get my fix from You Tube there is a guy who specialises in ground up restoration of E31 BMW's among other cars and in the past I had one. 1993 V12 850i. I just love a cruiser and it is my favourite car ever.
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Brilliant channel - the Alpina B7 restoration was extremely satisfying especially when Andreas Bovenseipen drives it again. That car was extremely gone and now is beautiful again and runs beautifully.
I agree with you, E31 8 series V12 is great, very timeless car and a lovely big smooth V12. Those are just effortless engines. I would love the Alpina B12 5.7 version of it. Also listen to the M73 5.4L in the 750L7 - it is just turbine smooth, the gearshifts also the same.
The Quattroporte GTS restoration looks interesting as well, partly because I see an identical car daily near my office, though it is very pristine. I had not realised the Ferrari F154AM engine used a lot of shared parts with the Alfa Romeo 2.9L V6 - that’s quite useful. It appears Ferrari designed a very solid engine there.
Another channel I watch did a restoration of a Monegasque Ferrari F355 GTS, also very interesting because the F355 is another of my old favourites, though I prefer the closed top cars with standard exhausts.
Edit: iPhone auto incorrect is annoying.
The Chevrolet Corvette is an astonishing car, really is. I'd love to have one. But I do think you are pushing it with this whole Italian spirit thing. And by doing that bringing down what is a fantastic car on its own.
I also think Chrevrolet is pushing the connection a bit too much. They don’t need to. And besides Ferrari has moved on so much. Yes the 458 was a brilliant thing with an amazing engine but look now at the 296 model, that is incredible- so accomplished and well sorted. That car also has a very interesting engine layout which seems to have been built with racing in mind, 120° V6 engines aren’t the usual find on road legal cars.