Great episode Tom, fortunately the guy was smart enough to engage your services up front and keep the appraisal rational. So hard not to become emotionally attached when looking at such an example, it will sell regardless, so it’s not lost. The little Alfa behind looked nice too.
@Selmerpilot17 сағат бұрын
Bless you for even going down to look at these things. I have absolutely zero kind things to say about Gullwing, I hate to say that but that has entirely been my experience with them. To anyone considering a car on Gullwing’s website, you must know they know exactly nothing about the cars they have, but they have no problem saying ‘nice driver’ or ‘nice example’. They know nothing about their cars, you need to go over the car 100% and do your homework.
@tomyangnet17 сағат бұрын
@@Selmerpilot the flashy showrooms and auctions can do the same thing. Buyer beware!
@supersonique00117 сағат бұрын
Every time I visit Gullwing motorcars' web site I shudder like a fly trapped in a spider's web ! LOL.
@tomyangnet17 сағат бұрын
@@supersonique001 the warehouse of dreams…some of them nightmares!
@supersonique00117 сағат бұрын
@@tomyangnet A veritable 'Twilight Zone' !
@tomnielsen446918 сағат бұрын
Long workday for me, Toms videoes is good for me , sharp informative, tom,denmark
@tomyangnet17 сағат бұрын
@@tomnielsen4469 glad you like watching!
@richardg865120 сағат бұрын
Very valuable video for anyone contemplating a classic car purchase. I love the phycology behind such a purchase. As great a restorer as Tommy is, he is even more valuable as an evaluator and as a therapist. 😁
@tomyangnet20 сағат бұрын
@@richardg8651 I wear a lot of hats when it comes to my clients! Thanks for watching.
@wallyr.785422 сағат бұрын
I LOVE these videos, Tom is the Ferrari Whisperer 🙇🏻♂️
@tomyangnet22 сағат бұрын
It was like a crash course in 250GTEs! Thanks for watching!
@wallyr.785422 сағат бұрын
@@tomyangnet I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, classic Ferrari owners any driving distance from your shop are LUCKY, as my kids would say, U Da Man 👍🏼
@thedrivechannel8323 сағат бұрын
I was looking at that car on ebay. Looks pretty clean online at least.
@tomyangnet22 сағат бұрын
Pictures can be deceiving. The paint was not bad, nor was the interior, but the engine compartment and undercarriage were a mess. I'm kind of disappointed with all the extraneous labels that asks why? All the knobs already had letters on them. The owner couldn't remember "L" is for lights, and "F" is for fog lights? Thanks for watching
@tomgill8267Күн бұрын
Great video Tom. Thanks for sharing your valuable experience of taking a novice buyer through the risks and pitfalls of buying a 1960s Ferrari. I wasn’t so wise as to take an expert with me when I bought my 1969 365GT 2+2 in the U.K. It had 96000 miles on the odometer and looked beautiful. Within the first week it blew 6 piston rings in the workshop having its pre-delivery workshop check. Fortunately I bought from a main Ferrari dealer who gave me a full 12 months engine and gearbox warranty and they rebuilt the whole engine at their cost. It took them a year as they had to manufacture from scratch new crankshafts etc.. It would have cost me ca £80k had I had to pay for it. Narrow escape. I still have it now 7 years later and it runs beautifully. Moral of the story, take an expert with you when you go to the showroom, or buy from a very reputable dealer with a valuable reputation to maintain. Interestingly, the boss of the dealer reckoned that it was a young mechanic who was used to working on modern Ferrari engines who didn’t realise older ones have to be carefully nursed up to temperature before revving them up. Expensive lesson for that guy. Thanks again Tom, very interesting.
@tomyangnet22 сағат бұрын
I also remind buyers that hiring me does not insure a 60 year old car will continue to perform as I determined! I tell them I don't have x-ray vision, or a crystal ball to predict a future, but I can take my experience and apply it to a car to determine if it had been cared for properly, and isn't about to fall apart. Queen Mothers are wonderful cars and keeps up well in traffic, as long as you can find space for parking when you arrive, especially in the UK! Thanks for watching!
