Of the 120 Lamborghini 350GTs built at the Sant’Agata factory between 1964 and 1967, chassis # 0433 is an ultra-rare steel bodied example. We understand there may only have been two or three steel bodied 350s produced, although the precise number was never documented. Some put the number as high as six, but whatever the actual number, we do know that this particular 350GT is a very rare car indeed.
We will be carrying out a total restoration of this very special car in the original factory livery of Blu Notte Scuro (dark blue metallic, paint code A/20454) with Senape (tan) hide trim. Jake explains the repair of the right hand cowl and right hand engine bay panel.
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The following photographs show Jake fabricating a repair panel of the left rear quarter using the rusty original as the template.
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Jake has now fabricated and welded in the new close out panels for the rear trunk floor.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Coolant expansion tank will also be painted
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Beautifully fabricated aluminum fuel tanks and a coolant expansion tank for our 1967 350 GT project.
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Fuel tanks have been painted satin black, per
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Your gauges have now been fully restored and rebuilt.
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Andy James has been making fantastic progress in the Team CJ Coachworks.
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Lots of progress!
Foot wells will be installed next week
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Main front inner substructure is now restored
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Zero primer or rust preventative used when the
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Drilling out A pillar spot welds
Removing out skins of A pillars to deal with
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Lots of progress in the Team CJ Coachworks!
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Trial fitting the new driver's floor pan
Assembling pedals with new bronze bushings
Corey machining new bronze bushings to rebuild
original pedal box in the Team CJ machine shop
Welding the new pedal box and toe board
panels in place
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.
Jake has been making great progress this week
Trial fitting the pedal box
Trial fitting the new kick panel and marking the
location of the holes required for the pedals
Fabricating new driver's footwell kick panel
Left side firewall is in poor shape and will need
a lot of work
Now spot welded together
Clekos hold the new footwell together
Trial fitting new footwell
Trial fitting the template in place
Making a chipboard template for the new
passenger footwell
Trial fitting new panel in place
Cleaning off spot welds
Exit hole for the lower drain in new cowl side panel
Upper drain entering the right hand cowl panel
Jake explains the construction of the body and outlines the work in progress
On to the next panel!
Bottom section of the chassis rail now TIG welded
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After sealing all inner surfaces with epoxy primer, the
area is sprayed with Wurth Body Wax
Jake welding the first repair panel into place
The first of many repair panels fabricated
Now shown with the body the right way up
This is the front right jacking point shown with
the body inverted
Original starter motor and alternator have now been rebuilt and restored.
Just received a new set of stunning Borrani RW3831 wire wheels for the 350 GT
Original cracked plastic window gears have been
replaced by new bronze gears
Rear section now removed
Jake has been busy cutting away corroded sheet metal.
Jake is stripping the body down to a virtually
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Josh has your transmission rebuild well underway.
Cutting away the rusted floor pans
Rear wings, cowl and license plate panel
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Repeating the process on the right side
Cutting away welds around the left
rear wing
Corrosion at the rear edge of the LH front wing
More evidence of previous bodywork repairs
Drilling out spot welds at the rear edge of the cowl
Lots of evidence of previous accident repairs
Inner structure behind RH front wing looks to be
in reasonable condition
Separating welded seams in order to remove
the RH front wing
Note damage to Superleggera tubing and
failed welds
The following sequence of photographs show Jake removing both front wings to reveal previous accident repairs and damage to the Superleggera framework beneath.
Jake preparing to remove the nose section
Special tool to install and remove the bearing
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Cutting the threads on the bearing retainers
Fabricating the oversized bearing retainers
The carrier on the left has now had new threads
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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.
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.
Valentino Balboni
Happy to introduce you to my 'special adviser' on your restoration, John!
Sturdy inner frame structure on show peering into the
car through the grille opening
All of the glass has now been removed
Firewall and dash now completely stripped
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
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
Floors appear to be pretty solid
Hector starting the laborious process of scraping
away the Polystyrene
The rust color is actually trim glue on to
of the Polystyrene
Polystyrene glued beneath carpeting
Trim at base of handbrake is our best example of
the original Senape (Italian for mustard) color
Elaborate boot and spare wheel well lining
Note quilted vinyl padding on firewall
Interesting that the late Mr Borin always thought
his car was a 400 GT Interim model
Hidden beneath the passenger seat was the previous
owners copy of a 400GT workshop manual
Hector has been carefully removing the interior trim
Godwin has been busy stripping the engine bay
Tran weighs 112 lbs, meaning the engine is 420 lbs
Engine and transmission weigh 532 lbs
Both cylinder heads are date stamped 5/65
Out with the engine and transmission!
Josh helping out with the other side
Godwin removing the right bank of Webers
Chassis number stamped at right hand front
corner of the engine bay
Matching number engine block
Matching number engine and correct 20/21 Webers
Inner wheel well is trimmed in leatherette
Spare wheel well rests on rear chassis legs
Chassis rails are 100% straight and look to be
Original door seals have furflex on the interior
Original interior color was Senape (tan)
Original color was Blu Notte
All of the glass in the car is original and in
excellent shape
Typical Touring design feature
Original looking pedal pads show very little wear,
so it is possible this is a very low mileage car
4,910 kms showing on the odometer, true miles
unknown at this point
Steering wheel, radio and dash mounted
400GT badge are later additions
Original bonnet badge
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.
