1967 Lamborghini 350GT (JC)

August 22, 2023 August 22, 2023 August 22, 2023 July 27, 2023 July 27, 2023 July 27, 2023 August 22, 2023 July 27, 2023 July 27, 2023 July 27, 2023 March 10, 2023 March 10, 2023 March 10, 2023 March 10, 2023 March 10, 2023 March 10, 2023 October 19, 2022 October 19, 2022 October 19, 2022 With all of the bodywork complete, our 350 GT project has now been primed. October 19, 2022 October 19, 2022 October 19, 2022 October 19, 2022 eptember 29, 2022 March 10, 2023 eptember 29, 2022 eptember 29, 2022 eptember 29, 2022 eptember 29, 2022 eptember 29, 2022 eptember 29, 2022 September 29, 2022 eptember 29, 2022 eptember 29, 2022 eptember 29, 2022 September 29, 2022 September 29, 2022 September 29, 2022 September 29, 2022 August 12, 2022 August 12, 2022 August 12, 2022 August 12, 2022 August 12, 2022 August 12, 2022 August 12, 2022 August 12, 2022 August 12, 2022 August 12, 2022 August 12, 2022 August 12, 2022 August 12, 2022 August 12, 2022 August 12, 2022 August 12, 2022 August 12, 2022 June 3, 2022 June 3, 2022 June 3, 2022 June 3, 2022 June 3, 2022 June 3, 2022 June 3, 2022 June 3, 2022 June 3, 2022 June 3, 2022 June 3, 2022 June 3, 2022 June 3, 2022 June 3, 2022 June 3, 2022 June 3, 2022 June 3, 2022 June 3, 2022 June 3, 2022 June 3, 2022 June 3, 2022 June 3, 2022 June 3, 2022 April 11, 2022 April 11, 2022 Jake continues to make excellent progress with the body restoration. June 3, 2022 April 11, 2022 April 11, 2022 April 11, 2022 April 11, 2022 April 11, 2022 April 11, 2022 April 11, 2022 April 11, 2022 April 11, 2022 April 11, 2022 April 11, 2022 April 11, 2022 April 11, 2022 April 11, 2022 April 11, 2022 April 11, 2022 April 11, 2022 April 11, 2022 April 11, 2022 April 11, 2022 May 5, 2022 May 5, 2022 May 5, 2022 May 5, 2022 May 5, 2022 May 5, 2022 May 5, 2022 May 5, 2022 May 5, 2022 May 5, 2022 May 5, 2022 May 5, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 17, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 January 11, 2022 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 October 29, 2021 October 29, 2021 December 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 October 29, 2021 October 29, 2021 October 29, 2021 October 29, 2021 October 29, 2021 October 29, 2021 October 29, 2021 October 29, 2021 October 29, 2021 October 29, 2021 October 29, 2021 October 29, 2021 October 29, 2021 October 29, 2021 October 29, 2021 October 29, 2021 October 29, 2021 October 29, 2021 October 29, 2021 October 4, 2021 October 4, 2021 October 4, 2021 Gas tanks and rear panel fitting. October 4, 2021 October 4, 2021 October 4, 2021 October 4, 2021 October 4, 2021 October 4, 2021 October 4, 2021 October 4, 2021 October 4, 2021 October 4, 2021 October 4, 2021 September 28, 2021 October 4, 2021 October 4, 2021 October 4, 2021 September 28, 2021 September 28, 2021 September 28, 2021 September 28, 2021 September 28, 2021 September 28, 2021 September 28, 2021 September 28, 2021 September 28, 2021 September 28, 2021 March 11, 2021 September 28, 2021 September 28, 2021 March 11, 2021 March 11, 2021 March 11, 2021 March 11, 2021 March 11, 2021 March 11, 2021 March 11, 2021 The following photographs show Jake fabricating a repair panel of the left rear quarter using the rusty original as the template. March 5, 2021 March 5, 2021 March 5, 2021 March 5, 2021 March 5, 2021 February 26, 2021 February 26, 2021 February 26, 2021 February 26, 2021 February 26, 2021 February 26, 2021 February 26, 2021 February 26, 2021 February 26, 2021 February 26, 2021 February 26, 2021 Jake has now fabricated and welded in the new close out panels for the rear trunk floor. February 26, 2021 February 26, 2021 February 26, 2021 February 26, 2021 February 26, 2021 February 26, 2021 February 26, 2021 February 26, 2021 February 10, 2021 February 10, 2021 February 10, 2021 February 10, 2021 February 10, 2021 February 10, 2021 February 10, 2021 February 10, 2021 February 10, 2021 February 10, 2021 February 10, 2021 February 10, 2021 February 10, 2021 February 10, 2021 February 10, 2021 February 10, 2021 January 26, 2021 January 26, 2021 January 26, 2021 With the chassis repairs completed, Gerardo has now sealed everything up in epoxy primer and the car has been placed on our custom 350 roll-around jig. We will shortly start the process of hanging the outer panels. January 26, 2021 January 26, 2021 January 26, 2021 January 26, 2021 January 15, 2021 January 15, 2021 We now have