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  1. Fort Worth 360

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  2. nerofer

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    What car, what year, what market (U.S Version I suppose?).
    The bulb box seems to be the one with the green "Rotor" top half; do you confirm?
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  3. greyboxer

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    The contents list is usually either in the parts manual or the owners manual - and some models do have empty spaces
     
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  6. nerofer

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    Well...that one is indeed for a 328/Mondial 3,2, but would not be valid for a US car, which had sealed beams, so no spare head light bulb in the middle cradle: there should be a spare spark plug instead.

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  7. Fort Worth 360

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    Sorry for omitting the important tidbit. 85 US 308gts qv


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  8. Fort Worth 360

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    Oops. And yes green top


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  9. nerofer

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    My educated GUESS (American owners of US 308 QV please chime in!) is that you are actually only missing one fuse, in the "5 o'clock" position on your third pic (bottom, at right; the one where the box is seen from straight above).
    Nothing is actually stowed in the large empty pot (circle) at 6 o'clock, behind the cradle, because on "euro" cars this cradle is supposed to hold a replacement bulb for the headlights, which US bulb boxes do not have as these cars had sealed beams; usually (not always?) a spare spark plug was stowed in that cradle, making it impossible due to its size to stow anything in said emplacement (see the pic of the 328/Mondial 3,2 posted by "VetroresinaNL": the replacement bulb - it is an "euro" bulb box - hinders any stowage in the circles under. For the same reason, the one empty pot (circle) at 1 o'clock was probably left empty also.
    Anyone knowing better please feel free to correct me...
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    Some late 328s have an extra molded part to accommodate the blade fuses and did away with the foam. That was likely pretty far down the priority list as it took 3 years to get around to it!
     
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    Spark plugs were in the jack bag, not in the bulb-fuse box

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    Correct.
     
  16. nerofer

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    Alberto, read my post again: I didn't say that the spark plugs were not in the jack bag...
    What I say is that the US cars have a different electric system for the headlights, that is closed beams.
    So the US cars have bulb boxes which doesn't have a spare bulb in the center cradle, like the euro cars do, but usually an additional spark plug instead
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  17. Albert-LP

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    Sorry Bruno: I didn't read carefully your post, you are right. I have no Idea about the USA cars

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  18. nerofer

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    Well, it is always better with a picture:


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    this is new to me: Fchat power!

    Thank you very much

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  20. nerofer

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    It comes from the fact that the electrical circuit of the headlights on american Ferraris is different from the one we have on european Ferraris: the american cars use "close beams" headlights.
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  21. Albert-LP

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    Thanks, Bruno: I knew this, as I got a Countach from Kansas and it had Sealed beams, but I didn't know anything about the USA 328 fuse box difference

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