Ferrari Mailing List: Re: GTB horn?

[Doug and Terri Anderson (dnt]

Gavin - we don't gots metal - ONLY the lightest material available - cheapo 
plastic - but its red.  heh heh
DOUG

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gavin Bedggood" <gavinnz [at] xtra.co.nz>
To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] GTB horn?


> just found three working used sets from 124 Fiat's on ebay all with metal 
> horns...
> I will see if I can pick up a set!
>
> Later
> Gavin
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Robert W. Garven Jr.
>  To: Gavin Bedggood
>  Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 1:34 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Ferrari] GTB horn?
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>  I think the blue horns would sound the closest. I have chrome ones on my 
> Rodeo and they are harsh sounding, I think
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>  http://www.talbotco.com/fiamm.htm
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>  Robert W. Garven Jr.
>  rgarven [at] gmail.com
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>   "The Ferrari is a dream - people dream of owning this special vehicle 
> and for most people it will remain a dream apart from for those lucky 
> few". Enzo Ferrari
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>  On Dec 13, 2009, at 4:21 PM, Gavin Bedggood wrote:
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>    I forgot to mention that the one in the car now looks to be a later
>    replacement part.
>    It is Fiamm air horn... but has three black plastic horns....
>
>    Interestly I hunted down on the net a parts sheet for the GTB GTS and 
> the
>    1976 car has a air horn with two trumpets only pictured.
>    The GTB GTS sheet (no year but no the injected model) has both a air 
> horn
>    with two trumpets and what looks like an electric horn also in the 
> parts
>    sheet... maybe they had different horns for different markets??
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>    I would be happy if I could hit the button and the damn thing would 
> go.. and
>    go right away... so I might hunt up and nice loud Italian electric horn 
> off
>    a Fiat or Alfa...
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>    BUT having said that... if anyone has the 100% correct horn for a 1978
>    308GTB then I would be interested in buying it.
>    I am not a originalty nut, but it's nice to have the right stuff in a 
> box on
>    a shelf should I ever need it.
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>    In answer to the general electrical answer.. the button works and I can 
> here
>    something click in the dash... and the horn turns but only sometimes 
> makes a
>    noise.
>    Typical that the only current trouble I am having with it is from parts 
> that
>    have been replaced and dicked around with!!!
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>    I am from the warmer north of the country in the Bay of Islands.
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>    and yes I should drive it more and I am planning to fix that this 
> summer:)
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>    Regards
>    Gavin
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>    ----- Original Message ----- 
>    From: "Robert W. Garven Jr." <rgarven [at] gmail.com>
>    To: "Gavin" <gavinnz [at] xtra.co.nz>
>    Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
>    Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 12:54 PM
>    Subject: Re: [Ferrari] GTB horn?
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>      Gavin,
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>      That would be sacrilege,  The system is very simple and you can 
> easily
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>      take the compressor apart with simple tools and clean and 
> re-lubricate the
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>      rubber vanes with
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>      light oil!  I have a FIAMM metal set on my daily driver exactly same 
> size
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>      as on the ferrari and it sounds harsh the Ferrari horn..... I cannot 
> keep
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>      from using it it sounds so good!!!!!
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>      You got to drive that car more!!!
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>      your pal
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>      Rob
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>      Where are you in NZ my boss is from there?
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>      Robert W. Garven Jr.
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>      rgarven [at] gmail.com
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>      "The Ferrari is a dream - people dream of owning this special vehicle 
> and
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>      for most people it will remain a dream apart from for those lucky 
> few".
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>      Enzo Ferrari
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>      On Dec 13, 2009, at 7:34 AM, Michael James wrote:
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>        The horn system in the 308 is made by FIAMM SpA:
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>        http://www.talbotco.com/fiamm.htm
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>        The Ferrari horn system consists of an electrically-actuated Air
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>        Compressor and a pair of red criss-crossed 'bugles' (on my car, an 
> 84
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>        model).  The red metal bugles are worth preserving, since they are 
> no
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>        longer made by FIAMM and provide the characteristic Italian sound. 
> A
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>        friend broke one of his, and had to replace them with the plastic 
> units -
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>        not sure how close they are in sound to the originals, but with 
> some care
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>        you shouldn't have to replace the original units.
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>        The air compressor, per the Factory manual, required a periodic dab 
> of
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>        oil - yours may be starved of lubrication.  If that doesn't cure 
> the
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>        system, I'd start cleaning electrical contacts, starting with your 
> horn
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>        button on your steering wheel and working one's way to the fuse 
> panel.
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>        If you're still running a 'stock' fuse panel, you probably have a 
> whole
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>        cornucopia of electrical issues - Google 'Birdman's Fuse Blocks' 
> for a
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>        5-minute, bolt-in replacement.
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>        M
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>        --- On Sun, 12/13/09, Gavin Bedggood <gavinnz [at] xtra.co.nz> wrote:
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>        From: Gavin Bedggood <gavinnz [at] xtra.co.nz>
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>        Subject: Re: [Ferrari] GTB horn?
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>        To: "Michael" <Cavallino_Rapante [at] yahoo.com>
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>        Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
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>        Date: Sunday, December 13, 2009, 10:14 AM
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>        What horn type make and style did a GTB come with as standard in 
> 1978?
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>        Mine has a set of air horns that don't want to work properly.
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>        They have proven to be a pain..... never working when you need them 
> to
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>        and
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>        was thinking I might fit an ordinary electric horn....
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>        Regards
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>        Gavin
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