(Said in good humor) The best is the one that sits on the trailer about to go to the race track Image Unavailable, Please Login
GT4's are due a price increase in the UK soon (may have started already). They're about 60% the price of GTB/S's I recon. Best value = GT4 by a mile. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I ended up going with a 328, but my initial hunt was for a 308. The absence of rustproofing prior to 1984, and better driveability/reliability of the QV's nudged me in that direction. While a properly maintained early 308 is a desirable car, there was a string of technical improvements from 1976 through 1989 and, while it's hard to say "quality control" and "Ferrari" in the same sentence, I would suggest an '84-'85 QV if you want a 308. Budget permitting, you might consider an '86-'87 328. Mechanically, you might have less heartache. Aesthetically, you have to decide. While carbs have their benefits, if you've grown up driving fuel-injected cars you might not like living with them.
Non-cat 308s (Pre-78) run MUCH cooler that cat cars. I know, I had an 84 before my 77. I also think the interior consoles were more solid in the early cars. The late 308s always seem to have "warped"-looking consoles. Mine is razor-straight MUCH prefer my carb, non-cat 308...... Greg
That is part of the beauty of the 308, unless it's a rust bucket or is in need of a motor rebuild, it's a car that you can pretty much work on yourself. Enough of them were made to make parts relativley inexpensive and easy to find, as well as lots of performance upgrades/mods available. I have just as much fun tinkering, fixing and detailing as I do driving (well, almost). BTW, my opinion on best would be late Euro QV GTS with medium (20 to 40k) mileage, and 30k service done. Reliable, powerful, open or closed top raw driving experience and I think the best styling of all the 3x8 series (with the possible exception of the early glass GTB). Thats my (biased) $.02. Ciao
Steven, Not to hijack this thread....But once on the trailer,how did you get out of the car? Through the window?
What ever model you end up getting, remember, the oldest of the bunch are 30 this year and the youngest is 20. These are not "new" cars and all will need proper care and probably light restoration work at this point. A platinum level restoration on a 308 can be in the $75k range, not counting the car...
The trailer has tire fenders that come off so off they go BEFORE you load/unload the car. Once the fenders are off you just open the doors and get out. Always glad to help.
Some enclosed trailers are wide enough to open the door enough to get out. Others are wide enough as long as you get out before the wheel wells, then push the car further forward by hand. But the majority of enclosed trailers I've used have had an electric winch on them... you pull the car in remotely... and the winch serves as another tie-own point. On securing a car, I much prefer the over-wheel bonnets with rachet straps. I usually use the winch as one point, tie down all 4 wheels, and then add a solid safety chain (not racthed down) to a suspension point. I've never lost a car off any of my trailers, but have had two cars come off trailers where others were transporting for me.... so maybe I'm a little overly cautious on tie-down... Bill