@vizsla54Күн бұрын
Before buying my car I had decades of reading about Ferraris in general and a couple of years dedicated to researching individual models on F-Chat and other on line resources. I was able to recognize a good car when I found one but there were still plenty of surprises in store. Having someone like you go over a potential purchase is money extremely well spent.
@tomyangnet22 сағат бұрын
There are NO advocates for the buyer and everyone lies, or bends the truth. Sellers lie about why they're selling, brokers don't ask or answer the questions that will sink a sale. Buyers are left with the deception of a car that they love and wanted for a long time. This may be extreme, but I could not imagine going into buying a Ferrari or any high dollar car without some kind of expert. Thanks for watching
@supersonique00117 сағат бұрын
@@tomyangnet Could not agree more with your statement! From experience with Ferraris I have had I trust no one especially the wheeler dealers of exotics regardless of their flashy world reputations and even less the auction houses that prey on illusion and provenance! No wonder Leno thinks the way he does about Ferrari!
@tomyangnet17 сағат бұрын
@@supersonique001 it’s not just about Ferrari, but used collector cars in general!
@vizsla548 сағат бұрын
@@tomyangnet thanks for being upfront about this. Too many people who know better remain quiet, fearing I don’t know what. Sorry to miss you this year at LRP.
@bngr_bngrКүн бұрын
I’m surprised how little the buyer knew about Ferrari’s. With so many books on Ferrari. Someone ready to spend six figures on a car and they have done zero research. He was lucky he found you.
@cluckhead1913Күн бұрын
You'd be surprised at how many people around New York would consider the cost of that car their weekend entertainment allowance. It's peanuts to them. He probably saw one of Tom's videos and thought 'Hey, old Ferraris are kind of cool, maybe I'll get one. I have some time to kill.'
@tomyangnet22 сағат бұрын
I have met guys who spent their whole lifetime admiring Ferraris dreaming of the day they would one day own one, and when the time came, I found out they never even sat in one or driven one!? It happens all the time, and I am often the guy trying to convince them or dissuade them from the purchase!
@tomyangnet22 сағат бұрын
There are thousands of distractions for your money, especially in a city like NY, and thousands of people willing to take advantage of that!
@Beldar7712 сағат бұрын
@@tomyangnet Count me as one of those guys, Tom! But I'm about to take the first step and sit in and drive my first vintage Ferrari. Hopefully it leads to a purchase, but if not it's all part of the process. By the way, I thoroughly enjoy your videos. You have an engaging delivery style...just a natural communicator! Keep up the good work!
@tomyangnet8 сағат бұрын
@@Beldar77 I’m glad you like the videos! Good luck with your first drive and let me know how it turns out!
@TonyBarr99Күн бұрын
This was a really great video Tom. Thanks!
@tomyangnet22 сағат бұрын
I'm glad you liked it, and thanks for watching it!
@gitchermotrrunninКүн бұрын
Thanks for the video. I feel you did look out for the guy's best interest. I agree that emotion plays a big part with the car hobby, One thing newbies have to understand is that cars give but they also take. To use a quote that is attributed to the late Smokey Yunick "this is going to run into money, said the monkey as he peed on the cash register". lol
@tomyangnet22 сағат бұрын
I love cars as much if not more than the next guy, but realize the business banks of these emotions. Some of my job is to be voice of reason! Thanks for watching.
@studiolezardКүн бұрын
Maybe I could afford just an ashtray bit like this one. Could you find me one? I'd make a nice base for it in my wood shop.
@tomyangnet22 сағат бұрын
Those ashtrays are available in reproduction, but I think they're about $1200 bucks! Badges are a few hundred...
@stevesachs7414Күн бұрын
Too bad it wasn’t drivable. Those Gullwing jawns.
