The 1966 Ferrari GTS (spyder) by Concours.John

[Concours.John]

The Ferrari 275 GTS
Between 1964 and 1968 Ferrari built 200 GTS models meaning spyder or convertible. The bodywork designed by Pininfaria was different than its GTB brother. It’s predecessor was the famous 250 GT. Retaining the same 3.3 liter V12 as the GTB it is a beautiful, touring roadster.

This vehicle is driven to/in shows and events such as the Carolina Trophy and The Copperstate Classic. While it was in good shape it fell victim to a day of sap that was baked on throughout the day. The sap not only stuck it etched the paint. All efforts were made to remove the sap finally resulting in 3M Adhesive remover to remove the residue. The sap had etched the paint requiring a 3000 grit sanding in multiple place This vehicle was restored at the Ferrari factory near 30 years ago.

Products/Process

Full wash and clay
All correction PC 7424 XP
3000 Grit 3M Trizact foam pads

Gary Deans Friggin Awesome APC
Garry Deans Tuned Performance Tire Gel
Garry Deans Leather and Interior Feed
Garry Deans Infinite Use Detail Juice (clay lube)
Garry Dean’s Suds O Bubbles
Griot’s mild clay
Griot’s interior cleaner
Meg’s/Optimum MF Polishing pads
LC Black CCS Finishing Pads
Car Pro Eraser
Optimum Opti Coat 2.0

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The Process:















Some of the tear down







After Polish before LSP












Finals













Thanks for looking!

[C. Charles Hahn]

[bigltc]

I love this car! Great work!!!

[Pats300zx]

Beautifuil work John. Raising the bar once again...

[sprocketser]

Gee , what a job .

[broker99]

Nice job. That is a classic for sure.

[Rocket]

Nice work John. You get to work on some really cool cars.

Are you working on that RX7 next?

[Concours.John]

Thanks for the replies.

The RX-7 is done. 1993 with the color flop from blue,green. All original and never fully done since new. It`s the next write up and major turnaround.

[tropicsteve]

very nice work bringing that finish back john !

[mikenap]

As much as I love this Ferrari, the FD RX-7 caught my eye as well. Great work on this one John, I really like this body style. One of the prettiest Ferrari`s IMO.

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