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I wanted to have a list of reputable countach specialist on a thread so in the future others can go to them:

 

Bobileff

Franco's

Driven Exotics

Evans

 

 

These are the ones I can think of.... Anymore shops notable?

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Wil De Groot, whom I didnt have a good first impression with, and then that Tony guy in Florida, whom I have heard some horror stories of.. That being said I have heard good things about Wil, but as you know my personal choice is George Evans.

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www.vintageandexotics.com is another in Minnesota. He has worked on a few of NSXER's cars.

 

Link does not work and I don't know of anybody thats a "Countach Specialist" in MN.

I do know Tim and he works on italian cars but I don't think he's at Evan's level etc.

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even if i am in Europe, i heard only good things about Evans and Will de Groot

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I just know that the work done by Evans on former Brian Pettey car, now sitting in my garage, are very well done.

I mean Oil lines and A/C lines.

 

 

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I just know that the work done by Evans on former Brian Pettey car, now sitting in my garage, are very well done.

I mean Oil lines and A/C lines.

 

 

ciao

 

Emilio and Albert,

It would be good that you guys list the euro shop too. After all you are in Italy! I know some French shop were great but that was 30 years ago...

At some point I will need to have my engine out, leather refurbish, paint make new again etc, etc... One would think that a car redone at the factory can't be any better. Am I wrong?

From the thread it appears that only in the US you can get the job done best

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Anyone know of good upholstery shop experienced with CT in the US? that would be beneficial for those looking to get some work done.

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Anyone know of good upholstery shop experienced with CT in the US? that would be beneficial for those looking to get some work done.

Ive heard that this guy is VERY good

 

European & Classic Auto Upholstery Louis Meza 5744 Elk Street, San Diego, CA 92114 619-527-4490

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Emilio and Albert,

It would be good that you guys list the euro shop too. After all you are in Italy! I know some French shop were great but that was 30 years ago...

At some point I will need to have my engine out, leather refurbish, paint make new again etc, etc... One would think that a car redone at the factory can't be any better. Am I wrong?

From the thread it appears that only in the US you can get the job done best

 

Lamborghini factory has a restore program: maybe that's the better choice and the only one that has some real and effective warranty.

 

 

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Anyone know of good upholstery shop experienced with CT in the US? that would be beneficial for those looking to get some work done.

 

Classic Coach in Elizabeth, NJ is top notch Ferrari restoration but to my knowledge have done lots of work on other exotics, sports, and luxury.

 

Interior and bodywork is done to Pebble Beach quality.

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I don't know if it's the fickle nature of some owners/experts/brokers but seems to me that guys once thought to be the "be all, end all" suddenly became "don't send your car there".

 

Tony in Florida is a good example, but nobody seems to want to explain why.

 

That one broker/historian guy used to have his head so far up Gary B's arse he was chewing Gary's lunch for him, but now he takes shots at Gary when Gary comments over there and Mr expert isn't posting pics of his cars at Gary's every 15 minutes anymore.

 

Wonder what happened.

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I don't know if it's the fickle nature of some owners/experts/brokers but seems to me that guys once thought to be the "be all, end all" suddenly became "don't send your car there".

 

Tony in Florida is a good example, but nobody seems to want to explain why.

 

That one broker/historian guy used to have his head so far up Gary B's arse he was chewing Gary's lunch for him, but now he takes shots at Gary when Gary comments over there and Mr expert isn't posting pics of his cars at Gary's every 15 minutes anymore.

 

Wonder what happened.

 

 

It simple.. Tony to my knowledge fucked up several cars to the point they needed to be removed from his shop and taken elsewhere ( this is what I have been told) and Joe Suckey is a piece of trash whom many specialists wont even work with.. Everything Suckey does has an alterior motive and involves personal gain..

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I think this discussion has brought to mind several things, namely that anyone at any time is capable of good or bad work, (kinda like your favorite sports team) like a chef you are only as good as your last meal I guess.

What I want to know is where are we 5-10 years from now?

Some owners will be passing their cars on to younger family members and the owner base will become younger as well.

Evans did a bunch of work on Allens car but from the pics he is not getting any younger. Is there a Evans Jr. to take the reins for the next Gen of CT owners? :eusa_think:

I think this especially applies to carb tuners. The guys that have mastered them are not young guys and the modern philosophy of engine management is electronics.Unless you have 2nd gen tuners you will have a base of carbed CT's needing attention that is not being met.(Then maybe the FI cars will be more valuable.)

Its something to think about

Maybe in the future we will be retrofitting the CT's with Hydrogen fusionators and electric motors and it wont matter anyway.

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I think this discussion has brought to mind several things, namely that anyone at any time is capable of good or bad work, (kinda like your favorite sports team) like a chef you are only as good as your last meal I guess.

What I want to know is where are we 5-10 years from now?

Some owners will be passing their cars on to younger family members and the owner base will become younger as well.

Evans did a bunch of work on Allens car but from the pics he is not getting any younger. Is there a Evans Jr. to take the reins for the next Gen of CT owners? :eusa_think:

I think this especially applies to carb tuners. The guys that have mastered them are not young guys and the modern philosophy of engine management is electronics.Unless you have 2nd gen tuners you will have a base of carbed CT's needing attention that is not being met.(Then maybe the FI cars will be more valuable.)

Its something to think about

Maybe in the future we will be retrofitting the CT's with Hydrogen fusionators and electric motors and it wont matter anyway.

I think most of the shops have Apprentices that will take over when the time comes..

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I think this especially applies to carb tuners. The guys that have mastered them are not young guys and the modern philosophy of engine management is electronics.Unless you have 2nd gen tuners you will have a base of carbed CT's needing attention that is not being met.
Bumping thread from the dead.

Practically, that time is already here. Only in the US carb tuners are widely spread, because of overall street performance chevy/ford/mopar culture. In Europe or even further you'd have an extremely hard time finding ones.

The fun things is that I myself can be considered 2nd generation, being 27, I've tuned few cars before and multi-carb 25th countach engine was within 10 first cars I've tuned. There's nothing that much complicated, just need to pay a lot of attention and be gentle with it. You just check the synchronisation and listen to the engine. Then take a ride, check the plugs, and so on. Plus the throttle rod bends of idle and on acceleration in 2 different ways, so you gotta tune that also. I've spent 3 days understanding it, which I consider not much, if you compare thy black magic stuff that surrounds the multi-carb tuner art.

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There are many talented mechanics out there still and many good shops.. and honestly, not all of them have jumped on the "its 10grand just to pull the engine" train.. in fact these cars are not even that difficult to work on - serious engine work/rebuilding is another story as with any high performance engine but the clutch and just about everything else is no biggie.

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