DEVICE 01
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Piano Restringing Machine
Purpose-built equipment designed to improve control, consistency, and precision during the restringing process.
The build sheet
Engine
3.8-litre flat-six, individual throttle bodies
Power
TENSION
Torque
398 Nm
Dry weight
CONTROL
0–60 mph
PRECISION
Gearbox
6-speed manual, short-shift
Hours logged
3,400 h
The donor arrived from Stuttgart with forty-one years of history, a soft head stud, and an owner brief that ran to a single sentence: build the car it should have been.
Backdated body, forward-dated everything else
The shell was dry-ice stripped to bare metal, seam-welded, and backdated to long-hood proportions with steel panels — no fibreglass anywhere on this build. Under the skin: a 3.8-litre flat-six on individual throttle bodies, coilovers valved for British B-roads, and an unassisted rack that talks constantly.
Status
Currently in final assembly. Paint is complete — a period Signal Red laid over bare metal — and the drivetrain has passed its first dyno session at 372 bhp. Delivery is scheduled following a 500-kilometre shakedown.