I’m down to the little details to prep a green 330GTC for Cavallino in January. These Pirelli heater hose stickers are not required for the shows, or add any points, but it’s a little detail that’s nice to have on a car.

There were different labels on these cars, and they were either paper stickers, or rubber stickers that were vulcanized to the hose like this one I found on an original unrestored GTE.

The stickers you can buy are made of a rubber material, they don’t really have a sticky backing, so I glue mine in place with a combination of silicone and cyanoacrylate glue, securing it with string until the glue sets.

SInce I had an order in at Kilimanjaro Designs for my sticker, I ordered a ZF steering box tag. This is a potential deduction as it goes on a hole at the bottom of one of the bolts securing the steering box together. It’s a tamper tag to let people know the steering box was sealed at the factory.

I noticed the windshield gasket was not sitting flat against the fame of the car, and although it was installed properly, there was a slight gap between the gasket and the window frame on the driver’s side windshield. Putting pressure down to let glue dry overnight was a challenge, but I manged to install these c-clamps and flexible steel ruler to do the job overnight. Another little detail fixed!

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