Some pics from his restoration shop last weekend. Enjoy.

Very Cool!

How does he have time to play with Ducs?

Nice work collection.

mitt

That Porsche Spider is fantastic. Even has the James Dean stripes on the rear bonnet.

neato.

I am SO in the wrong business. Mark, hire me. 

All this time I've done engineering for a living and restorations and fabrication as hobbies. I need to switch.... 

>> I am SO in the wrong business. Mark, hire me. 

Always looking for very qualified applicants for:

a) Fabrication Specialist -- mastery of TIG and gas aluminum welding.  Forming of aluminum coachwork via english wheel, pullmax, power hammer or via hand methods of forming.  Chassis building and construction as required.  No travel required.

b) Racecar Technicians -- maintain, support and repair vintage racecars and/or restoration projects as required.  Background in IMSA, IRL, CART or F1 mandatory plus an interest in vintage automobile racing.  Regular travel required nationally / internationally.  Multi-lingual skills is a bonus.

note: the restoration shop isn't "mine".  I've worked there in the past over the past 20 years and some of my skills were honed there.  I'm still involved on a regular basis for customer "special projects" as required.  Also the shop handles overflow or "manufactured" projects for myself due to my time limitations at MotoCreations or design work I do for others. 

note 2: one would be amazed by the number of Ducati's within our garages who are involved with the shop.  And there have been numerous vintage Ducati's that have come through the shop getting chassis repaired or restored vintage bodywork and components.

note 3: CNC machine shop next door is used to prototype some of the new MotoCreations products upcoming.  Carbonfiber shop adjacent is used as well.  Great place and lots of resources from people that I've known for 20+ years and trust. 

note 4: what you in the pictures is just a small subset of what is worked on.  Latest highlight was the complete restoration of the 2008 Pebble Beach "Best of Show" winning Alfa Romeo 8C2900 coupe for a Northwest enthusiast.

There's at least $15 million worth of cars in those pictures. 

One of my teachers, re-educating myself into a massage therapist and personal trainer, told me to "fake it 'til you make it". So, I'll say I meet all your requirements and start next week. If my skills turn out to be lacking after all, I'll rub your sore neck/shoulders for as long as it takes to buy me a return ticket to the land of thunder and cold winters

As always, I admire knowledge and the people who, for any reason, has the discipline to acquire it 

Thanks for posting Mark - you're a great inspiration!

 Very cool stuff!!

I'm sure if I had time too knock the dust off of my welding skills I could hammer out a fender or two.

That C-type Jaguar is bad-ass, but what is the yellow thing stickin' it's butt out?

Green car is something much more interesting -- 1957 Aston Martin DBR2/2

Ferrari is a 250TDF (Tour de France) -- 14 louvre window -- ex-Mille Miglia

blue w/yellow frame -- ERA 1.5L "Romulus" of Prince Bira of Siam.  Stunning car.  If you saw the dash and the race history of this racecar, it literally gives one goosebumps.  It belonged to the royal family until recently -- ie: one owner car.  It won its class at Pebble Beach this year and ran great until a small camshaft lubrication problem stopped it recently.  It will be vintaged raced with enthusiasm by the current owner.  One could literally spend an hour looking at the small details of how this was built... it is cool.

F1 car?  ex-Schumacher Ferrari that he had two wins in.  Insanely fast and incredibly complex to put it mildly.  Unfortunately it was crashed when a guest driver made a mistake while driving it -- thus it is getting repaired.

The other cars?  Bugatti T59 in the background.  512S Ferrari.   Porsche 550.  Lotus 11.  DWK w/wankel engine. Various IndyCar chassis. Frontenac powered Sprinter. Ferrari 250 Spyder.  TR59 "replica" with a new 250GTO engine.

The good stuff -- we put it away incase of damage incurring as part of an "open house" -- fingerprints, camera dings, etc are common.  Typically there are other cars about ala 250GTO's, P3 Alfa's, 250LM, 375MM's, and 8C2300/8C2900's.  Outside there are two giant transporters that most raceteams would envy.  Also a few other cars were hidden away due to upcoming restorations or the owners not wanting it displayed as well.

My favorite part though is the tools!  Welders, Scott power hammer, english wheels, lathes, mills, surface grinders, pullmax, chassis dyno, rotary punches, planishing hammers, chassis alignment tables, jigging tables and tons of other incredible tools to build things with!  Most people don't notice this stuff at first.

"Most people don't notice this stuff at first"


I didn't notice it first, but the background is interesting as well...

I love old race cars, and those are amazing. 

blue w/yellow frame -- ERA 1.5L "Romulus" of Prince Bira of Siam.  Stunning car.  If you saw the dash and the race history of this racecar, it literally gives one goosebumps.  It belonged to the royal family until recently -- ie: one owner car.  It won its class at Pebble Beach this year and ran great until a small camshaft lubrication problem stopped it recently.  It will be vintaged raced with enthusiasm by the current owner.  One could literally spend an hour looking at the small details of how this was built... it is cool.

Here's a picture of the dash.

Mark:

Is Hudson Historics in your race class?