Oil pressure guage photos, please!!!

mdstrib · Post by **mdstrib** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 6:47 pm

Greetings Vintage Owners!

I hope you can help me with my search for a 330 GTC. I'm in NC and tomorrow I will go to Atlanta to look at a silver 330 GTC. The main thing that bugs me about it (so far) is the oil pressure guage is missing from the center of the dash, replaced by a crappy little guage that does not fit.

Does any one have a high resolution photo of a proper oil pressure guage for the GTC or maybe its the same in the 330 GT 2+2? did they fit the same guage to other cars like an Alfa or Lancia or something? I have read this forum for a while and I've been impressed by the depth of knowledge.

Finally, and with out seeing the car yet, I'm a little worried that if you use a crappy little guage where you can see it, what would they do to the internals???? Asking 84.5K at Ferrari of Atlanta....

THANKS!!!! mdstrib

matt · Post by **matt** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 7:36 pm

mdstrib wrote:Greetings Vintage Owners!

I hope you can help me with my search for a 330 GTC. I'm in NC and tomorrow I will go to Atlanta to look at a silver 330 GTC. The main thing that bugs me about it (so far) is the oil pressure guage is missing from the center of the dash, replaced by a crappy little guage that does not fit.

Does any one have a high resolution photo of a proper oil pressure guage for the GTC or maybe its the same in the 330 GT 2+2? did they fit the same guage to other cars like an Alfa or Lancia or something? I have read this forum for a while and I've been impressed by the depth of knowledge.

Finally, and with out seeing the car yet, I'm a little worried that if you use a crappy little guage where you can see it, what would they do to the internals???? Asking 84.5K at Ferrari of Atlanta....

THANKS!!!! mdstrib

Check out www:heritageclassics.com. They have a good dash photo of a 330 for sale. I like the 330GTC, and have been told it is a great driving car. I have noticed that many are for sale right now. Take your time and find a really great one.I would find one that has scored 95 plus within the last couple of years.

mdstrib · Post by **mdstrib** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 7:43 pm

I've got pics of that red one, but the resolution of the guage is not good enough to use as a reference. I previously posted an inquiry on this forum about it, and would love any more feedback on that car. I wouldn't mind flying out there if its a really nice car. Any other leads on good 330GTC would really help! Thanks Matt, mdstrib

matt wrote:
mdstrib wrote:Greetings Vintage Owners!

I hope you can help me with my search for a 330 GTC. I'm in NC and tomorrow I will go to Atlanta to look at a silver 330 GTC. The main thing that bugs me about it (so far) is the oil pressure guage is missing from the center of the dash, replaced by a crappy little guage that does not fit.

Does any one have a high resolution photo of a proper oil pressure guage for the GTC or maybe its the same in the 330 GT 2+2? did they fit the same guage to other cars like an Alfa or Lancia or something? I have read this forum for a while and I've been impressed by the depth of knowledge.

Finally, and with out seeing the car yet, I'm a little worried that if you use a crappy little guage where you can see it, what would they do to the internals???? Asking 84.5K at Ferrari of Atlanta....

THANKS!!!! mdstrib

Check out www:heritageclassics.com. They have a good dash photo of a 330 for sale. I like the 330GTC, and have been told it is a great driving car. I have noticed that many are for sale right now. Take your time and find a really great one.I would find one that has scored 95 plus within the last couple of years.

matt · Post by **matt** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 8:20 pm

I noticed matt degarmo just sold one (degarmoltd.com) and Tom @ autosportdesigns just sold one. I purchased my 275gtb from Tom. I looked for over 2 years for the right car. Tom knew what I wanted and finally I got the call from him.Look at as many as you can,and if you can wait,go to the show in Monterey this summer,hang around the 330s,talk to people and learn.The chase is almost as fun as having it,well almost...Take your time!

mdstrib · Post by **mdstrib** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 9:03 pm

