1966 Ferrari 330 GT 2+2

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1966 Ferrari 330 GT 2+2 Series 1
Rosso Corsa
4.0 liter V-12, weber carbs, 5 speed manual
57,643 miles
1 of 1,099 produced between 1964-67





One of my good clients has been searching for one of these for some time. He finally found a nice 2 owner example and picked it up.

The paint was as you would expect being 52 years old. It has the usual nicks, chips, swirls, cracks, crazing, scratches, marring, haze and dead paint that a vehicle of this age has from being used as intended.

I spent some time taking paint readings. They weren’t terrible. Between 4-8mils. Some places thinner, some a little thicker.

I spoke to my client and he was more interested in preserving what paint is there rather than going for a museum quality piece/heavy correction. He drives it and wants to keep as much of the original in original.

He said that he believes that every scratch, ding, etc tells a story: Perhaps a picnic on the hood (gasp!) in Tuscany, or lovers kissing up against the door after a night out and before their final goodbyes. I liked his thought process on this, and it was OK with me, I like that, we now have a plan of action!


Let’s remove some defects and get some fresh paint to the surface!





Process/chemicals/tools/etc:

McKee’s37 Waterless wash.
Beta test medium clay.
DoDo born slippery was the clay lube.
Meg’s #7 hydration treatment!
Flex 3401, Rupes LHR75, Rupes iBrid
Misc. foam pads.
DeFelsko PTG.
Scangrip lighting.
M105
M205
McKee’s37 N914 in final wipe down strength.
McKee’s37 Jeweling Wax.
McKee’s37 Hi-Def Paint Sealant was the LSP.
HD Dress for tire dressing.
McKee’s37 metal polish.
Adam’s APC.
Adam’s In&Out spray on lower rocker panels.
AutoFinesse Glass cleaner.
Mckee’s37 total leather cleaner.
Metro vacuum.
Adam’s Brilliant Glaze was used on the chrome.
Pinnacle exhaust cleaner and brightener.



Thanks for looking! It was a pleasure to be able to bring this classic single stage beauty back to life!





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Daaaaaaamn. Nice job
What did you is on the spidered paint? Is there a close-up shot of the "after" for the spidering?
 

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Awesome job, as usual! Gotta love that old single stage paint.

Also curious about treatment of cracked paint...?
 

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Thanks guys! 98svt: Nothing can be done with that. You can only help prevent more cracking/crazing. I fed the paint for 24 hours + with an oil rich glaze. That old SS paint sucks it up! I then compounded and polished those areas to remove the dead paint and bring out the new underlying paint. But, as far as the cracking, it stays. (A lot of C1,C2,C3 vettes do this as well)
 

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Thanks guys! 98svt: Nothing can be done with that. You can only help prevent more cracking/crazing. I fed the paint for 24 hours + with an oil rich glaze. That old SS paint sucks it up! I then compounded and polished those areas to remove the dead paint and bring out the new underlying paint. But, as far as the cracking, it stays. (A lot of C1,C2,C3 vettes do this as well)


Thanks for the detailed response!
 

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You gotta love the classics. You did an excellent job. For me it would be a 288 GTO followed by and F40.
 

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52 year old paint, looking that good... Wow. That's amazing work right there.

He said that he believes that every scratch, ding, etc tells a story: Perhaps a picnic on the hood (gasp!) in Tuscany, or lovers kissing up against the door after a night out and before their final goodbyes. I liked his thought process on this, and it was OK with me, I like that, we now have a plan of action!

Interesting. Makes sense, don't know if I could adopt that mentality though.
 

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Thanks for the replies everyone! Yes, it was an honor and privilege to work on this beauty! M240 hit it right on too: It sounds fantastic! So raw. Such a great sound!
 

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Absolutely unbelievable Ferrari and amazing work!

Good Lord that thing is bad ass. You are a lucky guy to be able to put your hands all over that thing for a few days!!
 

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Is that red paint from the car on those pad pictures you show? What’s that from? Fantastic work as usual bringing her back to life
 

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