Classiche restoration

Tackling the motoring issues that matter

A YELLOW Ferrari 250 LM instantly catches our attention in the showroom-like workspace, a perfect example of the mid-engined racer that scored the firm’s last Le Mans 24 Hours win in 1965. To one side, a Testarossa belonging to Piero Ferrari – son of Enzo – awaits attention. All around sit neatly arranged new parts and tools, or old engines stripped down, their blackened valves standing to attention on a workbench, throttle bodies topped with metal gauze and arranged like microphones waiting for backing singers.

At the back of the workshops, distinctive silhouettes lie hidden beneath red car covers; the tightly stretched material reduces the gorgeous curves of a Dino and the long, sharkish bonnet of a 250 GT