1995 Ferrari 348

The project starts with owner seeing a rendering of a Ferrari 355 with a custom made wide body, then a conversation with the builder about his ideas on a 348, talks of SEMA… Fast forward to finding an engine in Belgium to rebuild with upgrades and arrange its shipping to Automotive International.   Enjoying a glass of wine a 1995 Ferrari 348 appears on e-bay, the owner cannot resist, the bidding is about to end, a week later the 348 appears at AI and the journey begins. 

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The 1995 348 arrives with an engine in it. The engine from Belgium is already disassembled and at the machine shop so this one is coming out.
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The engine was not bad, just a little tired, and one cannot have too many engines in the garage.
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Stripping her down in preparation to drop the engine cradle.
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Safely free from the car body and sitting on the engine dolly.
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This is also how you do a major service on Ferrari 348 or 355 engines! But this one we will be relocating to a perment engine dolly of storage.
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Cleaned up the engine bay! The blank canvas being prepared to accept the new, upgraded engine we were completing.
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Build in progress, slow and steady to make sure it is just right.
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While out of the car it is time to clean up and detail the suspension, half shafts, brakes…
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Everything properly painted and being assembled.
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Complete engine is installed in the cleaned, painted and detailed cradle. Ready to get it back in the body.
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A thing of beauty on the outside and inside, ready for the road.
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Tucked back into the body, everything double checked for proper alignment and torque on all the fasteners.
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First fired her up with just these straight pipes! Awesome sound, ready for the track!
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But she will be a street car too so we went with the complete FabSpeed exhaust solution. Still sounds awesome!
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