Another 250 GTE for sale....

sam231 · Post by **sam231** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 1:43 pm

For those looking:http://www.vintagemotorssarasota.com

afwrench · Post by **afwrench** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 1:56 pm

I would not pretend to know what was or was not available on these cars from the factory but the wood on that dash does nothing for me? Mike

T308 · Post by **T308** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 6:12 pm

afwrench wrote:I would not pretend to know what was or was not available on these cars from the factory but the wood on that dash does nothing for me? Mike

Nor does the NART badge on the trunk for me....

T308

Rudy van Daalen Wetters · Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:52 pm

Yikes on that dash. An instant turn off. Ciao, baby.

Rudy van Daalen Wetters
1963 GTE s/n 4001
1966 330 GT s/n 8705

zac · Post by **zac** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 10:27 pm

90K for a nothing special GTE wow!!!!

I especialy like the picture of him washing the car in the backyard

Zac

Tom Wilson · Post by **Tom Wilson** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:40 pm

Looks to me like it sold today.

Post by **330GT** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:58 am

zac wrote:90K for a nothing special GTE wow!!!!

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Zac

Ah, but the partial toolkit makes it worth it!

Art S. · Post by **Art S.** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:30 am

I want the headlights!

Actually, Was the was the wood dash factory special order or a later addition? The reason I'm wodering is because of Kerry's PF.

Regards,

Art S.

Tom Wilson · Post by **Tom Wilson** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:38 pm

My mistake. If you scroll down the list on the main page, you find the 1962 GTE that this thread is talking about. However, if you hit the word "Ferrari" on the left side, it takes you to a page which shows a Black on Black 1963 GTE which is stamped "Sold". Stick to the main list.

kare · Post by **kare** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:25 pm

Art S. wrote:I want the headlights!

Actually, Was the was the wood dash factory special order or a later addition? The reason I'm wodering is because of Kerry's PF.

There were few PF Coupes built with wooden dash, but here I would vote for later addition. Never heard of a GT/E with a special dash (except for Alan Boe's experimental Series II dash with vertical positioned heater levers).

These are the same Ampliluxes that I have. I recently located a NOS set, but unfortunately they were for Volvo 164 (different fixtures).

Best wishes, Kare

Art S. · Post by **Art S.** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 12:41 pm

Kare,

I saw a Volvo set on ebay. I held off because I was worried they would not fit. By the way, are the euro spec and us spec "7 inch" headlights different sizes? Someone told me that Euro is 180mm and US is 170mm.

Does anyone know this type of detail?

Regards,

Art S.

kare · Post by **kare** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 9:43 am

I recently saw American (GE) headlights on a GTE and it is possible that they were slightly smaller than the Marchals I have on my car.

I have seen Marchal Equilux/Amplilux headlights with three different fixtures and I don't think the incorrect types can easily be fitted to Ferrari.

Ferrari has flat fixtures at 4,6,8 and 12 o'clock. There is also a variant hook shaped fixture at 6 o'clock (see: http://tinyurl.com/rjlc5). This type will not fall out if the upper fixture fails. They were used on many European autos of the time and sick prices on eBay once again reflect the Ferrari connection. These lights do not necessarily cost a fortune on European swap meets.

Volvo lights I've seen have ears with 90 degree angle. I don't know exactly how they are attached to a car.

Then there are lights with three simple, step shaped ears. These lights seem to have been very common in Europe. I think these lights are snapped solid into the light bucket and adjustment is built into the light bucket inside car.

It might be possible to modify lights by removing wrong fixtures and glueing in flat connectors. Superglues of today might work very well indeed (I think welding would destroy the unit).

Best wishes, Kare