A little Ferrari fun ... eh?

[Sheck44]

Not sure if everyone is up to speed on their TIG welding titanium knowledge, but if not here is what you need to know
It's difficult !! LOL
Both the outside and the inside of the weld must be purged with gas to do it properly

Here is an example of one of the very best around, Matt from (now) Absolute Motorsports working on the exit pipes (if you may recall, Matt did my 69' Camaro back in 2019)

See the capped end filling the pipe with gas

IMG_8603 by Steve Heck, on Flickr

IMG_1608 by Steve Heck, on Flickr

IMG_1585 by Steve Heck, on Flickr

[Sheck44]

And of course, nothing says upgrades like carbon fibre
Perdy ...

IMG_8585 by Steve Heck, on Flickr

IMG_8583 by Steve Heck, on Flickr

[Ketzer]

Where are the pictures of the two turbos tho....



Jeff-

[srode1]

Beautiful car and work!

My retirement car was supposed to be a red F430, but my better half insisted I do something with the Camaro that's been sitting for a few decades first.

[Sheck44]

LOL ... Jeff, going to leave it 'somewhat' stock in that sense
These are starting to become valuable being a 6 speed

Srode1 ... been there and completely understand !
Thus the reason you need the fun car and the 'project' car, took me 20 years to pull it off but I'm finally there

Cheers
Steve

[Panteracer]

I have the Pantera because most modify it and
it still has value... I was thinking of going to the next
Level on that car but decided to leave it alone as I
can drive it anywhere and even being Italian it is the most
reliable one I have.

I could never have an all matching numbers, totally stock
car as I always have to mess with something. It has been
interesting how a lot of the restomods are becoming more
valuable than a Stock Ncrs 100 point type car

My point is if you don't drive it and enjoy it why have it
I do understand a lot of people not wanting to race a car
but to some point if you put all the handling, engines, etc
to drive to the store why do it.

Have fun

Bob

[srode1]

Originally Posted by Sheck44

Srode1 ... been there and completely understand !
Thus the reason you need the fun car and the 'project' car, took me 20 years to pull it off but I'm finally there

Steve

I need to take notes from you on pulling it off - my fun car is a 69 Camaro Pace Car, not as fun as yours but it's going to have to work till I can get the project car on the road.

Steve

[raustinss]

Been waiting for this one to appear lol. the mods look killer already Steve. ps
yes welding titanium properly is quite tricky . It needs TONS of gas flow of and back purging ,also you need to be careful as titanium can and will become brittle ...its temp sensitive

[Sheck44]

[QUOTE=srode1;722232]I need to take notes from you on pulling it off - my fun car is a 69 Camaro Pace Car, not as fun as yours but it's going to have to work till I can get the project car on the road.

srode1 ... thank you
It took me the last 7 years to build and sell the below 4 ground-up custom cars to generate the $$ to buy the Ferarri and continue with the newest build, Killer Piggy

The 77 Porsche I didn't do myself with my team here, it was done in LA
I have been fortunate enough to design, build and sell and make a little dough $$ along the way

1969 Camaro

RN6_4826-Edit by Steve Heck, on Flickr

1966 FJ40

IMG_8896 by Steve Heck, on Flickr



1973 FJ40


IMG_7783 by Steve Heck, on Flickr


1977 911 Hotrod

IMG_3696 by Steve Heck, on Flickr


and now ... rarest of the rare 1973 FJ55

IMG_7512 by Steve Heck, on Flickr

[mfain]

Originally Posted by Sheck44

Not sure if everyone is up to speed on their TIG welding titanium knowledge, but if not here is what you need to know
It's difficult !! LOL
Both the outside and the inside of the weld must be purged with gas to do it properly

My son would agree. He gets lots of practice since they don't make 4" mandrel bends of the proper radius - lots of pie cuts and each weld is one foot in length.

You have a great project going!

Pappy