Tom Shaughnessy and Zac Dugger's new Shop

Tom Wilson · Post by **Tom Wilson** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:53 am

Last Sunday, Chuck McCreight (AKA 67GTC) and I drove south to Oceanside, California to check Tom Shaughnessy and Zac Dugger's new restoration shop. Tom and Zac hosted a BBQ after the Orange County Ferrari Club's annual "Ortega Run". Even in the rain, I am told 75 Ferrari's participated. Though not all stayed, we had a good collection of wet and muddy cars and a great group of drivers to hang with. Wayne Ausbrooks made the trip and his GTE (SN 4289) ended up parking in some fine company!

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Once inside the shop, I was was shocked by a rather non Tom and Zac concept; Space! They have a lot of working room, complete with a nice office, three lifts and an excellent selection of cars in various states of repair. That's Zac in the white tee shirt in the second photo.

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Most of you know that I am particularly fascinated by white Ferrari's and this Super America was no exception!

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Of course, Blue ain't bad either...

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Zac continues to work on SN 2169, which looked great in its new dark red paint. The brakes and suspension are being installed and the interior is at the leather shop.

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If you are ever in Northern San Diego County, you would find it well worth your time to swing by. Who knows, Tom might even bless you with that part you need. Of course, it didn't work for me, but who knows???

67GTC · Post by **67GTC** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:57 am

Tom and I had a great time...

The FCA Ortega Run always draws interesting older Ferraris.

My GTC didn't make the run this year, but will next year.

Thanks Tom for your support!

Chuck

67GTC · Post by **67GTC** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:00 am

Tom and Zac,

Thanks for the great BBQ and the opportunity to visit your emporium!

It was a nice time and a nice crowd.

Chuck McCreight

John Vardanian · Post by **John Vardanian** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:36 pm

Wonderful diggs!!! Wish you all the best in it, Tom and Zac.

john

zac · Post by **zac** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 4:41 pm

Thanks for the write up Tom, glad you and Chuck could make it down.

Things are coming along and for a one man show I have been getting things done, with any luck the GTE is finally turning the corner and the final assembly stages have begun. I have also been swamped with the 5 other restorations I am doing at the moment and when I get a chance I will post some pictures of Beckman's incredible work he is doing on that very special PF Cab you guys may have seen a while back that was rusted from the middle of the doors down.

Zac

John Vardanian · Post by **John Vardanian** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:37 pm

[quote="zac"]Thanks for the write up Tom, glad you and Chuck could make it down.

Things are coming along and for a one man show I have been getting things done, with any luck the GTE is finally turning the corner and the final assembly stages have begun. I have also been swamped with the 5 other restorations I am doing at the moment and when I get a chance I will post some pictures of Beckman's incredible work he is doing on that very special PF Cab you guys may have seen a while back that was rusted from the middle of the doors down.

Zac[/quote]

Can't wait to see more photos of your GTE. What a beautiful shade of red?!

john

zac · Post by **zac** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:55 pm

thanks I like the color too, Rosso Rubino MM16119 or the best match we could come up with modern paint and lots of attempts.

BTW I had side glass made up for the car and had a second set made while I was at it. so if any one is interested the price the glass place gave me was very fair and I will just charge my cost. Also if there is more need I have had the templates made and the turn around is really quick. the glass is tempored and has the "securit" bugs etched in it as the originals. Unfortunately do to some really poor handling of the glass over the years the car was apart,some of the deeper scratches could not be polished out so I had to replace the orginal

Zac

Tom Wilson · Post by **Tom Wilson** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 6:19 pm

Zac - While I was there, I noticed that the car does not have any undercoating. Are you going to put that on after it is assembled or not at all?

zac · Post by **zac** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 6:30 pm

Hi Tom,

no actually it is undercoated but even the best stuff available today is nothing compared to the original asphalt based product they used. The stuff everyone uses is a Wurth produst and gives a little texture to the underside of the car but no nearly the 1/4" build that the original stuff did. trust me I would love to find the good stuff and I am sure most painters would as well, that original stuff can hid just about anything:)

zac

Tom Wilson · Post by **Tom Wilson** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 6:44 pm

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This is undercoated? Isn't there something out there that looks a little lumpier like mine does? Of course, just drive it a year or so and when covered with oil and dirt, you will not be able to tell the difference!

Tom Wilson · Post by **Tom Wilson** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 6:45 pm

Oops! Reversed the large and small photo. Sorry about that guys!

Post by **330GT** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:02 pm

Tom Wilson wrote:Oops! Reversed the large and small photo. Sorry about that guys!

Just swap the file names in PhotoBucket and the images will be switched.

Tom Wilson · Post by **Tom Wilson** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:32 pm

Good Call Kerry! That worked great.

Rudy van Daalen Wetters · Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:12 pm

What a nice shop that Shaughnessy has! That huge drawing of an engine is very cool as well. The cars speak for themselves. Ok, no more cigar smoking in the shop area, Tom S.

Thanks for the great photos, Tom.

Rudy van Daalen Wetters
1963 GTE s/n 4001
1966 330 GT s/n 8705

John Vardanian · Post by **John Vardanian** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:08 am

zac wrote:Hi Tom,

no actually it is undercoated but even the best stuff available today is nothing compared to the original asphalt based product they used. The stuff everyone uses is a Wurth produst and gives a little texture to the underside of the car but no nearly the 1/4" build that the original stuff did. trust me I would love to find the good stuff and I am sure most painters would as well, that original stuff can hid just about anything:)

zac

The material I scraped from under my car looked and felt more like the ceiling stuff that was popular in the 1980's. (well, not that coarse, but darn near). The Wurth stuff has much smoother finish.

Zac, is your color same as Wayne's?

john

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Tom Shaughnessy and Zac Dugger's new Shop

Tom Shaughnessy and Zac Dugger's new Shop

It Really was Great!

Big Thanks to Tom S and Zack