I’ve been spending the last several weeks recovering from shoulder surgery, but hope to be back up to speed and back to work soon. After the first few weeks of recovery, I was able to do some work on my computer, but without actual work at the shop being done to blog about, I decided to revisit some old stories of cars I worked in the past. I started a series of videos that I hope you’ll like and here are the first two.

The SI 250GTE was purchased from Carlo Durante of Alfa of Tacoma and had sat idle for forty years in a garage in the back of a rental house Carlo owned. Carlo imported this car from Italy in the late 60s when he came to the US to start his career as a mechanic in Tacoma Washington. One weekend while driving his Ferrari, a clogged carburetor from dirty gasoline caused his engine to lean out and burn a piston. Carlo pulled the engine, but never got back to fixing his Ferrari. I heard about this parked Ferrari and got in touch with Carlo. It took nearly 4 years of persistence for me to finally get this car.

The second story was about a 1959 Ferrari Pininfarina Coupe I also found in the Pacific Northwest. Ed Long owned this car in Salem, Oregon, and I met David who was looking for a Vintage Ferrari to rally, so I did the introduction. We bought the car, fixed the car, prepped the car, and delivered the car for a memorable trip with David and his Dad.

I hope you like these videos, and I promise to get some more content up on this blog soon!