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About 2 years ago, I requested and got a build sheet from the Factory for my 1969 365 GT 2+2, after several weeks of email chases. When I finally got it, it was worthless. Four pages, poorly scanned, with all of the boilerplate illegible and most of the blanks not filled in. They were apparently sca...

All cleaned up, the seats look good, although the leather is certainmly very tired - next question is of course, what is good to maintain the aging leather? Last fall, I spent a week stripping (with lacquer thinner), conditioning, filling some cracks, and re-dying my 365GT 2+2 leather (all of it) t...

Over the 30 years that I've had my 365 GT 2+2, I've tried just about every possible combination of gaskets and silicone sealant. I got sick of seeing the prices become ridiculous so I now make my own gaskets with good results. I buy Victor Reinz JV101 Victolex sheet from the auto parts store (18" x ...

Tom, if you are talking about the lash adjusting screw with a flattened ball in a socket in one end, I have them in my 365 GT 2+2. I've been running them since my engine restoration (completed 1997), which is about 3,000 km (2,000 mi). I have mixed feelings about them. First, I believe that they red...

When I bought my Euro Model 365 GT 2+2 (S/N 12293) in 1985 after it was imported from Italy in 1984, it had GE sealed beam headlamps. However, I also received with the car, two NAPA boxes (for the GE 6014 headlamps) with what I assume are the original or near-original Euro headlamps inside. I never ...

Fascinating stuff, heat shields. No, I don't get out much either. That's a really excellent write-up. Thanks a lot. You are right, the 365 heat shields are really different, especially in the area of the spark plug scallops. They will be even harder to make because they are recessed before scallopin...

This is a great forum - it's more technical than the other fora - I love it and just registered. Earlier in this thread, bluecat 49 mentioned header heat shields and Tom, you said in 2000 or 2001 that you would have to make some if you wanted them for your restoration (I just reviewed the archives b...