When called to choose the correct approach to the preservation/restoration method, everything was weighed. We had as a starting point a complete car, with its original engine, all body parts marked with its Bertone internal number #259. All chrome, moving panels, main parts were marked with this number.
Once the interior was disassembled it could also be read on the original upholster cardboards 259 blu (Italian for blue), testifying that it internal original colour was blue with grey as per the archivio Bertone colour chart. So we went to the market to find fabrics, paint, and some panels that could replace some beyond restoration parts. All the marked was turned upside down, from Italy to Germany, from Spain to the UK. That’s when we were confronted that restoring a hand made car can be a huge challenge if the goal is to do it well done! The fabrics found in the market were, apart from different from the original, with lower and questionable quality, and steel panels were inexistant. The chromed was the best part, since we had it all the were just treated and chromed again in one of Europe’s best workshops. For the panels…the only option was to redo them again, after building wooden models to work on…as for the fabric…well…
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