Since I helped Homer with the Burning Man Sculpture and invested so much into buying that cannibalized skid steer loader, he bought me this killer twin screw air compressor. He bought it for pennies at a bank foreclosure auction along with an amazing 5 axis CNC router. Thanks Homer.

We are not sure how to set it up, it is designed for 3 phase and while we have the rotor-phase converters, it would be nice to get a single phase 220 motor for it. We are ready for a new compressor, the one we have is 20 years old and showing its age.

See all the other Burning Man Art Car related posts here: http://www.ferraricraft.com/index.php?s=burning+man

Ingersoll-Rand compressor

Mature Red

I like this photo.

Here is our gangster punk friend putting a beat down on the red Ferrari BBI and a 250 GT Pininfarina Cabriolet series II. Shiz Bro, he does a nice job!

He used wool on the BBI and foam on the 250, what it is Syl?

Polishing

Here some photos from our friend Bill Lockwood. He copyrights photos ©blockwood, and they can be seen on Mitsubishi Canada’s website, DC Shoes Rally Site, ESPN.com, and BNQT/USA Today.com. We are very happy that when he is in town he is just a few miles away.

http://blockwood.tumblr.com/post/280552569/212shoot

An old wooden box of hardware and a shop stocked with dedication make this shot of a one-of-a-kind Ferrari 212 even more unique.

Here is what thousands of hours of detailing a Ferrari Lusso engine looks like. It is dusty and not totally finished but getting close. If I had a driveshaft I would take her for a spin! Really looking forward to driving the car because we did some enhancements to the engine and installed a overdrive transmission to make the car that much better and faster.

Engine to the Lusso

Flat fin radiator

Here is a brand new correct type flat fin radiator core all assembled with tanks and side brackets for a Ferrari 250 GTE. These cores are so nice and we will cover the core in cardboard to prevent bending the delicate fins. This radiator has the bottom tank that was all hammered and beat up and corrected and documented in an earlier post.

Clean brake fluid is a must for proper operation of a brake system, proper operation of brakes, reliable brakes? Ferraris 250′s with the Bendix/Bonaldi booster had a reservoir cap with a steel mesh under an aluminum disc to allow the bottle to vent. Under the mesh is a small hole directly into the brake fluid reservoir. As you can see, there is lots of opportunity for crud to get into the fluid from this rusty build up in the mesh. I took the aluminum disc off, made a new spacer ring and welded it onto the cap. I sent the part of to be cad plated and made a new aluminum disc, installed stainless steel wool under the and wrinkle finish painted it. Voila!

FIAT Reservoir lid

Wrinkle finish reservoir

Even though the electrical solenoid worked, this 250 GTE overdrive would not engage at speed so we made the judgment call to remove the transmission from the car and send the overdrive to be inspected and repaired.

It turns out that the unit is totally worn out and nasty but luckily nothing is broken. Since this one is built under license of Laycock de Normanville by Bianchi, the odd sized rear bearing is $80 instead of $10 for the common sized bearing that fits the Laycock built units.

When John took the unit apart he found a pound of metal shavings trapped in the filter screen and recommended  disassembling the transmission because it appears that it was run without oil for a bunch of miles. The transmission shifted well and was quiet but it will have to come apart for thorough inspection and cleaning. More posts to follow when I get the transmission apart.

Bianchi Overdrive

Overdrive Ferrari