@tomyangnetКүн бұрын
@@stevesachs7414 I was looking forward to shooting footage of a the test drive through the streets of queens! Thanks for watching!
@JohnS1961Күн бұрын
Looks like an old used car, shows the ways we fixed things when they were broken before the big run up. Rode plenty hard and put away wet. I'm sure someone enjoyed every minute. Historically they weren't all owned by multi-millionaires no budget guys. But great to see A survivor. Drive a hard bargain!
@tomyangnetКүн бұрын
@@JohnS1961 right on the bubble. She has some needs!
@robertbcopeКүн бұрын
Gotta say, the mismatched oil filters really bother me.
@tomyangnetКүн бұрын
@@robertbcope kind of matched the rest of the car!
@JohnS1961Күн бұрын
who is the supplier for the rollers? do they have bearings inside? could they be matched at the bearing supplier?
@tomyangnetКүн бұрын
I got replacement bushings and rollers from Maranello Parts in the UK. They make mod kits that use small roller bearings but I feel they are overkill for a street car. Thanks for watching!
@JohnS19612 күн бұрын
whomever did it used parts that did not pass inspection, or thought they would be good enough, or maybe they were never inspected at all, just reinstalled. good to see you can get the rollers.
@johnandrews35684 күн бұрын
I found you about six months ago and love your channel.. love your back story. That 330 is gorgeous!
@tomyangnet4 күн бұрын
@@johnandrews3568 welcome to my channel, and thanks for watching!
@supersonique0015 күн бұрын
Your points are well taken! This is why for the owners and the technician IMHO it's imperative to fully document what was done so that you know and can come back to the info if and when there may be a dispute. In the aviation world it's the 'law' because of the heightened safety requirements of safe flight(you can't just pull over and check when things go wrong at altitude). It's also valuable information if you want to sell your Ferrari and/or have a PPI done.
@tomyangnet4 күн бұрын
@@supersonique001 information is key. Staying in touch with the owner and making a logical plan for the repairs is important. Thanks for watching!
@Haffschlappe6 күн бұрын
Attention sadly soon All Gas cars will be illegal!
@oldrrocr4 күн бұрын
are they going to collect all of them and grind them up? get real.
@gitchermotrrunnin6 күн бұрын
Another Utube channel I follow is an engine builder/ dyno tuner of muscle car Mopars. He has a similar problem with inferior quality parts. Usually valve train parts, flat tappet cams for instance. They say some engine builders are going to roller cams instead of flat tappet to avoid the angst of failure down the road. Does the Ferrari factory offer anything for rebuilding their cars? I'm sure if they did the cost would be pretty high. Good looking out before those parts let go.
@tomyangnet6 күн бұрын
@@gitchermotrrunnin the factory gets their parts pretty much from the same suppliers as I do. There are some mods you can do to the valve train, but I don’t think the benefit outweighs the complexity. Other builders may disagree. Thanks for watching.
@sylsi33807 күн бұрын
Pragmatic reasoning, an excellent vision of things 👍
@tomyangnet6 күн бұрын
@@sylsi3380 everything is a compromise and you have to weigh price, durability, and budget. Thanks for watching.
@1BCamden7 күн бұрын
Great process, find one fault, correct it. Find two faults, baseline replacement, especially on critical components. Love your thinking. Beautiful valve train.
@tomyangnet6 күн бұрын
@@1BCamden as someone once told me, “ there’s a lot going on in there!” Thanks for watching!
@BeauQuillen7 күн бұрын
HELLO ANY OTHER NAZIS IN HERE?
@susannero64017 күн бұрын
Thanks for posting this -- I love the attention to detail, and the overall professionalism of your work. I find it inspiring.
@tomyangnet6 күн бұрын
@@susannero6401 it’s imperative with these cars and their owners! I own a lesser model and treat them all like they’re my own! Thanks for watching.
