4/27/06
Brisbane GTE
I stopped by a shop in a southwest suburb of Brisbane to see a Ferrari
250GTE getting some bodywork. The car belongs to Andrew Brent, who
lives north of the city. The story about Andrew's car in California is
in the Owner's
Gallery.
After bringing the car back to Australia, Andrew had decided to restore
the car to her former glory with a bare metal respray, and full
mechanical rebuild. The small shop that is doing the metalwork and
paint is making progress after a year's stay. The car was relatively
rust free, but the rear valence was repaired with some of the trunk
opening.
The most damage was fixing an old repair from a front end collison. New
panels were fabricated and will be welded into place and some
structural tubing was replaced.
In Australia, cars imported left hand drive after a certain vintage are
allowed to remain left hand drive, so Andrew is keeping this car
original, but other modifications are still required for this car to
register it for Australian roads. Three point harness points had to be
welded into place for all four seats along with the manditory child
seat safety restraints found in many modern cars built after 1995! Even
with his kids too big for a child seat, Andrew's Ferrari will have the
provisions for the extra harnessing.
The next step for this car is prep and paint before it is returned to
the mechanic Andrew has assigned with the task of the mechanical
rebuild. At that point, he'll be on the lookout for a good upholsterer!
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