your cylinder head rebuilds underway. The following sequence of photographs show Corey removing the old valve seats and installing the new bronze tapped guides. January 15, 2021 January 15, 2021 January 15, 2021 January 15, 2021 The following sequence of photos show Jake making a new removable battery floor panel. On the early 350 models accessibility to the differential bracket bolts (beneath the battery floor panel) was extremely difficult. Making the battery floor panel removable will make servicing the differential much easier in the future, and the modification will be all but invisible. January 15, 2021 January 15, 2021 January 15, 2021 January 13, 2020 January 13, 2020 January 13, 2020 January 13, 2020 January 13, 2020 January 13, 2020 January 13, 2020 January 13, 2020 January 13, 2020 January 8, 2020 January 8, 2020 January 8, 2020 January 8, 2020 January 8, 2020 January 8, 2020 January 8, 2020 January 8, 2020 January 8, 2020 January 6, 2020 January 6, 2020 January 6, 2020 January 6, 2020 January 6, 2020 January 6, 2020 January 6, 2020 January 6, 2020 January 6, 2020 January 6, 2020 January 6, 2020 January 6, 2020 January 6, 2020 January 6, 2020 January 6, 2020 January 6, 2020 January 6, 2020 November 19, 2020 January 6, 2020 Coolant expansion tank will also be painted satin black November 19, 2020 Fuel tanks have been painted satin black, per the originals November 19, 2020 Beautifully fabricated aluminum fuel tanks and a coolant expansion tank for our 1967 350 GT project. November 19, 2020 November 19, 2020 August 26, 2020 August 26, 2020 Stunning workmanship August 26, 2020 August 26, 2020 August 26, 2020 August 26, 2020 Your gauges have now been fully restored and rebuilt. August 26, 2020 August 26, 2020 August 7, 2020 August 7, 2020 August 7, 2020 August 7, 2020 August 7, 2020 August 7, 2020 August 7, 2020 August 7, 2020 August 7, 2020 August 7, 2020 August 7, 2020 August 7, 2020 August 7, 2020 August 7, 2020 August 7, 2020 August 7, 2020 August 7, 2020 August 7, 2020 August 7, 2020 Andy James has been making fantastic progress in the Team CJ Coachworks. July 29, 2020 July 29, 2020 July 29, 2020 July 29, 2020 July 29, 2020 July 29, 2020 July 29, 2020 July 29, 2020 July 29, 2020 July 29, 2020 Lots of progress! July 29, 2020 July 29, 2020 June 17, 2020 Main front inner substructure is now restored and totally sound June 17, 2020 Foot wells will be installed next week Drilling out A pillar spot welds June 17, 2020 Zero primer or rust preventative used when the cars were built June 17, 2020 June 17, 2020 June 17, 2020 Removing out skins of A pillars to deal with rust beneath June 17, 2020 Lots of progress in the Team CJ Coachworks! June 17, 2020 June 17, 2020 April 24, 2020 April 24, 2020 April 24, 2020 April 24, 2020 April 24, 2020 April 24, 2020 April 24, 2020 April 24, 2020 March 26, 2020 March 26, 2020 March 26, 2020 March 26, 2020 March 26, 2020 Trial fitting the new driver's floor pan Assembling pedals with new bronze bushings Work progressing well in the Team CJ Coachworks and also in the machine shop, where Corey machined new bronze bushings we needed to rebuild the pedal box. Welding the new pedal box and toe board panels in place Corey machining new bronze bushings to rebuild original pedal box in the Team CJ machine shop Trial fitting the pedal box Jake has been making great progress this week Fabricating new driver's footwell kick panel Trial fitting the new kick panel and marking the location of the holes required for the pedals Clekos hold the new footwell together Now spot welded together Left side firewall is in poor shape and will need a lot of work Making a chipboard template for the new passenger footwell Trial fitting the template in place Trial fitting new footwell Upper drain entering the right hand cowl panel Exit hole for the lower drain in new cowl side panel Cleaning off spot welds Trial fitting new panel in place Jake explains the construction of the body and outlines the work in progress On to the next panel! After sealing all inner surfaces with epoxy primer, the area is sprayed with Wurth Body Wax Bottom section of the chassis rail now TIG welded into place The first of many repair panels fabricated Jake welding the first repair panel into place This is the front right jacking point shown with the body inverted Now shown with the body the right way up Original starter motor and alternator have now been rebuilt and