VenduettoProject 01
Venduetto in the dark
Vendetta  +  Duetto

Venduetto

A 1750 Duetto Spider, rebuilt as something that cannot be bought.

Donor
1750 Duetto
Colour
Rosso Cordoba
Status
Teardown
BuildFull custom
CockpitOne seat
PanelsCarbon, in-house
NowTeardown
01Why the vendetta

Fifteen kilometres in, the steering box caught fire.

I bought the Duetto in 2023. Fifteen kilometres later it was on fire, so I handed it to a self-declared expert in Achterveld for a proper restoration.

A six-figure bill later the car lay in pieces on his floor with no end in sight anywhere.

I collected it in boxes and took the build into my own hands. That is where the name comes from — a vendetta, carried out in carbon.

It is not going back to standard. It is being rebuilt as a single-seat, Rosso Cordoba interpretation of the round-tail Duetto.

The rule

Every new part is designed and made at Tornante Studio. Nothing outsourced, nothing watered down, no deadline that belongs to somebody else.

02The numbers

Specification, as it stands today.

Base1750 Duetto Spider
EngineAlfa twin cam, 4 in line
Displacement1779 cc108 cu in
PowerTBD
Gearbox5-speed manual
ColourFerrari Rosso Cordoba
AccentsGM Zeus
Hot partsCerakote Burnt Bronze
Body panelsCarbon / steel
SeatsOne, carbon shell
Wheelbase2250 mm7' 5"
Length4250 mm13' 11"
Width1630 mm5' 4"
Dry weight (target)< 900 kg< 1985 lbs
WheelsTBD
BrakesDiscs, four wheels

TBD — not fixed yet. This table updates as the build does.

03Studio parts

Everything new on this car, we make ourselves.

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Custom carbon bucket seat

01

One seat, laid up in-house and shaped around the driver. Fixed-back, no rails to hide.

Custom fender mirror

02

A single mirror far forward on the wing, machined to match the car’s hardware family.

Carbon fibre front lip

03

Drawn against the scanned nose, so it follows the Pininfarina line instead of fighting it.

Rear seat delete

04

The bench goes; one carbon panel takes its place. Weight out, clean deck behind the driver.

Helmet Shell

05

Our own studio project, going into a car for the first time — the anchor of the cockpit.

Finish

Ferrari Rosso Cordoba over GM Zeus accents. Everything that gets hot goes out in Cerakote Burnt Bronze.

05Clips

Shot vertically, straight from the bench.

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06Build log

From boxes to first drive.

Updated monthly

Sep 2026In progress

Teardown & 3D scan

Bare shell scanned, so every new part is designed against real geometry instead of guesswork.

Aug 2026Done

Venduetto begins

The build goes public: name, logo, direction. Not a restoration — a full custom on the round-tail Duetto.

Oct 2026Planned

Cockpit

First carbon bucket shell laid up; rear seat delete panel and Helmet Shell mount designed around the bulkhead.

Nov 2026Planned

Body

Moulds for the carbon front lip and fender mirror. First dry fit on the shell.

Dec 2026Planned

Paint & finishing

Rosso Cordoba goes on. Hot parts out for Cerakote Burnt Bronze.

2023 — 2026Done

The restoration that never ended

Six figures spent, the car fully apart, no finish line in sight. I collected it in boxes and stopped outsourcing.

2023Done

Bought, then burnt

Fifteen kilometres after buying the Duetto the steering box caught fire.

The workshop behind it

Tornante Studio

An automotive design studio. We design and build parts for cars that were never meant to have them — carbon lay-up, CNC work and finishing under one roof. That is the only reason the Venduetto can be built this way.

Every part on this car is a studio part. The ones that earn it end up in the catalogue.

Visit the studio

Follow it from moulds to first drive.

One mail per milestone. Photos, drawings, and what went wrong.

Or mail directly: hello@tornante.studio