I’ve been bust getting this 246 L reassembled. 
Reassembly
Air freighted from Germany 74 GTS
I found this beautiful 74 Dino GTS at a Ferrari Dealer in Germany. It flew from Germany to Houston and now in process to make it even better!
It’s last days on the road for awhile
I’ve been driving this one at least once a week in Hill Country Texas. Nice windy roads with no traffic. I hadn’t planned on restoring this until a few years down the road. My last drive was a month ago and as I drove into the garage and was admiring the color and shape I decided it deserved more! I wheeled my toolbox over and went at it. So now its been taken apart, media blasted and is at my metal shop as usual to make like new.
First Class from Belgium to Texas!
This Dino was flown over from Belgium directly to Houston, then to me. It was a very nice car but needed a little refurbishment. The car was originally Argento Autiel with black interior. Now Rosso Chiaro with tan and daytona seats and Campagnolo wheels. It lived it’s whole life in Belgium and now Texas!
Reassembly
The best part of these projects is reassembly! Months are spent with taking it apart, restoring all the parts to new, metal work on the body, paint, upholstery, engine rebuild and a hostb of other projects.
Back from the paint shop
it’s
back from the paint shop and getting ready to start reassembly. It’s my favorite part of the process, as it starts to come to life and clean hands at the end of the day. The Dino was originally Rosso Chiaro but I made a change, also deleted USA lights, front, rear and side, as well as smog equipment. Now for the haters!!! How could I do such a thing. My grandaughter Gracie is cleaning a spot for it in the shop.
Completion Photos
I finished this complete restoration of 1972 Ferrari Dino Gt. Original specifications of Blu Scuro/ Beige.
206 Unique Pieces
A few jobs today that are unique to the 206. The air canister and air filter are lettered with individual letters, not 1 decal. I had these sheets printed for me and each letter is rubbed off individually. The dash is unique to the the 206 and rather crude. The actual glove boxes are metal cans lined with felt. If you notice they made the cans too big and they hit on the frame. Ferrari mechanics use the favorite Dino tool in their box, the hammer! The boxes were beaten down to fit. I’ve restored three 206’s and they were all this way. On the L model they corrected this and made the boxes a little less deep. We did make one new box and the original fit so poorly. The early 206 dashes were all vinyl with later ones being a combination of mousehair and Dino vinyl. The L used all mousehair. The other unique feature on the dash was a dual rheostat that controlled both the wiper speed and the dash lights. This one was rebuilt by Jim Simpson at Oddparts to make it a bit more reliable and it was broken.
