550 Rebuild and Running Report

[ENZ525]

At Loz's request...
I will attempt to keep a running report here of my experience attempting to put a beautiful 550 back on the road.
Rather than uploading lots of pics direct into this thread, I thought I would add just one or two from time to time,
and post a link to an album so those that want to see more can do so.
I will add some text to each photo (which you can view by clicking the icon), as soon as I have some time.

Basic Details:
Florence is a 550 Maranello
Born October 2000
Her exterior is Blu Tour De France
with a crema interior and dark blue piping and carpets.
She has the leather rear parcel shelf and the Fiorano handling pack.

Here she is arriving home:


Here is another,
Spot the odd wheel? yes, that's from Loz's 4200:


You can view the rest of week 1 photos here:
http://enzocars.com/550/

 

[Easyplan66]

one word Enz, beautiful.......

 

[ENZ525]

one word Enz, beautiful.......

That's very kind Andrew,
I assure you, she has a few battle scars at the moment...and not just on the near side,
hopefully, I can get her looking really beautiful.
Regards,
Enzo.

 

[dem maser]

i just had a look, soooo jealous, sooo well done my man, lovely home also....

 

[lozcb]

Thanks mate ,Thats excellent Enzo , i can see this is going to be one of the busiest threads watched on a sunday night / monday your weekend has been spent well , bet Doms gutted , he cant get his little beastie out to play, the hoover has brought her up smashing , she's gonna become one pampered Fezza


regards loz

 

[ENZ525]

Thanks mate ,Thats excellent Enzo , i can see this is going to be one of the busiest threads watched on a sunday night / monday your weekend has been spent well , bet Doms gutted , he cant get his little beastie out to play, the hoover has brought her up smashing , she's gonna become one pampered Fezza


regards loz

We took Dom's mini out today...gave it a little run, then put it back in it's box
he is now blocked in by Emma (QP).
Yes, Florence had a little clean today, and has been tucked away for the week.

 

[Emtee]

Thanks for posting the details and photo's Enzo. Am I right to think there's no structural damage? I could only see the obvious damage on the passenger side. You mention more? Hope you enjoy the process of bringing her back into fine fettle and I'll look forward to the next installment.

 

[GransportFan1]

Enz, she is a beaut, i thought you had gone for a Silver one, lovely motor, cant wait to see her looking all new and mint. Hope all goes well for you.

Regards.

 

[ENZ525]

Thanks for posting the details and photo's Enzo. Am I right to think there's no structural damage? I could only see the obvious damage on the passenger side. You mention more? Hope you enjoy the process of bringing her back into fine fettle and I'll look forward to the next installment.

The only structural damage I can see is to the lower lever on the rear, and upper and lower levers on the front.
The 'other' damage I mentioned, are just minor scratches here and there also on the offside, I think most of which will polish out,
there are a couple of slightly deeper scratches which I will also get attended. Having washed her today, I found all the cosmetic faults
I forgot to take a pic of the damaged rear rim (which, BTW, I will turn into a wall clock)...so look out for that next week!

 

[lozcb]

The only structural damage I can see is to the lower lever on the rear, and upper and lower levers on the front.
The 'other' damage I mentioned, are just minor scratches here and there also on the offside, I think most of which will polish out,
there are a couple of slightly deeper scratches which I will also get attended. Having washed her today, I found all the cosmetic faults
I forgot to take a pic of the damaged rear rim (which, BTW, I will turn into a wall clock)...so look out for that next week!

Luvvit, mate , what a unique novel way to tell the time , cant wait to see it might surprise some



regards loz

 

[safrane]

Enzo,

Looks like the best way to spend long winter nights, rather than stuck to the box whatching repeats on Dave!

Does the front have a Space Fame?...or is it just my poor understanding or construction and my bad eyes!

So we just need Loz to get his red one and I have even seen a 600 series on E-Bay at £16k, shame its part done as it would have been even less and I have no idea how bad it was prior to first fix.

 

[ENZ525]

Luvvit, mate , what a unique novel way to tell the time , cant wait to see it might surprise some



regards loz

Yeah, it was Jason who suggested it...think it is a great idea,
will take me a little while to turn it into a clock, but when done it will be in Florence's garage.

 

[GransportFan1]

Enz, are you going to get a prancing pony flag and some old Grand Prix Pics from the 50's to hang on your wall.

 

[ENZ525]

Enz, are you going to get a prancing pony flag and some old Grand Prix Pics from the 50's to hang on your wall.

Not at this stage Adam, just the clock
you havn't seen the state of the so-called garages...if I bang in too many nails the whole thing is likely to collapse...heheheheh

 

[Emtee]

The only structural damage I can see is to the lower lever on the rear, and upper and lower levers on the front.

Ah, yes of course, but great that the damage hasn't encroached any further.

forgot to take a pic of the damaged rear rim (which, BTW, I will turn into a wall clock)...so look out for that next week!

IWC for Ferrari?........

 

[lozcb]

Yeah, it was Jason who suggested it...think it is a great idea,
will take me a little while to turn it into a clock, but when done it will be in Florence's garage.

Seeing as your the watch man Enz , if anyone can make it happen it will be you heheh if you market it , maybe we'll see you on Dragons Den



regards loz

 

[GransportFan1]

fair enough, with a bit of hard work and elbow grease, it could look like this

 

[ENZ525]

Enzo,

Looks like the best way to spend long winter nights, rather than stuck to the box whatching repeats on Dave!

Does the front have a Space Fame?...or is it just my poor understanding or construction and my bad eyes!

So we just need Loz to get his red one and I have even seen a 600 series on E-Bay at £16k, shame its part done as it would have been even less and I have no idea how bad it was prior to first fix.

The chassis is tubular steel frame Peter,
What you can see in the pic, is the frame that the wing bolts on to...
this is a little damaged as can be seen, but I think easily repairable.
Regards,
Enzo.

 

[lozcb]

fair enough, with a bit of hard work and elbow grease, it could look like this

God with that lot in the Garage i wouldn't want to go to work each day , i'd be skint in a month, Adam hehe


regards loz

 

[ENZ525]

Ah, yes of course, but great that the damage hasn't encroached any further.


IWC for Ferrari?........

A few other parts are also broken...
things like the steering knuckle( where the track rod bolts on to the wheel hub), the track rod itself, the inner wing...
but the steering rack is good.

Oh, I wish...but sadly no.