Hey Guys! Imput on this 308-needs engine repair

From eBay, the VIN is ZFFAA02A2A0032667.

I ran both a Carfax and an Autocheck on that VIN--they both have no record of that car at all in the US.

 

What kind of "engine repair"?

 

LOL.

Didn't look on ebay, but if they found a piece of piston where it doesn't belong, you'd be better off looking elsewhere, unless the price comes down.

 

Smog equipment removed, 390 mm wheels, homemade exhaust (so probably no cats) -- at $14.5K (and a dead engine with known internal damage), I think SCM would say "well sold"

 

The 1980 injected engine is the runt of the litter....

But, if you can get the car cheaply enough I think the 76 308 crate motor business is booming!!! Call TRutlands and send them the "core"....

 

With the prices of 3x8s so low for GOOD ones, why even bother with this car? By the time
you fix that engine ($10k minimum - what if valve bits are found that match the piston
bits, all because a timing belt broke? Now it's $25k with new heads), fix the broken turn
signal switch mechanism (last saw one at Rutlands for $1400), put in a cat and proper
exhaust for $5k - you could have had a NICE 3x8....

This car is NOT a bargain... I can't believe it's been bid to $14.5...

 

I have been watching this car the last couple days as well. First of all it was just at $8000 something last time I checked yesterday. Seems odd to me that it has jumped $6000, meeting the reserve that quickly, for an auction with that many days left, and on a car with those issues. There have been a couple 308's go for $19k recently that were decent runners. Watch out, I have a feeling that there is some tomfoolery going on with the bidding on that car.

I was going to post this car here myself, when it was still at $8k, and pose the question on how much a replacement engine might cost and the feasibility of finding one. Anybody wish to share some expertise on this matter?

 

Whomever is bidding on this car knows full-well that a solid Tranny, bodywork, suspension, interior, etc. is worth that seperately in the used-parts market.

 

Or more likely it's just a shill bidder and the car will be back on eBay soon as a 'failed sale'

 

Agreed. Lets not factor in the current bid price and the value of the above referenced parts yet, still the bidding just does not make sense. The bid price jumps 80% overnight, meeting the reserve with something like 5 days left in the auction. Now if somebody was going to be purchasing the car to part it out why not just spend an extra $4000 and buy a car that has a running engine that you can sell as well. This kind of leads back to my question about the value and availability of a running 308 motor.

 

Here is my $ 9,000.00 2V 308 Piston....
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Last time I saw one for sale it was $12K IIRC A rebuild would run $10k unless the heads are
shot as well, in which case it could easily hit $25k depending on how much must be done.


[edit] there was a 308 motor on eBay (and posted here on F-chat) for $5k a few months
back - it was a 'new spare' from a track 308. But it was for 'looks only' as it was missing
too many parts to be worthwhile to get running again.

 

Run away.

 

I've got the number for a guy with 3 complete carb motors. Supposedly low miles. Also a complete 308 burn victim asking around 9k.......on the phone he told me.......no way in hell he was going to get that kind of money..............No affiliation.

 

Manny sed: "Fo Geda Bow Dit"

 

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I guess that, if this isn't your first F-car, AND you can repair it yourself, go ahead and look at it (with a jaundiced eye). Otherwise, you can find a much better "first Ferrari".

 

Go for it.