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david handa (Davehanda)
Member
Username: Davehanda
Post Number: 778
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, May 23, 2003 - 6:13 pm: | |
Agree with Steve M. here, to each their own, but regardless of how it came from the factory, the correct way is amber outboard, and red inboard. The 3% that were fooked up by a tipsy Mario after having too much vino with lunch does not make it any more "correct". Just a manufacturing anomaly.
It's like the 328 series badges on the rear. Some were black, some were gold, and some had one gold and one black. But over 70-80% of them had them delivered all black. I had one of the weird black/gold combos so I replaced the gold one with a black one to shut people up at FCA gatherings... :-) |
"The Don" (Mlemus)
Advanced Member
Username: Mlemus
Post Number: 4813
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Friday, May 23, 2003 - 5:31 pm: | |
I wish mine were amber in. It looks better IMHO
I'd change it but that is how it came from the factory |
Barry Wolinsky (308gtb)
Member
Username: 308gtb
Post Number: 507
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Friday, May 23, 2003 - 5:29 pm: | |
Mitchel,
I've also seen a few 308s with the amber directionals inboard. The cars were never repainted. And I think it's in Geoff Willoughby's 308 328 Mondial book that a showroom floor 308 is pictured with the tail lights installed that way.
Barry
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Mitchel DeFrancis (4re308)
Member
Username: 4re308
Post Number: 865
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Friday, May 23, 2003 - 5:14 pm: | |
John, my 308 is the same way. I heard from FNA that sometimes, the assemblers would do that unknowingly and leave them like that. I have seen several in older Ferrari books like ours. My car has never had paint work, and has not been crashed so I know it was not done my some bumbling idiot at a body shop. Its part of having a hand made car! You can see some nice shots of my car at my website: www.f1freaks.com register as a user and check em out! |
Alan Leach (Speedy308)
New member
Username: Speedy308
Post Number: 42
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Friday, May 23, 2003 - 4:52 pm: | |
Ditto. Mine were in wrong too, when purchased.
Factory photos and Owner's Manual shows amber outboard. I say, "Blame the painters."
Change 'em back, but be careful with the old phenolic, or you'll need new ones!!! |
Brian Keegan (4redude)
Junior Member
Username: 4redude
Post Number: 113
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 5:32 pm: | |
Usually when a car is repainted, the lights get swapped arouond. Any model Ferrari with the round lights has the amber lights outboard. |
Martin - Cavallino Motors (Miami348ts)
Advanced Member
Username: Miami348ts
Post Number: 4657
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, May 16, 2003 - 12:37 pm: | |
they put them in wrong. The directionals on all 308 brochures are on the outside, where they belong.
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Steve Magnusson (91tr)
Intermediate Member
Username: 91tr
Post Number: 1786
Registered: 1-2001
| | Posted on Friday, May 16, 2003 - 9:02 am: | |
The more conventional way (matching the OM illustration/labeling) would be with the red brake lights inboard. But why worry about why? It's not a difficult swap for whichever way you prefer. |
John Pray (Juanito308)
New member
Username: Juanito308
Post Number: 18
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Friday, May 16, 2003 - 8:48 am: | |
The taillights on my �79 308 GTB seem to be installed opposite of most others I�ve seen. The red brake and parking lights are on the outside with the orange directional and backup lights in the middle. You can kind of see it in the profile picture (sorry I don't have a better one yet). The car was painted in the �80s. Might they have put the taillights back in the wrong position or did the factory mix things up to keep us guessing? Everything works fine, it just looks abnormal. |