollars to make his great car nearly perfect said, “how can a car with so little recent work run and drive so well while my car has been such a struggle?”

I sold the car to a customer in February 2006 and he drove it 2000 miles without any issues but realized that is was leaking lots of oil and thought that we should do some engine bay detailing.
Before pulling the engine we did a leak down test only to find that 2 cylinders were very weak, 50% or more and all other cylinders were at 30%, not great numbers for an engine that started instantly and pulled strong! (But it burned more oil than it leaked)

We found one of our favorite scenarios, an original engine that has not been puled apart and messed with by someone who did not know what they were doing. We overhauled the engine with new forged pistons, all new bearings in the timing chest and crank shaft bearings. We replaced all of the horribly worn roller follower assemblies and did a major cleaning and detailing. From the second the engine first made smoke, it has run like the champ that it always was!

We cleaned, re-painted and detailed the engine bay and renewed all A/C components so the car worked and looked as new. Later this year we will replace the yellow SALVA hose and re-plate the hose ends and ferrules.
The photos show some before, during, and after shots.

Here is a 250 GTE that I bought and quickly sold to a man. I like this car because many of the trim and details on Ferrari 2+2’s is hacked, missing or damaged but this car has it all including the original paint sticker! I like the front end of this car showing the original headlight rings that had a tendency to fall off in front of the wheel while driving only to be replaced with an ugly trim ring that did not fit the car properly.

This car is so solid and complete, the bottoms of the doors are clean and the low areas in the trunk are perfect, testament to Pininfarinas build quality and further proof that this is a California “black plate” car.

The current owner may be interested in selling this car as he has his eyes on another classic Ferrari so email me with an offer!!

Here is what happens when the NY State Highway Patrol pulls you over for a “quick” check and finds that your CDL is expired!
Our truck it a target for these checkpoints, the cops wave all of the big rigs through and seem to single the guys like us with the small trucks out. Maybe it is because small truck operators have been violators for so long, trying to skirt under the 26,000lb restriction and fuel user permits. I guess they found me, another violator!