@sayrerowan7347 күн бұрын
Can't believe you don't have more subscribers. This is the best US channel. The only one to compete with Harry and Ian.
@dinispaulino75127 күн бұрын
Those are my three favorites as well, plus Jay Leno of course.
@tomyangnet6 күн бұрын
@@sayrerowan734 more subscribers comes with all your help in liking, sharing, and commenting. It really gets KZbin to let people know about it. I’m really at the mercy of the algorithm! I’m happy to entertain the few that have found this channel and know it’s dealing with some very rare machines and some esoteric mechanicals, so consider yourself fans of small secret society! Thanks for watching!
@claudiomarangone6147 күн бұрын
Interesting, and all great points made. Thanks for your videos tony very much enjoy. Looking forward to your next video.
@tomyangnet6 күн бұрын
@@claudiomarangone614 er, Tom, but you’re welcome! Tunable for watching!
@Selmerpilot7 күн бұрын
You can bet those rollers were not replaced. So few individuals know these engines. A great upgrade for those would be a DLC coated version
@tomyangnet6 күн бұрын
@@Selmerpilot would a DLC coated version be compatible with the hardness of the cam? It’s a real balance of material hardness so the sacrificial part wears before the other. Thanks for watching!
@Selmerpilot5 күн бұрын
@@tomyangnet Sure they would be. DLC coated tappets are common with direct actuated cams etc.
@robertbcope7 күн бұрын
They're so lucky they have you to look at and find these things. That rocker was a real issue waiting to become a big issue!
@tomyangnet6 күн бұрын
@@robertbcope I didn’t want to say it several weeks ago when I first took this car out for a test drive, but told myself it would be a good idea to take a peek inside. Especially since this car is new to me. I’m sure glad I did! Thanks for watching!
@gte930d7 күн бұрын
First comment yessss! Keep it up I always enjoy learning through your videos and how these lessons could apply to my Volvo 1800.
@tomyangnet6 күн бұрын
@@gte930d it’s always good to take a peek under those valve covers! Thanks for watching!
@JimMaxwell-cn3be7 күн бұрын
Roger drives this Cobra and his other cars quite vigorously on the appropriate roads and conditions. The roads around the Amelia Concours are usually quite busy with many entrances and exits and cross streets. He knows when and when not to drive vigorously. Some folks don’t.
@tomyangnet7 күн бұрын
@@JimMaxwell-cn3be Roger was very generous to let me drive his car, no matter the speed!
@brucehorsburgh41811 күн бұрын
Hello Tom Thanks for the video. My brother and I are overhauling a 330 and wonder if there was any secret to removal of the oil pump from the timing chest? 4 nuts are removed but it's solid???
@tomyangnet7 күн бұрын
I'm about to strip a timing chest in the next few weeks, and it if find trick you're missing, I'll let you know!
@paulroman710213 күн бұрын
Alcohol pads gets rid of sticky man
@tonyquance373713 күн бұрын
Yup! Typical Webers. Not just Ferrari's and unfair to label them accordingly. I worked for Alfa for many years, UK and Canada, and this was a typical problem with older cars that had sat for a while, though Alfa owners drive their (more practical) cars more frequently, daily, than Ferrari owners. Plus, with four cylinders, you only have two carbs to service. The car needs to be driven more often. Why have it otherwise?
@tomyangnet13 күн бұрын
As people's collections get larger, it's a common problem with not using these cars. Life also gets in the way, so collector cars have a tendency to sit idle. Thanks for watching.
@supersonique00114 күн бұрын
Wow! I thought the only one with a Sun distributor tester was Bill Badurski of FCA way back when. With one of those your shop will start looking like Dr. Frankenstein's laboratory, watch out for the lightning strikes! LOL.
@tomyangnet14 күн бұрын
@@supersonique001 anyone who works on old Ferraris has one. It’s nearly impossible to get the ignition system dialed in without one! Thanks for watching.
