Project Management
Mike Sheehan’s children, Mick and Colleen, wanted to enter their 1930 BMW DA2 in the 53rd Pebble Beach Concours d’ Elegance. Their dad agreed to manage the restoration project for them. While that assignment was purely a labor of love, restoration projects require a love for cars; a reverence for the great marques; knowledge of the industry; contacts with historians, researchers, and automotive artisans of all disciplines; and the ability to “get it done.” Managing the restoration of Mick and Colleen’s BMW DA2 was just one of the many restoration, refurbishment, and conversion projects that Mike has coordinated over the years.
Mike started in the automotive business in 1972 doing restorations. For nearly thirty years he ran one of the largest independent Ferrari service centers in Southern California. His shop was also well known as one of the premier shops for Daytona Spyder conversions. With this background, Mike is well versed in which shops do which jobs well—and which ones don’t.
recent projects
Mike has entered his own cars in concours events, has judged concours events and has prepared other people’s cars for concours events. His latest effort, Mick and Colleen’s BMW, placed third in class at Pebble Beach. If you have a car that you want to prepare for a concours event, Mike can coordinate it for you with some of the finest shops on the planet.
Mike is also an avid race driver in both contemporary races and classic events. If you want to prepare a car for racing, whether it’s the Monterey Historic, the Mille Miglia Historica, a SCCA class event, or one of the numerous vintage racing groups and clubs, Mike can coordinate the effort for you and even help you find the resources to mount a successful campaign. Just getting your car to the Mille Miglia Historica can be an ordeal. Mike has been there—three times, in 1987 with 1951 Ferrari 340 America sn 0082 A, the same car that won the Mille Miglia in 1951 (see Cavallino Vol. 40 for a complete write up on the car—including Mike’s total frame–up restoration of the car in only 110 days), in 1988 with 1957 Ferrari 250 TR sn 0732 TR (see Cavallino Vol. 46 for Mike’s article on the 1988 “race”) and in 1989 with 1954 Ferrari 750 Monza sn 0470 MD.
Do you have a car that you want to restore, a car currently undergoing restoration but the project is out of control, or want to purchase a “project car” to either have restored or to restore yourself with expert guidance? Contact Mike Sheehan—he can help “get it done and done right.”
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