84 308 black plastic escutcheon around trunk latch

I'm the other guy - it's on a diagram in the parts diagrams books (also on www.owners.ferrari.com).

I'm tempted to buy one just to see...

-Wayne

 

The front one is flat and has a chrome bezzel (which seperates) and the rear gate one has a curve to it to fit the door jamb. You own a FERRARI, dont be a cheap bastard, just buy the right part and move on with life.

 

I own a 308 and its all too common for 308 owners to fit whatever part will work rather than the correct part. Its a cost thing and Ive seen it countless times on this site since I first registered, it gets tiring and I speak my mind. Most 308 owners are tight wads that can afford the car but cant afford to maintain it. I can afford a TR but if it blew the diff and I needed a clutch at the same time, the $10K cost in parts alone would put a major dent in me, thats why I have a 308 and not a TR. If you cant afford the gate release or you choose to pinch pennys (which doesnt work with ferraris) then you cant afford the car or you shouldnt have it in the first place. By a camaro.

 

Newman may be blunt but in part he is right. if the part is not exatly what it should be some nut will be sure to point it out to you when you go to sell it. however on the other hand saving a buck is also nice so i have made friends with Ted at T Rutlands for just this sort of thing. he is a friendly fellow who is not opposed to forriging through his collection of parts to get you what you need in good condition and at a good price.

 

[Call GT Car Parts and get a good used one. 623-780-2200

 

Unobtainium Supply can make you an exact duplicate, using an original 308 part as a master to make the mold.

If you're interested, send email to [email protected].

If you want to check us out, search the old ferrarichat archives for 'unobtainium'. There's several threads.

 

Newman may be a bit mis-directed in his anger at Quasimotor, but I completely understand his frustration. If I see one more messed up 308 turned into a "FrankenFerrari" (forget who coined the term, but I like it), I'll explode. I am NOT for concours correct everything, and understand "upgrades" to improve drivability and reliability, but e-gads! Some of the "fugly" 16" wheels chosen, or goofy "bandaid" repairs to keep the thing running...ugh! I think his point is that if you own a Ferrari, that ownership means you have a responsibility to uphold the quality and originality of the car.

I could stretch and go buy a 360 tomorrow, but same thing as Newman, if the F1 system went kaput, I would have to tap into my J&J stock to pay for the friggen' repairs!

The point is that Quasimotor is not trying to substitute some in-correct part, he's simply inquiring if the front latch surround is identical to the rear latch surround. Sounds like they aren't so he will have to try something else...

 

Check e-bay, I think I saw one on there recently. It was complete with the cable.

 

Wayne, let me know what you find. I noticed mine is cracked also.

How much is the complete assembly, from our buds in UK???

1977 308GTB.

 

>that ownership means you have a responsibility to uphold the quality and originality of the car.

What a bunch of crap! I do not have the responsibility to uphold the quality and originality of the car in any way, shape, or means, whatsoever, anywhere, anytime, period. I understand Newman very well. Epitome of the phrase "pretentious canadian".

I can't for the life of me see how anyones value judgements on the way
Quasimotor intends to maintain his own car are appropriate.

I always received the remark; "doesn't work and play well with others"

 

How was it Frank Parker put it.......

It's like keeping your wife a virgin........ for the NEXT guy! LOL

 

Gabriel, if you think it has to do with being a canadian then thats fine. Just glad Im not a yankie right now, not too much to be proud of really.

 

You do know how to prove my point! -Pretentious canadian that you are....

 

Seemed like a reasonable question to me - if the fronts and backs are interchangeable/the same part, why not interchange?

But anyways, and not directed at either side here, I can say as someone who has looked at many, many 308s for purchase over the past 2 years, there are a LOT of examples these days owned by people who REALLY can't afford them, or are too cheap to give them even reasonable care.

Which really surprised and disappointed me. Yeah, most of them had shiny red paint on the outside, but mechanically have been really abused by cheap owners!

15 years on the timing belt? Why not! Smog pump seized up? Ahh, just take the belt off! Interior bits broken and fallen off? Way too expensive to replace, just leave them off! Calipers sticking? Who can see the calipers anyways!

The number of beaten up 308s really surprised me. I love 'em, and will buy another one, but they really have, to a lot of people (not all, but a lot), unfortuately become the "poor man's Ferrari."

(Again, this is absolutely not directed to anyone here! Just to all those owners of the beater 308s I've looked at over the years).

 

Yes, gaybriel, you are right, I conceed and I understand quasiwhatever that stepping up from a sunbeam (dont they make lawnmowers?) means you will keep your ferrari concours correct at any cost. Im sorry.

 

This keyhole??????
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quote: "What a bunch of crap! I do not have the responsibility to uphold the quality and originality of the car in any way, shape, or means, whatsoever, anywhere, anytime, period."

Cool Gabriel, get a set of "wiper wings", "flame" decals and some of those blue headlight bulbs and go to town!...

 

...... and handprints!!!!
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Man, this thread has cracked me up...everyone at each other's throats over a simple question.


Qwasimotor, have we got anywhere yet?

Gearhead, you are absolutely right, the 308 IS the "poor man's Ferrari" and that doesn't mean only poor people own them...just that those who can scrape up the funds, CAN get one...they just can't afford to keep it up...such a shame to. I spent a literal fortune keeping mine up....but it was all good fun, and a great ride. I still miss that car.

I guess Gabriel has a point too, once it is yours, you can do what you please, and drive it like you stole it, burn up the clutch, tear up the seats, and burn rubber at each stop light, then dump it on the next owner....It's your money.

 

LOL! That's not quite what I meant to address - Anyone ricing out a Ferrari should be shot on sight! The operative word here is "responsibility." I have responsibility to my family, my wife and kids, my country, to try to do the things that I believe are right and lawful, and not generally go out of my way to be a jerk to others.

I can do that without going out of my way.

After that anyone that tells me what I *have* to do can just basically
kiss my @ss. I have no obligation to the Temple of Enzo.

 

Garbriel,
That's the thing with the Internet, we don't receive all the facial expressions and true meanings of our posts, and THAT can cause misunderstandings. Newman and I got heated in a discussion of 308 wheels once, but we met and talked on the phone and found there was no real meaness to anything, just a simple disagreement, but you'd think different seeing our posts! He's a great guy and a real enthusiast, just like me....but unlike me, he's also a real technician and mechanic!