restored. Original cracked plastic window gears have been replaced by new bronze gears Just received a new set of stunning Borrani RW3831 wire wheels for the 350 GT Rear section now removed Jake is stripping the body down to a virtually bare skeleton Jake has been busy cutting away corroded sheet metal. Josh has your transmission rebuild well underway. Cutting away the rusted floor pans Repeating the process on the right side Rear wings, cowl and license plate panel now removed Cutting away welds around the left rear wing More evidence of previous bodywork repairs Corrosion at the rear edge of the LH front wing Lots of evidence of previous accident repairs Drilling out spot welds at the rear edge of the cowl Inner structure behind RH front wing looks to be in reasonable condition Note damage to Superleggera tubing and failed welds Separating welded seams in order to remove the RH front wing Jake preparing to remove the nose section The following sequence of photographs show Jake removing both front wings to reveal previous accident repairs and damage to the Superleggera framework beneath. Cutting the threads on the bearing retainers Special tool to install and remove the bearing retainers The carrier on the left has now had new threads machined Fabricating the oversized bearing retainers Note damaged threads in hub carrier Now that the body and frame has been media blasted back to bare metal, the full extent of corrosion and previous damage repairs can be seen. The following sequence of photos show the car during the blasting process. Initially the panels were blasted with crushed plastic media to remove the paint, then 120 grit aluminum oxide was used to strip everything back to bare metal. Sturdy inner frame structure on show peering into the car through the grille opening Valentino Balboni Happy to introduce you to my 'special adviser' on your restoration, John! We have now placed the 350GT on one of the roller-hoop jigs and we will be blasting the body back to bare metal next week. Jake removed the outer sills and the obviously rusted lower rear quarter panels as we need to make templates for the replacement panels. Firewall and dash now completely stripped All of the glass has now been removed The main wiring loom has been carefully labeled prior to removal Note battery tray in rear of boot compartment Removing the headliner foam Interior roof lamp Hector starting the laborious process of scraping away the Polystyrene Floors appear to be pretty solid Curiosity got the better of us this morning and we removed one of the cylinder heads and confirmed that we have 77mm bores, meaning this is a 3.5L engine - and the car is unequivocally a 350 GT, not a 400 Interim model Polystyrene glued beneath carpeting The rust color is actually trim glue on to of the Polystyrene Trim at base of handbrake is our best example of the original Senape (Italian for mustard) color Interesting that the late Mr Borin always thought his car was a 400 GT Interim model Note quilted vinyl padding on firewall Elaborate boot and spare wheel well lining Godwin has been busy stripping the engine bay Hector has been carefully removing the interior trim Hidden beneath the passenger seat was the previous owners copy of a 400GT workshop manual Tran weighs 112 lbs, meaning the engine is 420 lbs Both cylinder heads are date stamped 5/65 Engine and transmission weigh 532 lbs Godwin removing the right bank of Webers Josh helping out with the other side Out with the engine and transmission! Matching number engine and correct 20/21 Webers Matching number engine block Chassis number stamped at right hand front corner of the engine bay Inner wheel well is trimmed in leatherette Chassis rails are 100% straight and look to be Spare wheel well rests on rear chassis legs Original interior color was Senape (tan) Original door seals have furflex on the interior Original looking pedal pads show very little wear, so it is possible this is a very low mileage car Typical Touring design feature All of the glass in the car is original and in excellent shape Original color was Blu Notte 4,910 kms showing on the odometer, true miles unknown at this point Original bonnet badge Steering wheel, radio and dash mounted 400GT badge are later additions Touring Superleggera badges I am delighted to report that your car has arrived safely in the Team CJ Workshop and we will have this exciting restoration underway in the next few days.