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Ferrari Dino 246 in second primer, Dino restoration, Jon Gunderson
Steve K. has finished with the second primer and the frame has been painted satin black.  Tomorrow I go to Steve’s paint shop to reinstall the fiberglass which I took out prior to having the car media blasted. I like to get the fiberglass back in before paint to minimize any possible damage that could be done after the car is painted.
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Ferrari Dino fuel tanks being painted, Dino restoration, Jon Gunderson
I painted the fuel tanks today with the same material originally used (I think). It’s a Wurth product not available in the USA so I had to smuggle a case of it in from an unnamed source. It goes on very thick almost like drywall splatter, light beige in color.
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Dino 206 gets media blasted, Dino Restoration, mycinsay.com
Media blasted today and now gets a coat of metal etching primer. The blasting revealed no accident damage, which is always a good thing.
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Ferrari Dino 206, Dino restoration, Jon Gunderson
Now on the rotisserie and tomorrow it goes for media blasting.
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Dino 246 AC system. Dino Restoration, Jon Gunderson
A few more parts done and tomorrow I will start to tackle the AC system. This is new to me as on my 2 Dino’s I removed it during restoration and decided not to put it back on. A lot of weight and not very effective. Interesting as this Dino has a larger outlet from the motor as well as a larger vent attachment at the dash. #08450 has a fan the size of the vent fans and the attachment at the dash fits the standard size vent hose. The 2 other fans are not part of the AC system but will work on those at the same time.
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Stripped Dino 206, Dino on Rotisserie, Dino Restoration, Jon Gunderson
The last few parts were removed from 00136 and rotisserie was assembled.  Custom mounting brackets will be done tomorrow and the Dino goes to the Media blaster on Thursday.
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Colnago Ferrari
Colnago makes a limited edition “Colnago for Ferrari”. My bike is naked Carbon Fiber completely flawless, a beautiful bike.
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Ferrari Dino 206 Naked. Dino restoration, Jon Gunderson
One more day to finish stripping #00136 the 18th Dino 206 to leave the factory. The fiberglass was a real P.I.T.A. to get out as there were way more pieces than a 206 and 10X the rivets. It looked like they were improvising as they went along, very crude. In my opinion it is really a must to go to the extra effort and remove the fiberglass, there is just so much grit and grime and rust that you would never get out without removing it all. Also the factory used wood shims in many places that just soak up moisture and remain wet all the time spreading corrosion around it. I hope to remove the last pits and pieces on Monday, pick up another rotisserie and have it to the blasters by the end of next week. This one is going to take some time as I have a number of projects to start and finish before I can get back to this. It does get it out of my shop for awhile and will free up some space. It is much lighter than a 246 as 2 people can lift it.
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