599 gated stick manual Official picture thread

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Here's a question: On the F1 cars the little window in the Tachometer shows you what gear you're in, does the manual car have the same feature or is the window just dark?

 

I can't speak to the original factory manuals, but my gear window post conversion is dark.

 

Interesting question, I hadn't looked into it before.
From what i can find, the gear info window remains blank, evident by the lack of any visible number during the gear change of #162945 in the 3:46-3:50 mark of the video below.

 

Interesting!

 

Exactly- it’s there but never illuminates. Weirdly I’d say you completely stop even noticing it’s there. At one point I believe trev had a 430 working that had the display working in a manual conversion as a gear indicator, as even in manual cars the engine knows which gear it’s in all the time from the speed/revs.


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It just seems strange that the factory didn't install a tach card without the window.

 

When you consider how customised the centre console was on the 599 for the tiny number of cars they made that used it, it does seem odd. I guess the difference is that the console is an in-house made part, whereas the gauge cluster was bought in from digitek.


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So my next question is, what about the manual 430s from the factory? Do they have a blank window also?

 

George- Affirmative, as do the 612s, 575s, and 360s.

 

#153691 (EAG conversion) was recently for sale by laleasing.ca with 16,738KM for CA$349,000.
The seller states it carries the signatures of Kimi Raikkonen, Jean Todd and Jean Robert Alesi.
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Also, #146539 is for sale again with 34,394KM. POA.
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Last update of the day, #154633 was also recently converted, by a shop in the UK. In my opinion, one of the most accurate conversions I've seen, all parts were made to be as close to the OEM ones as possible.
(Images by _mr.p1_fotographics on Instagram)
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I recognise that car. [emoji6]


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This car has been for sale for years.

 

The way it has been described to me, the most important part of the conversion is to use rods like the factory and not cables. The cables stretch and cause all sorts of problems. EAG used cables.

 

This one made me chuckle a bit... #154633 is now for sale on autoscout for €555.000. Odometer reads 12.000KM
https://www.autoscout24.de/angebote/-ab01475a-6c93-4cb8-888f-a9a6c070897d

 

"Want to get" and "really get" are 2 different shoes.

Optimistic price for a conversion.


Daniel

 

A man can dream.


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The factory used cables instead of rods for the 360 and 430 as well.

 

Lot shorter distance for the V8s compared to the V12s.

 

it will sell for less than half

 

Lots of manufacturers use cables for the shift linkage, Porsche, Lotus, etc.

 

In nearly all cases that’s because it’s not possible to use a direct linkage.


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