interior question

congrats on the car, i know the car you bought. the cars didn't have a leather dash originally. mouse hair would be the correct material. the central tunnel, fire wall "cap", and door top surfaces should be done in the black dino grained vinyl.

the steering wheel is neither 246 nor 308, it appears to be some type of aftermarket wheel, the outer rim is WAY too thick.

your seats do appear to be a correct version, however they match the rest of the interior, so i figure they were done at the same time.

if it was me and you were not going to repaint the car, given your seats and lower door panels are good, i would re-upholster the door tops, fire wall cap, center tunnel, and windsheild pillars in the correct dino black vinyl and leave what you have. the mouse hair dash will amke a huge difference in not only appearance, but also in reducing the reflection when driving.

 

Steering wheel appears to be a Momo "Prototipo" wheel. The photos do not give a close up of the lower aluminum arm. Momo signs all of their wheels on the lower arm so ID is easy. I bought my car from a guy that had raced it and had installed a 250 mm OD Momo wheel. Could see neither speedo or tach. Had a Hell of a time parking. Needed bigger shoulder muscles. I switched to a 370 mm OD Momo wheel within a month. It is larger than the stock wheel and like yours, has a larger grip. I am happy with mine. You can see both Speedo and Tach when driving in a straight line. Only difference I can see between mine and yours is a third hole in lower arm. Take a look at some of my old Dino Saga posts. I am sure that there are pics there and you can compare.

Beautiful car. I would not change anything but the upper dash. Mouse Hair makes sense there just to reduce glare. Rest of the car is just fine. Enjoy!

John

 

fyi-momo prototipo wheels have three holes in the lower spoke

 

don't know o fthat steering wheel, but i have never seen a dino with that configuration.

as for the piece from the top of the door to the bottum, i would have to see it before i can say- as i am not certain what you are describing.

carpets in black would look really nice, however, i wouldn't just limit myself to black

 

i believe so, however, my coupe isn't at my home for comparison purposes.

 

To the best of my knowledge ( this car has been in our Family for over 30years) this interior is all original. Chances are that since you car is an early Euro car, your interior was vinyl like mine (but not sure). Hope these photos help you in your efforts.


Cheers


Pietro
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pietro,

your interior looks right on. other than the speakers, the dash material looks newer, but the interior is absolutely crrect.

 

Wspeer,

The dash is original but I "freshened it up a little with swede (sp) dye spray. Worked great.

A question for you. The strip above each door in my car is the bone colored (but not perforated) type like the headliner. The strip runs after the vertical pillars (which are black) all the way to the back. I always questioned that in the car
All the cars that I have seen use the the grain vinyl there...


Cheers

Pietro

 

Tan interior with black carpet is a very sharp looking combination.

I have that in my car now, which had black seats and red carpet when I bought it.

With 20/20 hindsight, I might have left the black/red combo. I've seen that once or twice and it actually looks very good too.

DM

 

Some cars had tan Dino vinyl instead of black Dino vinyl throughout. Of course, the dash was always mousehair.

Something to consider if you like tan vs. black.

...Keith

 

For champtc:

Hi. I have a couple of questions & also noticed an ebay item for you to check out.
While I'm no expert, I believe that your ammeter is incorrect. If so, what do you think about replacing it with a Veglia/Borletti to match the rest of your gauges? Regardless, Superformance (& probably other vendors) has replacement knurled fasteners for the instrument panel. It appears that one of yours is broken. New ones would look great, too.
Here's the other question. Is the large red light in center of the dash an emergency flasher light/switch? If not, what is it? I’ve not seen one like that on any other Dino. I believe that the USA cars had a seat belt warning light, but it was smaller & a different design. If if yours was added by a PO, will you delete it during the dash makeover?
Lastly, this might be of interest to you:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ferrari-Dino-246GT-S-Original-Steering-Wheel_W0QQitemZ190082215971QQihZ009QQcategoryZ6763QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Good luck & keep us posted.
Coop

 

pietro,

i honestly don't know the answer to that. i would assume your car wouldn't have had that change made to it as everything else is so original. i'll check my coupe next time i see it.

 

Thank you Sir... that would be great.


Pietro

 

nicht werfen

don't throw, don't fire, don't who the hell knows.

 

This is an original unmolested interior on my April 74 build GTS.
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OK, now we're getting somewhere! According to my copy of the BODYWORK SPARE PARTS CATALOG (CAT. n. 52/71 FROM CAR 02132), TAV 115/TAVOLA 115 refers to N. Fig. 13 as an "Intermittore emergenza con spia incorporata." Literal translation is: "Intermittore emergency with built-in spy" or "Intermittore emergency with spy incorporated." I imagine that could mean: Emergency flasher switch and indicator light.
Further, the NOTE in the TAVOLA for N. Fig. 13 says "Vale per D." Literally: "Forward to D." Again, exercising my linguistic license, I read this as: Export to D. I don't know what the 'D' country-code stands for. Anyone know? How about Deutschland? (There's also a 'DK' code in the TAVOLA. Denmark?) Of course, my catalog is for later cars. It appears that CAT. n. 45/70 YEAR 1970 is the manual that covers yours.
As for the German switch/light, "nicht werfen" has a multitude of literal translations, one of which is "not to drop" Hmmm. Could it be nothing more ominous than: Do Not Drop? At any rate, since NOT all 'Euro' cars were created equal, it's quite possible that yours was, as you suggest, wired at the factory to connect to a 'nicht werfen' switch...or a reasonable Italian facsimile thereof.

Pietro, your Dino appears to have a smaller version of the light in question. If so, does the switch below it activate that light in concert with another function?

Back to champtc, my observation here is really a WAG; my Dino is a ‘Euro’ Type-E, of late ’72 vintage. My reference material is for later cars, too. So weigh this input accordingly and take it with the proverbial grain of salt. The info from the members with the earlier cars is likely more applicable to yours.
Coop

 

The vertical piece beneath the the dash is black on my car.
The horizontal piece above windshield is probably a Spyder thing, as coupes seem to have fixed shades. Mine are.
Color of carpets is tan.
Hell, here are some pictures.
Remember, "...grain of salt."
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Pietro:

Just curious...................what is the pad of extra material above the glove box? (see first photo on post #9). I have never seen this before. Beautiful car btw.

 

Not sure. It's been there since June 1976 when my Dad bought the car.

Pietro

 

The switch turns on the single rear fog light under the left bumper. The red light turns on when the switch is on.

Pietro