@moopz_2th_mvr14 күн бұрын
Kudos for the detective work and not just throwing parts at a symptom! Gosh, that car sounds great in your garage just idling!
@tomyangnet14 күн бұрын
@@moopz_2th_mvr yours will Al sound like that soon!
@vizsla5415 күн бұрын
Do you change the condensers when the points and plugs are replaced?
@tomyangnet15 күн бұрын
@@vizsla54 we’ve had such a poor supply of condensers that I often did not, but will be looking closely at what to do going forward! Thanks for watching.
@TonyBarr9915 күн бұрын
I repair electronics as a hobby. Without a doubt, the #1 reason for failure is the electrolytic capacitor. I am quite certain that the condenser in a points ignition system is an electrolytic capacitor. Since the condenser is typical replaced during an annual tune-up, they may not be given the opportunity to fail very often. The capacitors in the power supply of modern electronic equipment on the other hand are never maintenance items.
@tomyangnet15 күн бұрын
With the poor quality of capacitors, I become hesitant to replacing them when the original ones continue working, but just proved that they can and will go bad on occasion! Live and learn. Thanks for watching.
@MrLen9915 күн бұрын
The Sun 503 is an invaluable tool when working on pre '75 ignition systems .... excellent content as usual Tom !
@tomyangnet15 күн бұрын
It's especially necessary for a Ferrari distributor that has two sets of points in each unit that have to phased equally to fire at the right time! Thanks for watching.
@enigmasvids961518 күн бұрын
Beautiful car but it's being granny driven without a hint of any performance or handling potential. Would have been nice to see it a modicum of its performance capability and handling obviously within safe and legal limits.
@vnaar326920 күн бұрын
great detailed video. Love that color combination
@tomyangnet19 күн бұрын
It's nice to see a GTC that's not red or silver! Thanks for watching.
@sayrerowan73420 күн бұрын
Pretty trick snap ring pliers
@tomyangnet19 күн бұрын
I have yet to find the perfect pair of snap ring pliers, but these work most of the time. Thanks for watching!
@355charles21 күн бұрын
Great update video Tom….
@susannero640121 күн бұрын
On my Mondial I think I have the same issue with a worn reverse lockout tab -- it just slots into reverse w/o needing to be pressed down. The steel of those gates must be quite soft for it to wear down like that, which surprises me. In my case, I don't think it's worth the trouble to repair it properly, as I'm never tempted to downshift from first :)
@tomyangnet21 күн бұрын
@@susannero6401 it’s also helpful when someone else drives your car and forgets it’s a dogleg first, shifts into reverse without the lock out, and slams into the behind them at a traffic light! Thanks for watching.
@alfagreg410821 күн бұрын
Tom...awesome video. I just poked around my 308 and it has the same lockout arrangement but I never really knew much about the function. Just I has to push down. Thanks!
@tm850r22 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing very interesting
@tomyangnet21 күн бұрын
Thanks for visiting
@jeremiahcurry487522 күн бұрын
Thinking about doing the bumper modification to my GT4. Could you have just drilled out the shocks while on the car? I'm also thinking if I didn't push it all the way back the lights would fit better and that wider piece on eh bumper would match up better with the rest of the bodywork. I may not do the back bumper as my exhaust sticks out about 2 inches past the bumper now, so if the bumper got sucked it the exhaust might look to far out.
@tomyangnet21 күн бұрын
That's a good question. The shocks are under pressure, so be careful when you drill them. If you can access the pistons without removing the bumper, then give it a try. I just wanted to be safe and make sure nothing would get damaged. Good luck and thanks for watching.
@vizsla5422 күн бұрын
Never fail to learn something from your videos. I’ve got to check the reverse lockout tab on my car. Thanks.
@tomyangnet21 күн бұрын
It's a good thing to have fixed, but it often leads to having the need to get the plate rechromed. If you can manage the heat from welding, chroming might not be necessary. Good luck!