See, thats my problem! This past fall there were 5 to 7 for sale at a time, but now that I'M looking, well, NOW they have all been sold!! Probably the price will double as well! I like the idea about Monterey, do you know when the event will take place? Thanks Matt! mdstrib

Yale · Post by **Yale** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 11:04 pm

Just as a matter of warning, the "perfect car" I bought in Holland from some crooks called VSOC had an oil pressure guage that wavered wildly. When asked about this I was told, "What do you expect from an old Ferrari guage." Though I had the car checked out in Holland, when I got it back to the US it was apperant that the oil pressure had been jiggered to show a higher reading. I should have taken as a sign the fact that the oil pressure guage was the one guage on the car that wasn't doing it's thing perfectly well. Yup looow oil pressure. Engine work. Kaching.

Best, Yale

John Vardanian · Post by **John Vardanian** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 12:50 am

Matt,

Did you end up buying the red shortnose? If I'm not mistaken, I met you at Fantasy Junction about a year ago. There was a yellow shortnose there at the time we were discussing.

John Vardanian

Post by **330GT** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 12:53 am

This isn't a real good picture, but perhaps good enough. These gauges are on my Series II 330 GT, made during the same time as GTCs were. So I would expect that the gauges would be identical.

Regards, Kerry

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 1:16 am

Sorry, but the above gauge is not the same as that in the 330GTC. Now, if someone could teach me to attach a photo to my postings.....
Jim

matt · Post by **matt** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 1:23 am

I can understand your frustrations. I lived it. I ended up buying a car for much more then when I first started looking. What you need to realize is unless you are able to do the mechanicals on the car yourself, you could easily spend 35k for an engine rebuild,12k for suspension and brakes,and many more thousands for replacing gas lines,and other mechanicals. These are old cars. Restoring it is expensive. Dealers may say it has been restored within the last 10 years but what does that mean? All these cars need something.Before you get yourself into it deep do as much research as you can. The Monterey show (Concorso Italiano)is Aug 13,and the following Tues in the ferrariclub of america National meet. Go to the shows,follow the judges around the cars,listen to what they are saying. Talk to the owners and learn about the cars. It will be time and money well spent. The prices on the 330gtc are stable at this point in my opinion. The more you know about the cars BEFORE you buy the better. If you havent already you shoud subscribe to Cavallino magazine,ferrari market letter,and sports car market.

Joel Benatar · Post by **Joel Benatar** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 2:27 am

Hi

Hope I can help you out. I am posting a link to my 330 GTC. You should be able to see some dash pictures. If you need anything else let me know

http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/jbenatar@pacbell.net

Joel

mdstrib · Post by **mdstrib** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 7:46 am

330GT wrote:This isn't a real good picture, but perhaps good enough. These gauges are on my Series II 330 GT, made during the same time as GTCs were. So I would expect that the gauges would be identical.

Regards, Kerry

Kerry, thanks for the kind post, but the guage, at least the surround appears different. thanks! michael stribling

mdstrib · Post by **mdstrib** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 7:47 am

Joel Benatar wrote:Hi

Hope I can help you out. I am posting a link to my 330 GTC. You should be able to see some dash pictures. If you need anything else let me know

http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/jbenatar@pacbell.net

Joel

Joel, Great pics, and plent of them. I have been looking at you site for awhile already! thanks! michael stribling

Post by **tyang** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 8:32 am

Hi Jim,

You need to have servr space to attach a picture to your post, or you can attach a link to your pictures like Joel did. Your ISP usually provides a certain amount of disk space so you can create a website, and this is where you upload your pictures. Once there, you direct a link in your message on this forum. If any of this sounds vaguely familier, I may be able to help.

Tom

Tom Wilson · Post by **Tom Wilson** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 1:01 pm

Tom - I recently figured out how to upload photos into my website and put a link in my messages, but how do you make the photo appear in the message?

www.tomyang.net

Oil pressure guage photos, please!!!

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