All of the Italian sports racers used some type of hand-made aluminum mirrors. These are made from the pattern used on the mid-fifties Ferraris and Maseratis through the early 1960s. The correct Italian style mirrors can be distinguished by a little spring clip that is used to retain the glass. Sometimes they were painted but often they were left with a brushed aluminum finish. There are good photos of these mirrors on the 335S racers on pgs. 92 and 94 of the beautiful book A Champion’s View by Phil Hill. 1950s Style Racing Mirror.
On some of the cars it is often difficult to use the original equipment “Pull-on” grease adapters. This “Push-on” Type grease adapter will work for most of those tight spots. This is not a Ferrari factory-issued tool, just one that I found and thought would be useful. Push-On Grease adapter.
These small rubber boots were used on a lot of the wire attachment points such as the coils, generator, horn compressors and fan clutch sending unit. On my Cabriolet there are 12 or 13 in the engine compartment. This type has an 11mm O.D. Barrel and they were common in the 250 era. 11mm Wire Terminal Boots
The very early Ferraris had the exhaust system mounted solidly to the chassis. They later changed to a type of hanger with metal ends and flexible center section made of belting or truck tire sidewalls. The early ones were what are called the “Center-pull” design. In this configuration the four steel components are all the same design. These end pieces are all bent so that the force goes through the center of the assembly. This design was originally painted black until the mid 1950s when a change was made toa cadmium finish. Later, about 1962 during the run of the 250 GTEs the hanger design was changed to the more common “Side-Pull” arrangement. Cadmium – Plated Center – Pull Exhaust Hangers