CSX 3360 At Palo Alto Concours 2011

[Scott_Tucker]

Originally Posted by tkb289

Scott,

When restoring a car of this significance, to this level, what were some of the more challenging aspects of the project ?

- Tim

This restoration was basically made to look like the day the car was built at the Shelby factory *if* it was sunny and warm outside, everyone involved was in a good mood, no one had gotten in an argument with their spouses, they weren't hungry, and nothing went wrong, etc. It's a little too perfect for many people's taste. That being said, we had to take absolute care that nothing was scratched during assembly. As someone who has assembled an entire 427 Cobra I can tell you that, at the factory, there is no way they could have gotten it together so perfectly and still turned a profit.

I was painstakingly meticulous about the details, such as which fasteners went where - sometimes using the exact nut or bolt in it's original hole. I used a Nikon DSLR camera so my pictures were very sharp. I could use imaging software to zoom in on the pics and identify tool marks so I could determine where it was originally located.

I have restored cars before but never to this level.

[Jim Maxwell]

Poor Scott, He's gotten whipsawed by a tornado he didn't see or hear coming!

Scott, You did a magnificent job on CSX 3360, from what I can see from these and other photos and You-Tube videos of the first start-up--those are wonderful!

Thanks for noticing the original Trico windshield washer bottle, which I also supplied to Canepa Design. However, that wasn't on loan. I was fairly compensated with other original 427 and 289 Cobra parts in trade for that device.

For those that didn't read the entire other thread, I did get my parts back per our agreement, albeit a tad later than I expected.
Scott's team created a fabulous replica handle of the original screwdriver.

Scott, please tell me how you created that handle and the paint and how did you make the grooves in the handle after it had been painted without chipping the paint???

I have access to a couple of original screwdrivers and will be making the ferrules. I have created an exact replica of the handle as well. Your reproduction ferrule is a little off, but very nice.
I am looking at more flexible BDS decals for the screwdriver. The ones I made don't handle the curves of the handle very well.

For those that followed the previous thread, I want folks to know that Scott had nothing that I know of to do with the delays. Thanks for sharing the photos. Congratulations to you and Bruce for the win at the show. Well deserved!

How did you finish the Sunbursts and the knockoffs? My steel knockoffs rust within minutes of washing them, turning a nice oxidized gold (or brown if you want to be plain about it....)

Jim

[Scott_Tucker]

Originally Posted by Jim Maxwell

Poor Scott, He's gotten whipsawed by a tornado he didn't see or hear coming!

Scott, You did a magnificent job on CSX 3360, from what I can see from these and other photos and You-Tube videos of the first start-up--those are wonderful!

Thanks for noticing the original Trico windshield washer bottle, which I also supplied to Canepa Design. However, that wasn't on loan. I was fairly compensated with other original 427 and 289 Cobra parts in trade for that device.

For those that didn't read the entire other thread, I did get my parts back per our agreement, albeit a tad later than I expected.
Scott's team created a fabulous replica handle of the original screwdriver.

Scott, please tell me how you created that handle and the paint and how did you make the grooves in the handle after it had been painted without chipping the paint???

I have access to a couple of original screwdrivers and will be making the ferrules. I have created an exact replica of the handle as well. Your reproduction ferrule is a little off, but very nice.
I am looking at more flexible BDS decals for the screwdriver. The ones I made don't handle the curves of the handle very well.

For those that followed the previous thread, I want folks to know that Scott had nothing that I know of to do with the delays. Thanks for sharing the photos. Congratulations to you and Bruce for the win at the show. Well deserved!

How did you finish the Sunbursts and the knockoffs? My steel knockoffs rust within minutes of washing them, turning a nice oxidized gold (or brown if you want to be plain about it....)

Jim

I did not make the screwdriver, that was our head fabricator, Charlie Burton. I don't know his exact method but Charlie is amazing. I know he spent some ridiculous amount of time making it, like 10 hours or more.

I'm glad we were able to get the Trico reservoir. It was in very good shape when we got it. The plastic bottle was perfect but the label was a little faded but intact. We sent it off to a graphic designer who duplicated it for us. He did several iterations until Bruce approved the perfect duplicate. I hope everything you got in trade was to your satisfaction.

I made this duplicate of the battery cable label but Bruce Decided he would rather use his original one:


We had the knockoffs silver cadmium plated which would have been correct for those. They do get rusty quick so we protected them with a layer of clearcoat. I think we painted them with several different tints of clear before Bruce settled on one he thought was good.

Bruce is an extreme perfectionist. He would have to be to restore a car to this level of perfection. He loves this car. He keeps this car in the back, away from the public. I see him just staring at it sometimes. It gets wiped down regularly and is always clean.

[KevinW]

Originally Posted by Scott_Tucker

I did not make the screwdriver, that was our head fabricator, Charlie Burton. I don't know his exact method but Charlie is amazing. I know he spent some ridiculous amount of time making it, like 10 hours or more.

I made this duplicate of the battery cable label but Bruce Decided he would rather use his original one:
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Beautiful car.

and now an ignorant question - where does the battery cable label go?
... and is it a roadster feature, or were they also used on S/Cs?

[Obsessive]

Hey Scott, would you (or anyone else that might know) mind sharing with us which screwdriver is supposed to be included within the toolkit? The more specifics, the better. Thanks!

Originally Posted by Scott_Tucker

I did not make the screwdriver, that was our head fabricator, Charlie Burton. I don't know his exact method but Charlie is amazing. I know he spent some ridiculous amount of time making it, like 10 hours or more.