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Ferrari in the Hills
Photograph by Rob Mains IDR were pleased to attend the Concours in the Hills car show benefiting Phoenix Children's this year again, a great turn out from the public and all the...
Read more...Ferrari Dino 308 GT4
A customer wanted to create a custom Ferrari Dino 308 GT4 and we helped source a suitable vehicle, an ex race car which had some of the modifications he was looking for already completed, such as...
Read more...Plasma cutting
More development on the Stratos Recreation project involved cutting a new dash panel. The supplied part had just a few millimetres interference with the surrounding binnacle when the gauges were...
Read more...Renault 5 Turbo 2 Oil Filter
Having strange French car in the USA which essentially was never sold in the USA was always going to be an adventure. Because the car is an original survivor car with only 20,000 miles on it, I...
Read more...3D Custom Printed Part
One of the aspects of the Lister Bell Lancia Stratos Recreation Project is adapting the air intake to fit its new environment, disposing oif the rather large Alfa Romeo standard air filter in...
Read more...Stratos Project Gauges, Switchgear & Dashboard
Wheels arrived direct from the manufacturer in Italy, beautifully made replicas of the original coffin spoke wheels. Some initial difficulties with torquing down the rocker/valve covers as the...
Read more...Stratos Engine Install
The engine install for the Lancia Stratos Replica Project involved working out where and how to mount most of the ancillary items on the block prior to dropping the motor onto the mounts. A new air...
Read more...Stratos Shakedown
The initial bringing together of all the parts for this Lancia Stratos Replica build project allowed us to review what we needed, what we had and various elements of assembly. Working out what new...
Read more...Lister Bell Lancia Stratos Replica
A new client and a new replica for IDR, a British made "kit" by Lister Bell [WEBSITE] which IDR will be completing with the engine and transmission install as well as other components around...
Read more...1967 Lamborghini 400 GT2+2
The car here is one of a mere two beautifully executed Lamborghini 400 GT Spyders that were created in the 1990s by restorer Jerry Fandytis, and it spent some time at IDR before being...
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