For my international subscribers, 'the Full S.P.' is a British phrase, meaning the lowdown, the full story. Apparently it has its origins in horse racing, where it stands for the starting price.
Anyway, this video covers the background of the red car we are going to use in Italy. It was done by Suzie's Dad, Stephen, a Ferrari fanatic, who owned and cherished original Ferrari California Spyders (both SWB and LWB) back when they weren't astronomically expensive and you could actually use and enjoy them. Given he'd owned numerous Colombo engined Ferraris since the 1970s, he knew that the chassis and running gear of a 250 GT Pininfarina Coupe was the same as that on a LWB Cal Spyder. With this in mind and making use of his experience of refreshing the original cars, he decided that rather than restoring a very 'tired' Ferrari 250 PF Coupe from 1960 (see photos) to its former glory, he'd rebody it as a Cal Spyder. Some purists may see this as sacrilege - others will agree the end result is a very attractive and usable 250 GT.
Photo credits : Pilkington family, James Mann
