We have made a lot of progress getting this to be a running car. I sourced the engine from the Netherlands, it’s a 2.0 L from a Fiat Dino as I wanted this car to be drivable on the street and i needed a longitudinal installation. I had a new winshield made and had wheels made. The biggest challenge right now it getting the gear shift which I had made to look like original operate with the ZF gearbox. As soon as this is solved we can move on to completion
The first coat of paint was put on the 206sp.
The car is in it’s final sanding stage and color this week!!!
I wanted an authentic type gearshift, so I got my hand on a real one and had my machinist reproduce one. Of course it’s about the same price to make one versus four. I now have four awesome looking shift mechanisms!
I moved about a mile away to a much bigger shop. Ralph from Autos International who I’ve know for years and does all my Dino interiors invited me to share his building. At the time I was looking for something bigger so it worked out perfectly. It took 2 months though to get in the shape I wanted. Autos International is renowned for heir Porsche interiors. I hired an old school metal guy sometime ago and we really need more room. So my new spot has an upstairs for parts and a large separate tool room. I have a bunch of stuff going!! For me I have the 206Sp in progress, 74 Dino Euro spyder with flares on rotisserie awaiting more metal work, 58 Porsche Speedster just finished metal work, I have a Dino 206GT I’m getting ready for Cavallino and I bought 2 early 70’s long hood Porsches that I want to try RSR tribute cars with some of my own touches. Couldn’t do that with the Dinos. For others I have a Lamborghini Miura P400 at the paint shop and a 246 Dino Gt to bring back to original. Lots of metal work and want original color which was Rosso Dino. Plenty to do!!!! Some more shots of new shop and projects.
Back to progress on the 206SP. I’ve been moving the last 2 months to a bigger shop so not much got done. The body is now almost ready to come off again so I can powdercoat the frame.
Gauges came today from Veglia!
Moving along with progress on the 206. Mostly fitting an altering right now. As reported I’m using a Fiat Dino 2.0 Engine. We changed it to dry sump, crank trigger ignition and other changes. There was a lot of work to mate it up with transmission. We moved the engine 2″ to the rear so we could fit the engine. Custom oil pan had to be made and a custom spacer to mate engine with transmission. We made custom headers and a muffler so it can be driven on the street. The wheels were custom made and picked up from powder coating today. I got a new larger radiator to account for it being driven on the street. The fuel tanks were restored with new bladders and new stainless steel straps. New windshield will be done next week and new custom Veglia gauges are on there way. I need a set of rear 206 calipers which I haven’t found yet and I’m doing inboard brakes as original. Next engine get cosmetic restoration, transmission rebuilt with appropriate gears for street driving and the framed media blasted and powder coated. A very fun project so far!
