• Welcome to Dino Restoration

    Welcome to Dino Restoration

The dino is my favorite cars in all their varieties. The 206 probably is my favorite and still kick myself for the one I restored and sold. I wanted to get another one but the prices are way up there. I bid on the Verde Scuro car at the Gooding auction in the UK but went way above what I was willing to pay. Yesterday morning I got a email from a guy who was considering restoring his 206. After talking with him he figured it was best to sell. We made a deal and I picked it up 24 hours later!!! The best thing about this car was its original configuration. It was Dino Blu Mettallizzato with beige interior with YELLOW CLOTH INSERTS!!!!!!!! The car is very low mileage with 29,000KM about 14,000 miles. All the impossible items to get are there, ash tray, shift knob, seat belts, fuel cap and wipers. I need wood steering wheels, books and tools. The car has wrong tires, wrong exhaust, wrong interior materials, clock, amp guage and parts in the engine compartment are gloss black. Also horsie on back and ferrari logo. The Dino spent its entire life in Venezuela except for the last 3 years where it’s been in the current owners den!! There is an interesting story about the original owner and why it left Venezuela I will be the third registered owner and first in USA. I won’t be starting restoration anytime soon as my plate is full so I’ll get some driving in. If anyone can help with steering wheel, books and tools let me know. Thanks in

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I started taking #04022 apart for another full restoration. It has sat in Indiana for the past 15 years in a garage after the owner passed. Still in it’s original color of Blu Scuro with tan vinyl interior. I haven’t decided on the color yet but leaning towards Azzurro Metallizatto with Cuoio interior. The other option is keeping it the same Blu Scuro with tan. It is factory wired for AC and power windows but has neither.

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I got the car back from media blast today. More rot was exposed!! Normally I get the car epoxy coated after blasting, but this car has so much metal work we decided to do the metal work then it can go back to media blast for a second time. You can see how the factory did the front indicator lights with lots of lead. Tuesday we start the metal work, I’m thinking a months worth of work..
Dino -Pininfarina production

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