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1. Top 10 Posts of 2015

Sunday, 10 January 2016 Content / build-threads.com / Top 10 Posts of 2015

... non-car build to make the list, Sakurama’s garage and house build are what dreams are made of. Mid-century modern architecture, professional photography, attention to detail, and a few motorbike builds thrown in for good measure. ...
... 308 GTB Group 4I’ve featured the goings-on of Makela before, but when I re-discovered the complete build of their 308 Ferrari, it just had to be featured on it’s own. From the intense build quality to the incredibly retro brown stripe ...

2. Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 5

Saturday, 03 January 2015 Content / build-threads.com / Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 5

... when we pull the vacuum. Mr Brown is bolting everything together using 8 mm nuts and bolts, the dimples were moulded in to the flanges to aid register / alignment.Next up the first lay up. James, having waxed the mould and applied ...
... see the fine layer of Fibre Glass has dissolved and you may just be able to see the subtle honey comb effect, which hopefully we reckon that by judicious prep and paint we can maintain. Now for all the other elements, wheel arches etc. think ...

3. Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 3

Friday, 29 August 2014 Content / build-threads.com / Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 3

... will be their final trip. Mr Brown fitting the wiring loom to the front clam and replacing the “aircraft style “electrical connectors A bit of engine news.New stainless cylinder head bolts now in and Colin is dry assembling ...
... you can see the front timing chest being built up with new bearings and seals as well as an interesting shot under the front clam showing how the high pressure air duct runs from next to the radiator to the wheel arches etc. Colin ...

4. Ferrari F40 LM Restoration

Tuesday, 06 August 2013 Content / build-threads.com / Ferrari F40 LM Restoration

... knowledgeable Cristiano Michelotto. About the most exciting birthday present (mine is in March)I could imagine opening. A couple more shots of the interior as it all comes apart. The wiring was a mess, added to and cut out with no logic-German ...
... underway. Love being reminded of how far we have come by these shots of the cabin a few months ago and just what a mess she was. Hopefully you can see what is pre and what is post!On the brown paper you can see what we stripped out of the car, ...