The assembly of the 250GTE I have at my shop continues. I’m trying my best to make forward progress on a car that arrived at my shop missing a bunch of parts, and what slows things down, is every time I move forward, I’m thwarted by another missing part!

Moving onto the fuel system on this car, I noticed I was missing the fuel pressure regulator that normally mounts on the fender in these three holes.

I was very fortunate to have Tom Shaughnessy stop by my shop the other day when I asked if he had this part in his vast pile of parts. When I say “pile,” I’m not exaggerating. Tom has been collecting parts for over 30 years and has amassed a huge collection of parts for VIntage Ferraris, but sometimes locating these parts that he has stored across both coasts in the United States can be a challenge. Luck would have it, Shaughnessy knew exactly where one of these units were and could put his hands on it, put it in a pouch, and ship it the next time he was at his warehouse.

Unfortunately, I was still missing the bracket that held the regulator in place, but I had one at my shop that I could copy.

Sorry about the blurry picture, but I fabricated a new one for the GTE and got another small step in completing this car!