288GTO interior door handle

[NEFOC]

Ok, as we all know supercars tend to share basic parts with lesser models (e.g. my 87 Esprit exterior door handles are from a range rover or Morris ital of a similar vintage).

So the question is, what about the quite simple handles off a 288 GTO? I've damaged one on my recreation and don't fancy paying the big bucks to fix.



Cheers,
T

P.s. Don't use this to start the debate over recreations v originals. I'll add my view on one of the existing topics when I get around to it.

[Nigelo]

The original equipment is £12 for the handle and £5 for the surround on the following

http://www.eurospares.co.uk/partTable.asp?M=1&...

I have no idea whether this is the same as your replica

hope this helps

[Jonty355]

Any chance of posting afew pictures of the car. Got a soft spot for the GTO, and would love see how the recreation looks. Might be the only thing that would tempt me away from the 355. How much was the conversion?

[NEFOC]

Nigelo said:

The original equipment is £12 for the handle and £5 for the surround on the following

http://www.eurospares.co.uk/partTable.asp?M=1&...

I have no idea whether this is the same as your replica

hope this helps

I should have just looked their myself, but assumed my mechanic had done the basic check. Think I can stretch to that :-)

Jonty355 said:

Any chance of posting afew pictures of the car. Got a soft spot for the GTO, and would love see how the recreation looks. Might be the only thing that would tempt me away from the 355. How much was the conversion?

I'll put some up soon. There are a couple in the north east show us your motor section parked next to the wife's DB9 (copied here)

Edited by NEFOC on Sunday 17th July 13:49

Edited by NEFOC on Sunday 17th July 13:56

[Angelis]

Did you extend teh wheelbase as well?

Regardless, it's a beautiful looking car you have there.

[jonny5]

what was the donor car?

[Jonty355]

jonny5 said:

what was the donor car?

I think the donor car was a 308 GTB?

I think it looks stunning! Let me know when you consider selling!

[NEFOC]

Nigelo said:

The original equipment is £12 for the handle ....

hope this helps

My mechanic clearly isn't as stupid as we may have thought, the part is unavailable. So back to the original request. Take a look at the original pic. Any ideas? I have no idea on it unfortunately.

Angelis said:

Did you extend teh wheelbase as well?

I think it has been from my comparison with an original, but haven't actually measured it. When viewed from below it isn't obvious. I'll report back when I get around to it.

jonny5 said:

I think the donor car was a 308 GTB?

I think it looks stunning! Let me know when you consider selling!

Yep it's a 308. I will produce a separate thread on the full details, but in summary:
- Built by Ash Marshall (Oz dealer now resident in San Diego famous for his dragsters "Scortcher - first 200mph Oz 1/4 mile" and his current XJ13 recreation) as his show/demo car to the Hollywood set.
- I visited Ash in 2002 where he opened his private collection for me, including D Type, California's etc. The little GTO sat in the middle.
- 2 months later it arrived at Isle of Grain for me to collect, and I drove it straight to Newcastle in 4 hours on a the friday of a bank holiday weekend
- entered car in the 2005 Gumball rally around Europe. The car features in Supercars 2 - top trumps
- I've been informed it's pictures in a recent ferrari book as an original GTO but I've not seen the pic as yet. Must do that.
- fully stripped and painted over the 09/10 winter

Thanks for positive comments, will discus the replica v original topic separately as i have view from both sides. My Countach LP500s was the only original at a recent show, so I have a balanced perspective.

Edited by NEFOC on Thursday 21st July 17:15

[NEFOC]

Nigelo said:

The original equipment is £12 for the handle ....

hope this helps

My mechanic clearly isn't as stupid as we may have thought, the part is unavailable. So back to the original request. Take a look at the original pic. Any ideas? I have no idea on it unfortunately.

Angelis said:

Did you extend teh wheelbase as well?

I think it has been from my comparison with an original, but haven't actually measured it. When viewed from below it isn't obvious. I'll report back when I get around to it.

jonny5 said:

I think the donor car was a 308 GTB?

I think it looks stunning! Let me know when you consider selling!

Yep it's a 308. I will produce a separate thread on the full details, but in summary:
- Built by Ash Marshall (Oz dealer now resident in San Diego famous for his dragsters "Scortcher - first 200mph Oz 1/4 mile" and his current XJ13 recreation) as his show/demo car to the Hollywood set.
- I visited Ash in 2002 where he opened his private collection for me, including D Type, California's etc. The little GTO sat in the middle.
- 2 months later it arrived at Isle of Grain for me to collect, and I drove it straight to Newcastle in 4 hours on a the friday of a bank holiday weekend
- entered car in the 2005 Gumball rally around Europe. The car features in Supercars 2 - top trumps
- I've been informed it's pictures in a recent ferrari book as an original GTO but I've not seen the pic as yet. Must do that.
- fully stripped and painted over the 09/10 winter

Thanks for positive comments, will discus the replica v original topic separately as i have view from both sides. My Countach LP500s was the only original at a recent show, so I have a balanced perspective.

Edited by NEFOC on Friday 22 July 18:40