GTC4 Part needed

Hello all great minds..
This somehow got cracked. I must be gaining weight or the wife is?
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looks like metal?
so weld or solder

 

Looks to me as though it could equally well be some sort of plastic with a metallised coating.

1. Cough up for a repair by your local friendly Ferrari dealer.
2. You will no longer be able to afford to eat, so you will lose weight.

 

plastic at that time on a ferrari? I doubt

they for sure can not help you - for a reasonable price

 

Good point. I should have read the forum heading more carefully.

 

Moved from Vintage.

Matt

 

(Note: This thread should not have been moved from "Vintage" to "Model Specific / FF/GTC4". This pertains to the original GTC/4--you know, it was a 70's thing.)

There were similar, multiple cracks on my GTC/4 hinge covers (probably from the seat belt buckle getting trapped between the covers and the door). I did part of the repair myself, first sanding away the existing plating on the front and back of the crack and repairing the crack with epoxy. Then I sanded the epoxy smooth, feathered in the remaining plating and sent the covers out to an instrument repair shop for re-plating (about $250). As with most things, I probably did this the hard way, although the results were fine. Perhaps there's a way to strip the original plating instead of spending countless hours feathering it. Also, you could probably get by with spray painting and clear coating instead of re-plating. Or, just send the whole thing out for repair.

Bill

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My apologies.

Returned to Vintage.

Matt

 

I'm glad I'm not the only one to get my GTC4s muddled up.

 

Had the same problem with my C/4 years ago. The piece is plastic. Just do like Bill did or send it out to be re-done. I don't thinbk you broke it sitting on it. They just break over the years, and the mounting tabs don't exactly hold them in place.
Mike

 

what is C/4?

 

One of them furrin cars. Or maybe a truck.

 

Abbreviation for 365 GTC/4

 

Thank you so much for this great information.
I have enrolled the wife in WW now too.
I will try what Bill suggested..

 

The furrin Daytona drives like a truck until about 70 mph. (Also parks like a truck)


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Bill what did you mean by “replated”


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The plastic pieces were originally chrome plated (or some equivalent process, with a satin finish), so by "re-plated" I mean plating them again, presumably by a similar process.

Bill

 

I bought a carbon fibre copy from a guy in UK when mine broke . I had them sprayed chrome by a professional -- but not exactly same but good enough

 

Which OTOH shouldn't be a surprising from a car not designed nor intended for slow speed suburbia commuting/traffic (or freight deliveries).

 

Found a set at Autoepoca for $100..Now I need to find a place that does chroming onto plastic, or a good quality painting for them.
Any ideas of a good place?

 

There are advertisers in Hemmings that "chrome" plastic. 1960s cars used this.

 

well said Timo

 

Article about GTC/4 (and 412) in Octane this month.

 

I believe Paul’s Chrome in Evans City, PA can chrome or nickel plate anything.

Matt

 

There are 3 shops advertising on Hemmings.
I heard back from one so far and they dont do the Plastic Chrome.
Waiting to hear back from the 2 others.
I'm still teaching..