Man spends nine months restoring Ferrari daily driver then it turns into a disaster and he's contemplating starting again

This man spent nine months restoring a Ferrari 360 daily driver, but when it turned into a disaster, he contemplated restarting.

Ratarossa had done it all when it came to fixing up this Ferrari 360 – a full strip, a repaint, an interior retrim, and a brake overhaul.

Despite all that hard work, a major issue had arisen.

And it’d left him considering whether he needed to start from scratch.

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Why a Ferrari restoration had turned into a nightmare for this YouTuber

There’d been a lot of work put into this 360, but one problem had thrown a spanner in the works.

The vinyl stripe had shrunk, forming sharp ridges along the body of the car.

It’d began at the front, but had spread to the roof as well.

The body shop had initially applied the stripe without slip solution and had to reposition it multiple times, which may have compromised adhesion.

“I’m just so gutted,” Ratarossa said.

“We did nine months of painstaking work to get this car looking amazing.

“And now…to see it like this…it’s getting worse.

“In my head, to put this right is not easy.”

And as if that all didn’t sound bad enough, other issues had been cropping up.

Paint flaws had begun surfacing on other parts of the Ferrari – dry spots, and bubbling.

Repairing the stripe wouldn’t be easy, as it’d likely require removing and redoing more than two-thirds of the exterior panels.

It doesn’t sound like a quick and easy job, does it?

Car restorations don’t always run so smoothly

Fixing up a car isn’t always smooth sailing, regardless of how many success stories we see online.

For one amateur mechanic, he needed to call up experts for help after his Ferrari 308 went up in smoke.

But then there are times it can work out – as this man can testify to with his Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale.

It’s a backbreaking process and can really test the skills of whoever is working on the car, which became clear for Sam Hard when he worked on a fire damaged Ford Mustang.

To see Ratarossa taking stock of his Ferrari rebuild, head over to his YouTube channel.

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