Hi, I was wondering if anyone has any information about a Ferrari 308 GTS with chassis number 26921. Here is what I know: It was sold new on 30th June 1979 in Oklahoma City. From there, it went to southern California where it spent the majority of it's life. It was imported into Australia some eight (8) years ago. Somewhere during it's life in the US someone removed the front bumper changed the front grill and put scissor doors on it. Ideally I would like to get in touch with the person who made these changes, but any information with regards to the history of the car is welcome. I've attached a photo showing what the car currently looks like Kind regards Wim Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Should you be thinking on the line of going back to originality/OEM: And put the wrong wheels on; originals OEM are costing a lot. And put wrong rear view mirrors. Anhd badly repainted the car, not even taking the trouble to repaint the indent line, or crease line, black; more problematic, even painted the rear windows grill-louvres red, which is a shame, especially if they were the aluminium ones; and that the silver line on the edge of each louvre is gone... Seems the rear bumper has been painted red too? I hope that the interior has stayed "close" to original at least... Sorry, no information about its history. Rgds
Can such a big wheel even turn properly in the wheel arch? No front signal lights or its hiding behind that muscle car grill? The interior dash looks like tan colour, rare if factory fitted. Good luck finding who did that.
Yeah... when brand new, they were the stars of the show; then they age slowly, newer models appear, and to some, they are just "old cars" on which bad taste is no more a sin, an insult and injury; then, they become "vintage", "collectible", and what was the ugly duckling for some years became to attract interest again. Only that for some, too much is too much, and the amount of work / parts / money needed to bring them back to "stock OEM" would be staggering... Pity. Rgds
I hope you weren't looking to get (any) positive feedback here on this car Wim ! You won't get it, I'm afraid... Maybe you're even considering buying/bidding on it ? The "to do" list to get it "Ferrari-brand worthy" again has already been posted above. If you have to outsource the work and get the proper parts it will take serious money.. Of course taste differs (though even I can't imagine what would make anyone fit such a steering wheel..). On the bright side: this is for shure a very special, véry unique car...
Oh my... I couldn't access the full E-Bay set of pictures yesterday, but now I can... And my worst fears are exceeded: the seats are completly wrong (at least the central panel), the door panels are wrong, the steering wheel is wrong... Poor, poor baby. She sure need a massive dose of TLC...(besides a lot of money, of course) Rgds
With so many wacky parts replaced for no aesthetic reason, this was probably a theft recovery car sometime in its past.
Or...they were actually replaced FOR aesthetic reason, albeit a special one...as my brother use to say: "you need luxury items of very bad taste, because you have rich people with very bad taste". Poor Baby; I hope someone with a pile of money will bring her back to stock OEM... Rgds
It appears that Jesse James was involved........ If not, possibly a trip to Tiajuana, Mexico, and a large bottle of tequila. Still, after the laughter has died, this is the exact opposite of the project cars I sold. They were complete, original and in need of repair. THIS car will need to be peeled back, layer by layer, as an archeological dig, and then rebuild with some very (now) expesive original parts, and an interior from Gahh, or a shop carefully replicating the original patterns, which are missing (but easily sourced)... Good luck. Not worth the ask, but they never are!!!
Like the old saying goes: "The most expensive Ferrari you can buy is the cheapest Ferrari you can buy." 1 bidder on the hook for $38K and no reserve.
FWIW, the black break line, or whatever you want to call it; the black, is black tape inside the groove, not paint. Doug
My '79 car, which I bought in 1984 from the original owner, and had never been wrecked or painted, had tape. Doug
Hey I just posted some euro bumpers and a QV grill in the classifiedstake car of one problem. Way better than buying used ugly US bumpers it came with. Make it look like it should have looked from the factory. Wheels are easy. Paint is easy.
As an aside, the upper and lower surfaces of the channel are body color, only the back vertical part is black. When I replaced a piece of tape on the rear quarter that was loose when i bought the car, it was body color under the tape. Doug
But of course only the back vertical part is black, but the Factory original standard is paint, not tape. All first owner cars That I have seen have This painted; our fellow f-chatter Alberto in Modena is having one of the last carbed car built restored by a shop which is very reputable and very close to the Factory, and the black line has been painted also. Tape is definitively not standard. Rgds
