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I think I can answer this question now. After some research I am pretty sure that these door straps have been nitrated to harden the surface. This would explain the dark grey, close to black appearance in those areas where the metal didn’t rub. Maybe this information might be useful for some other r...

Hi, Does anybody know how the factory sealed the air duct hoses sticking through the fire wall in a 250 GTE? I couldn’t find any traces of a kind of seal, neither rubber nor any kind of a liquid sealing compound. It’s hard to believe that the air duct hoses were left without any seal as this would l...

I am working on the door straps. The genuine design isn’t really made good. This is one of the few parts that I will replace by a better solution as it is out of sight and needs good functionality. The back plate presses on a little rubber and we made a little cage that holds the rubber in shape and...

Hi, my GTE has 5 air flaps in total. Two of these with the smaller diameter are sitting right in the dash and are controlled by a turn-knob under the dash - all good with that. The other 3 with the larger diameter are for the (!) air flow in the foot area left (sitting on the firewall in the engine ...

Hello Steve, I made the same experience with the Kilimandjaro Fuel Filter decal. The reason why it doesn´t work with water is that it is a self adhesive sticker that must be peeled of by hand from the paper - it is no water slide. But even then, it is poor quality. The fuel filter housing is not a s...

Thank you Tom! Do you have pictures of an radiator pan one that I could use for a template?

The anterior undercarriage protection plate under the cooler of my GTE looks somehow strange to me. The thickness of the steel plate is thinner than other loose metal parts of the car and the linkage to the middle of the lower anterior body (below the grill) also doesn’t look too original to me. Doe...

The chromed escutcheons for the bumpers of my GTE werde heavily deformed and used originals were expensive and not in perfect condition either. I decided to have new ones produced from brass, matching the original dimensions. The cut outs of the originals always seemed unnecessary large to me and ma...

Thank you very much!

Hi, does anybody know where to get these cable ties?

I wasn´t happy with the available sticker too and thought about using a stencil first, but the letters are so fine that I wasn´t sure whether this would work. Finally I tried to replicate the yellow label with a stamp. The alloy canister is not perfectly round which makes it difficult to roll the st...

I made the same experience when mounting the rubber part 45 and consider parts 46 and 47 as useless too. I just wanted to make sure there is nothing missing and my car meets factory standard. As nobody I talked to ever saw these parts in real I conclude that the factory came to the same conclusion a...

Thank you for this hint, I will follow your advice and try that. Best regards, Martin

Ok, understood, thank you Tom. What about part Nr. 46 and 47 in this tavola of the 330 catalog? Does the 250 GTE have these? At least these are missing in my car?!

I must define the areas for the undercoating now and ask for your help please. My research brought me to this conclusion: a) wheel housings (inner fenders) b) floor panels up to the aluminium trim/strip left and right c) kardan tunnel (both, the fixed metal part and the removable aluminium part) d) ...