Ferrari 288 GTO, 275 GTB/4, F430 and news from Esoteric Auto Detail

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Hello everybody! It’s been a long time since I’ve posted any of my work on Autopia, so I figured I’d drop in and give you a few updates on what I’ve been up to this summer.



Between detailing and writing articles for DI, I haven’t had a lot of time for much else. There are a lot of people without work these days, so I won’t complain!

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I’ve also just recently joined forces with a highly regarded independent Ferrari shop here in the Columbus area, which is going to keep me quite busy. Ferrari owners from all around the country have their vehicles worked on here because of the high level of service, so I’m dealing with some top-notch people. I am still performing work on my own, but it looks like a significant amount of my work will be done on Ferraris in particular.

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I know that many of you have been following my articles this summer (I get a <ST1:pLOT of emails!) and may have seen a few of these cars already, but I believe there’s no such thing as too much eye candy.

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First up is a 1985 288 GTO. There were only 272 of these special ````logation vehicles ever built, and they were the first in the line of Ferrari’s supercars (288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo). They came with a 2.8l, twin-turbo V-8 that produced 400hp and they were the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com</st1:Street><st1:address w:st="on">first street</st1:address> legal production cars to break 300km/h. The owner took me for a joy ride in this and drove it the way it was intended…wide open! I prepped this car for the GTO Owner’s Reunion in <ST1:pPebble Beach.

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After about 17 hour’s worth of work inside and out:



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While I was there, I did some leather preservation on his equally rare 1967 275 GTB/4. I only have a few photos, but I figured everybody would appreciate seeing a 7-figure car!

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And here’s an F430 in the new shop. It sure is nice having a lift to work off of! My back and knees thank me.

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That’s it for today’s news…thanks for tuning in.

[dsms]

Welocome back Todd! The F-cars look perfect. Keep the details coming!

[Nikku]

Congrats on the new partnership Todd. Well deserved!

[Barry Theal]

what to say.. Im speechless. Although while talking to you Todd on the phone, I know this was coming keep it up!!!!! Your are truly an insperation to us all!

Barry

[imported_DJ Mayo]

Looks awesome man! I`m sure I`ll be up in Ohio soon.

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Nick, Dave...thanks guys!



Barry...yeah, you had the inside scoop on this one. Thanks buddy!



DJ...You know you`re always welcome (back) to come up and help!

[Nikku]

I`ll travel down to you just to stare. Not in a creepy way just as an admirer congrats once again Todd.



Cheers !

[MarcHarris]

congrat`s Todd - some serious work and no doubt there`s going to be a lot more to come for you! That GTO is absolutely beautiful. One of the prettiest cars ever no doubt.

I can`t wait to see how things continue to grow for you!

[tenorplayer23]

Well, Todd, those Ferrari`s look pretty nice!! They POP!! And, that arrangement will yield higher-end/higher priced work. That`s gotta be good. It`s amazing to find an epicenter of "Ferrari-ism" in Central Ohio!



I guess this means I`ll never see you do a Millennium Yellow/Velocity Yellow Corvette now. Was so hoping to see you work some Optimum magic on one of them! Oh well.



Have a good one.



See ya. :wavey

[white gecko]

top notch work as always!



congrats on landing the ferrari gig too!

[imported_artikxscout]

mmmhmmm! The f-Cars looks great.

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I`ll travel down to you just to stare. Not in a creepy way just as an admirer congrats once again Todd.



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Thanks Nick. I`ve experienced creepier things than staring, so no problem.

congrat`s Todd - some serious work and no doubt there`s going to be a lot more to come for you! That GTO is absolutely beautiful. One of the prettiest cars ever no doubt.

I can`t wait to see how things continue to grow for you!

Hey buddy, how have you been? Yeah, the GTO was stunning to say the least. I`d love to have one myself, but I don`t have an extra $500K+ laying around.

Well, Todd, those Ferrari`s look pretty nice!! They POP!! And, that arrangement will yield higher-end/higher priced work. That`s gotta be good. It`s amazing to find an epicenter of "Ferrari-ism" in Central Ohio!



I guess this means I`ll never see you do a Millennium Yellow/Velocity Yellow Corvette now. Was so hoping to see you work some Optimum magic on one of them! Oh well.



Have a good one.



See ya. :wavey

Thanks! I`m still doing my own jobs as well, so you may eventually get the opportunity to see that yellow Vette job. While I agree that the F-cars are gorgeous, they were never designed with detailers in mind. :hairpull They can be, umm, challenging.

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congrats on landing the ferrari gig too!

Thanks Jeff.

mmmhmmm! The f-Cars looks great.

Thanks Sam!

[Pats300zx]

Hey Todd. Good to see you posting again. Congrats on the new Ferrari endeavor. Looks like we will be seeing some more awesome C and B`s from ya :spot

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

Hey Todd... Looks very nice.



Congrats on the new happenings, couldn`t have happened to a nicer guy!