Thank you Rudy, but what do the letters T.P.A.R. actually stand for ?Rudy van Daalen Wetters wrote:In collaboration with....
Rudy van Daalen Wetters
1963 GTE s/n 4001
1966 330 GT s/n 8705
thanks
Craig
Thank you Rudy, but what do the letters T.P.A.R. actually stand for ?Rudy van Daalen Wetters wrote:In collaboration with....
Rudy van Daalen Wetters
1963 GTE s/n 4001
1966 330 GT s/n 8705
Hello from France,carello wrote:Rudy van Daalen Wetters wrote:
but what do the letters T.P.A.R. actually stand for ?
thanks
Craig
No, not in French ....Rudy van Daalen Wetters wrote:
"Travaux" is spelled Traveaux though.
Welcome to our little corner of world for Vintage Ferrari! Thanks for joining us.@ Tom Yang ,Thank you and bravo for your site ,I have learned so many things from it !
Franck.
Hello from France,I have found that the letters T P are for "Travaux Public" from the ministry of transport and tourism ,Travaux Public studies and construct the roads.The letter A is for avertisseur ,the word in French for horn. The R is for route (road ,country roads as it had been said by Rudy) .There is also a T.P.A.R.U in the law U is for Urban .I think that the system found by TOMKIZER is right because I have a " 2J " for a 365 GTB/4 year 73.So it would be a september 1972 "tag"..Franck.[/quote]Daytona73 wrote:carello wrote: but what do the letters T.P.A.R. actually stand for ?thanksCraig
Concerning the serie 2000 (only),in my memories the trumpets (original) were anodized red on one of my father's Dino and painted blue on another one (before I paint them red, 246 gt/206 gt ) .But It was a long time ago (the Dinos are gone) and my memories can be wrong for the anodized...carello wrote:Tom, you are correct that the temptation is to polish the trumpets prior to paint. The rogue in the polishing contains silicates which deters paint from sticking as well as the slick finish not accepting paint well.tyang wrote:1. I took off my horn trumpets to refinish them again. My horns are in better shape, so I'd like to polish them, but I noticed the paint on my horns chipping off very easily. This might be from the paint not having enough "tooth" to grab on to. Thoughts? Tom
I polished mine then painted with Candy red from Duplicolor years ago and even with babying thru install they got nicked up. One finish i have seen lately is to anodize the FIAMM trumpets in clear candy red. This anodizing leaves an incorrect flat anodized look. Then the trumpets were clear gloss coated and they came out perfect!
My own current refinish technique is planned to be spinning the trumpets in a lathe with course steel wool to achieve an "LP record" finish and then spray with candy red rattlecan of the month from Autozone. I do stock House of Colors candy red bulk paint, but i am not motivated to fire up the gun for this task.
Keep us posted please
Craig
Thanks for the Mercury photos Cornelis, I have an avertisement from 1962 confirming Mercury as another model line of Fiamm horns. I would guess a a Marine or heavy truck type trombe, but i am not sure, just a guess.buurman wrote:I haven't seen these on this almost cult topic till now. see three pics of N.O.S. horns of Fiamm. unpainted nude horns.
C.
P.S. When come some info on the more vintage full metal Fulgor Marchal horns and compressors ? The pre 1960 owners cannot do much with these detective like investigations !