308 Books

Hi All,
As a newbie 308 owner (308GTB QV, Euro) I permanently have a smile on my face! I want to get to know my car a bit more and do basic maintenance and reading FChat its clear there is a wealth of experience here. In addition, I would like to read up on the model so what are the books I should buy? Apologies if this has been covered before but I couldn't find this tread under the search.

 

Congratulations and may your smiles never end. Reading to get up to speed is more than books -

Register at Ferrari.com and they will give you access to quite a bit of technical data including an owner's manual if you lack one. http://www.ferrari.com/English/Pages/Home.aspx

You will have electrical nigglies - learn about Birdman's imperative fuseblocks
http://www.birdmanferrari.com/index.htm, also noting the many service procedures there
And you will need wiring info for you car: http://www.ferrari308gtbi.com.
Learn about maintaining your upholstery at Leatherique.
http://www.leatherique.com/do_it_your_self_instruction/

There are a number of coffee table books at amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=ferrari&x=15&y=17

Not often mentioned, locate your nearest Ferrari dealer who will have a boutique to start your Ferrari clothes collection. Many of us have Ferrari closets. These items are great put on your Christmas list.

Owning a Ferrari means watching Formula One races on Speedvision. They host practice, qualifying and the race. Get to know drivers names and attend a race. http://www.formula1.com/ and http://formula-one.speedtv.com/f1/

You may wish to join FCA, the international club...dues include membership in your area club...they have car friendly events, drives, track days, get togethers.
http://www.ferrariclubofamerica.org/

You will be asking about a workshop and parts book. Pdf copies of the GT4 parts and shop manuals, each about 200 pages has some info not in the smaller 1985 QV set, available at Steve Jenkins. http://ferrari.stevejenkins.com/books/

And get familiar with the F-Chat sponsors for availability of parts.

When the weather turns bad there's still much Ferrari related reading.
Oh, yes. Fill out your profile so others will know you have a euro 308 qv when you ask questions.

 

Paul, thanks for the helpful information - really useful. Peter

 

Paul, thanks for the helpful information - really useful. Peter

 

As a new 308 GTB owner I also appreciate the information Paul. Perhaps this should be a "stickie" for future new owners.

 

Paul, many thanks, I had already registered on the Ferrari owners site, but I had no idea you could download those PDFs. nice.
Jason

 

"Original Ferrari V8", author Keith Bluemel.

 

Congtats on the car, please register her at www.308qvregister.com


Wade