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by kare
Fri May 02, 2003 3:25 am
Forum: Vintage Ferraris
Topic: Deciphering the "Destination" listing
Replies: 3
Views: 5084

Hi Mike - been a few years since we last had contact! Many names were copied from hand written lists; in some cases handwriting is very unclear + copies have faded and so there are many "best guesses" among listed names. After looking at quite a few such lists I dare to suggest that "Brodesca" might...
by kare
Fri Mar 28, 2003 2:36 pm
Forum: Vintage Ferraris
Topic: heritage certificate formatting, again...
Replies: 8
Views: 8798

Grigio argento

Grigio Argento 20265A by Italver is the basic silver color used by ferrari at this time (towards mid 60's). I think "A" stands for acrylic paint, which were introduced around 1960 or so.

Best wishes, Kare
by kare
Thu Mar 27, 2003 11:56 pm
Forum: Vintage Ferraris
Topic: heritage certificate formatting, again...
Replies: 8
Views: 8798

Numbers

Are you sure you have located correct numbers on your gearbox and rear end? The gearbox number is located on the topside of the gearbox, I haven't looked for the rear end number on our car yet so I don't know where that might be. For your car I would expect something around 250 for both components w...
by kare
Sat Mar 01, 2003 6:18 am
Forum: Vintage Ferraris
Topic: original Lusso color
Replies: 11
Views: 12220

Grigio Argento Italver 18940M was a silver paint color used by Ferrari in around 1962; I have notes of 3 S.2 Cabriolets being painted using this color. VM3015 is Connolly color code for blue leather (=pelle) commonly used by Ferrari in the 60's. Lusso chassis, gearbox and rear axle all used designat...
by kare
Sun Jan 26, 2003 5:18 pm
Forum: Vintage Ferraris
Topic: Ferrari Owners' Site
Replies: 5
Views: 7052

Partial explanation (+lot of rambling...)

In my understanding Enzo was neither involved in, nor much cared for politics, which may be one of the reasons why he was able to successfully run a business after the war. Having a "clean" background may also be the reason which enabled him to use of honory title "Il Commendatore", which according ...
by kare
Mon Sep 23, 2002 7:41 am
Forum: Vintage Ferraris
Topic: Lead substitute for Daytona
Replies: 13
Views: 13515

Unleaded & valves

[quote="tyang"] >Hi Kare, >I'd be curoius to see if the roasted valves on that FIAT were directly >related to unleaded fuel. In this case I think I'm quite safe saying yes. Clear valve recession in all exhaust valves can - AFAIK - only occur with "old school" valve/seat material combination when the...
by kare
Sun Sep 22, 2002 12:40 pm
Forum: Vintage Ferraris
Topic: Lead substitute for Daytona
Replies: 13
Views: 13515

[quote="Yale"] >After getting sick and tired of adding lead to his fleet of older, mostly >British cars, he stopped and then realized, 12 years later, that no >untoward things had happened to their motors. In many cases it can be very hard to determine, whether the valve seats and/or guides tolerate...