Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Reversing federalization

[Matt Boyd (ferrari308driver]

Rick,

I will be contacting you "someday" when I restore my Euro 308 QV. It
is fine now, but there are a few areas where rust is wanting to pop
through. Someday I'll "do the whole thing."

At that point, I will want to get those side marker lights off and do
what you did with your 308.

Regarding the Mondial, did it really have a 0-80mph sticker? I don't
remember the top end reading being 80mph....? I think I went faster
than that.  *cough*

-matt
'85 euro 308 qv

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Rick Lindsay <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello Friends,
>
>   There has been lots written about federalizing European cars which
> come into the United States, either as gray-market cars or as used cars.
> There's VERY little written about reversing those mods - especially
> the ones that have failed.  And while this might be an environmentally
> incorrect thread, I write;
>
>   I have two Ferraris, a standard specification 1979 308GTB, imported
> to the States in 1986 as a 'used car', and an '83 Mondial QV 'true'
> gray-market car.
>
>   The GTB, under the DOT and EPA laws at the time, received no major
> modifications.  None were required.  Still, the PO made some changes.
> Here's a look at the car as I bought it in 1997,
> http://www.aubard.us/Ferrari/308gtb1_1997.jpg and
> http://www.aubard.us/Ferrari/308gtb2_1997.jpg .  These were the
> pictures that our own Phil Tegtmeier sent to me in December of 1996.
> That simple act, a fist full of long-distance phone calls, and the
> subsequent drool, made me a Ferrari owner.  The important point of
> these pictures is to point out the US side-markers that some PO had
> added to the car.
>
>   In about 2002 or so, Ric Rainbolt, as part of my repurchase deal,
> stripped every bit of trim off of the car.  Here's a look,
> http://www.aubard.us/MVC-042X.JPG .  You can see where the sidemarkers
> were installed.
>
>   In this bare metal strip, you can see the holes the PO had cut
> into fenders, http://www.aubard.us/Ferrari/Strip/STRIP04.JPG and
> http://www.aubard.us/Ferrari/Strip/STRIP18.JPG .  The body shop
> welded new steel into the openings, ground it flat - inside and
> out - and applied primer,
> http://www.aubard.us/Ferrari/Primer/PRIMER08.JPG and
> http://www.aubard.us/Ferrari/Primer/PRIMER01.JPG .  The turn signal
> repeater hole is obvious and remains.  Once painted, here's how it
> looked, http://www.aubard.us/Ferrari/Paint/FINAL18.JPG . That's Ric
> Rainbolt with the car, from about 7 years ago.
>
>   Here's how the car looks today,
> http://www.aubard.us/Ferrari/SideLo1.jpg .
>
>   Now for the Mondial QV.  This was a true gray-market car.  When it
> came into the US in 1983, it had reinforcements added to the doors, a
> 0-80mpg sticker applied to the face of the MPH-units speedometer and
> possibly other minor changes that I haven't caught.  The big change
> was the addition of a lambda circuit to the K-Jetronic fuel injection.
> A little plastic box with wires attached, was connected to a lambda
> fuel pressure modulation valve.  Today, all that add-on crap is gone
> except the for valve and associated plumbing.
>
>   In this picture you can see the hose going from points "A" to "C",
> http://www.aubard.us/Ferrari/mod_reversal.jpg .  The pressure
> modulation valve, labeled "B", is still there.  Now for the fear
> factor; There are no hose clamps on ANY of these hose connections!
> Never were!
>
>   Next step in the de-federalizing is removal of this hose (and
> valve).  To do this I simply need to remove the banjo-bolts, replace
> the crush washers and replace the banjo bolts with shorter versions.
> I picked up two of these bolts at a local Mercedes shop.  They
> basically came from the scrap parts bin.  Here's a look at the bolts
> being cleaned up on the wire wheel,
> http://www.aubard.us/Ferrari/banjo_bolts.JPG . They have been cleaned
> and are now ready to put back into service,
> http://www.aubard.us/Ferrari/HPIM1394.JPG .  The crush washer visible
> in the picture, is old and is being used only for measurements
> (12mm ID, 19mm OD).  I have not yet bought new washers.
>
>   So, if you read this far you must enjoy restoration.  Must have
> been a 3-day weekend...
>
> rick
> '08 M-B C300
> '03 L-R Discovery
> '96 BMW 740iL
> '83 Mondial QV
> '79 308GTB
> '61 M-B 180b
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