1967 Lamborghini 350GT (JC)

Prep for Paint

Trail fit exterior trim

F Gas tanks and rear panel fitting. The following photographs show Jake fabricating a repair panel of the left rear quarter using the rusty original as the template. Jake has now fabricated and welded in the new close out panels for the rear trunk floor. 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. 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. 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. Coolant expansion tank will also be painted satin black Beautifully fabricated aluminum fuel tanks and a coolant expansion tank for our 1967 350 GT project. Fuel tanks have been painted satin black, per the originals Stunning workmanship Your gauges have now been fully restored and rebuilt. Andy James has been making fantastic progress in the Team CJ Coachworks. Lots of progress! Foot wells will be installed next week Main front inner substructure is now restored and totally sound Zero primer or rust preventative used when the cars were built Drilling out A pillar spot welds Removing out skins of A pillars to deal with rust beneath Lots of progress in the Team CJ Coachworks! 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 into place 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 bare skeleton Josh has your transmission rebuild well underway. Cutting away the rusted floor pans Rear wings, cowl and license plate panel now removed 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 retainers Cutting the threads on the bearing retainers Fabricating the oversized bearing retainers The carrier on the left has now had new threads machined 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! 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.