I'll be honest here, I had only seen photos of #3283 before the car arrived in my garage. I'll admit to being intoxicated by the notion of limited production car with so few miles on it. Not be critical of previous ownership, but this car was deserving of better care and stewardship. You've all heard the old saw that 'we don't own interesting cars...we are merely caretakers for the next owner'. I believe that to be my role with #3283, except my caretaking was taken to an extreme.

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With 'no stone unturned' as my guidance, I sought to address every system, mechanical and cosmetic, in an attempt to recreate the illusion of it being as it was delivered to Dr. Gladney in 1976.  So, I dove deep into the project looking for areas where time and neglect had taken their toll.

                                                                                                                                                                                                              For example, the gas pedal assembly;                                                    would you ever see it?...not likely. Should it be correct in

appearance should  someone crawl                                                        under the dash and look there?   Of course it should be presented correctly, which involved                                                        removal, cleaning, bead-blasting each part, primering with a self-etching primer, and a final                                                     finish of the correct hue.  Likely, no one will ever see it, but those reading know it's there and                                                    for a small assembly, it's correct.

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You can buy a few reproduction batteries that are period correct, but can you buy a Delco Freedom blue-top battery? We tried to cajole a manufacturer to come along to no avail. Well then, I'll make my own Freedom using a current-spec battery shorn of decals, painted, and decaled atop 2 plastic squares affixed to the top of the battery to replicate the Freedom.  From 2 feet away, this certainly passes the test! Including the 'simulated' green eye.

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How about a correct AC PF-25 oil filter?  AC offers a reproduction white filter, which is correct for the '75 Cosworth, but a blue filter is not amongst their offerings. Back to the PC and creation of a period-correct AC decal printed on a special polyester paper for ink-jet printers (www.papilio.com) and applied to a refinished filter in the correct shade of blue. Done! 

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There are countless other measures and efforts taken with #3283 to ensure that it is correct in every way possible with a few noted exceptions. Here's a few more shot

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Perhaps one of the finest Cosworth Vega's available in the market?  I'll allow you to be the judge.

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Thanks for spending time on the site!

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