Mystery part

Post by **330GT** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:17 pm

Tom hasn't posted a mystery part lately. I found this one on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/FERRARI-250-330-Abd ... dZViewItem

The literal translation using AltaVista:
Cover for?? 17 cm highly, 32 cm long (above), 26 cm down Chrome framework, inside aluminum sheet metal glued on steel sheet.

The aluminum looks to have the same pattern as the lower door panels on 330 GTs.

Michael Bayer · Post by **Michael Bayer** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:38 pm

Retired guys are disallowed

Post by **tyang** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:56 pm

Tom S. got it right.

The rare piece is the little chromed sheet metal cover over the hole. It trims out the access hole for cars with electric windows. Most cars are missing this piece.

A close replacement for this panel comes from a '57 Chevy Belaire exterior side panel. Danchuk in CA. had a part number for us if you need raw, uncut panels.

More information than anyone needed!

Tom Y.

El Wayne · Post by **El Wayne** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:38 pm

Can be seen here: http://www.ferraris-online.com/pages/im ... mgnum=P034

Tom Wilson · Post by **Tom Wilson** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:13 am

Here is a rougher, but possibly more informative version:

<a href="http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m290 ... -Large.jpg" class="postlink"><img src="http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m290 ... -Small.jpg" border="6"></a>
(click on photo to enlarge)

365gtc/4 · Post by **365gtc/4** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:02 am

You guys have way tooooo much time on your hands but this stuff is still real fun to read.
John

Rudy van Daalen Wetters · Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:16 pm

Tom,

I see the air outlet grill matches your interior. Is the interior original? Was the grill painted red at the factory? My car has a black and a beige grill so I'm not sure what is correct. Interior color is tobacco.

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

Post by **tyang** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:48 pm

Hi Rudy,

As far as I know, the grilles are supposed to match the leather. Mine matched the orignal color of my interior.

Tom (Y)

Tom Wilson · Post by **Tom Wilson** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:10 pm

Is the interior original? Was the grill painted red at the factory?

I believe it is original. The previous owners did very little work on the interior of the car that didn't involve duct tape (see door arm rest).

You guys have way tooooo much time on your hands but this stuff is still real fun to read.

Actually, most of us don't have much spare time because it is filled by figuring this stuff out! In this particular case, we spent a lot of time on this piece when we used members of this site to reproduce the background piece. It was a fun project. We should do something like that again.

Post by **tyang** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:57 pm

Actually, most of us don't have much spare time because it is filled by figuring this stuff out! In this particular case, we spent a lot of time on this piece when we used members of this site to reproduce the background piece. It was a fun project. We should do something like that again.

It's interesting you said that. I met Paul Hill of Hill engineering in the U.K. when I was at Cavallino. He manufactures many newer Ferrari parts for Ricambi America but is open to ideas for the Vintage cars. I'm not sure if the exchange rate is to our favor, but if anyone has anything they think we should make, we should discuss a bulk order.

Tom