11/7/09
Black Horse Garage
The Northeast Region Ferrari Club had an invitation for a shop tour of Black
Horse Garage in Bridgeport CT, and it was a beautiful day for
a drive.
The shop is located in the industrial section of Bridgeport where a
former thriving manufacturing base exisited. Large warehouse space
abounds and Black Horse moved into one of these old buildings a few
years ago to expand their business. With so much space spread over two
floors, small shops and work areas could be found in several rooms and
corners of the building.
The tour took took us to see several projects ranging from Pre-War
racers to modern exotics like this Jaguar XJ-220.
The Ferrari Club members were not without things to look at as well
with plenty of Vintage Ferraris in various states of repair including
this 330GTC in for a bare metal respray.
I drove my 330 America down for the 220 mile round trip, and she
performed admirably except for a radiator leak that is getting worse! I
noticed some small white deposits on the radiator fins over the summer,
but it wasn't bad enough for me to do anything about it, but this last
trip has convinced me it's time to pull the radiator.
I arrived at Black Horse, and my 330 America immediately began marking
her territory with a green spot of anit-freeze! Overcoming my
embarassment, I found only about four ounces of fluid dripped
out, and there was plenty left in the radiator to get home. I'll have
to remove the hood of the car to pull the radiator, but that'll have to
be my next project!
Just a reminder, I'm
looking for a
new Vintage Ferrari Project. If you have, or know of a restoration
project, please let me know. It would be great to restore another car
on this website! My E-mail.
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