Rare Video of the 308 in the making at Maranello

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Here are some stills from the video. After almost 40 years I finally get to see the face of the lady with the brush.

And tell me that isnt the same guy working on the motor.
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Wow great photos. I have a similar Ferrari book with the same photos in it and with a forward by Niki Lauda that my parents gave to me as a kid. Interestingly mine has a different cover and shape but I'm sure the content is similar. Without a doubt those are the same people in the book as in the video. Great eye for catching that.

 

Not just the same time period, it looks like the same day. That guy working on the motor seems to be wearing the same blue turtleneck shirt in both. And that makes sense. They had a media tour day, lots of cameras and reporters, lots of pictures taken.

I don't think the paintbrush lady is the same though. Different hair. Or a different day.

 

That matches perfectly the figures published by the factory about its output, which was about 2500 cars in 1982: 230 effective worked days multiplied by 11 is 2530...
(The actual number of worked days was about 252, but the factory was closed completly for most of the month of August at this period in time)

Rgds

 

I love it's not just me and that other people continue to Geek Out at period videos of the Ferrari factory from the 80's and early 90's. I've said it before but I really feel like it was the last of the "mystique" era. When you didn't see one everyday or social media. Also they're building record numbers of cars today and there's a surplus of inventory and available order slots at every dealer. Happy for the brand but it's lost that true OMG!!! moment I had when I was a kid and just happen to see one.

 

Found that book NOS and bought it for my son for something like $30, ten years or so back.

 

I don't think the 412 came to the US. At least not officially. But the 400 did. Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

Got to get a hold of a copy of that book.
Thanks for posting all the pictures!

 

400 was not a US model.

 

According to a quick Wikipedia perusal, none of that platform were officially imported to the US:

"Following Ferrari practice, their numeric designations refer to their engines' single-cylinder displacement expressed in cubic centimetres. The 365 GT4 2+2 was introduced in 1972 to replace the 365 GTC/4. It then evolved into the 400, the first Ferrari available with an automatic transmission. In 1979 the 400 was replaced by the fuel injected 400 i. The improved 412 ran from 1985 to 1989, bringing to an end Ferrari's longest-ever production series.

Although the option of an automatic transmission and compliance with U.S. emissions indicate it may have been designed for the American market, no version of these grand tourers was ever officially imported there as Enzo Ferraribelieved that emerging environmental and safety regulations and a 55 MPH national speed limit suggested the company's 8 cylinder cars would suffice in the US market.[2] Many, however, entered as grey imports."

Is this right?

 

More fun then vs now.

Here is the 308 video and the same corner with Rosberg not long ago from the video on the fchat home screen
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No, there is a lot wrong with that.

None of the series was ever in compliance with American smog requirements. I have no idea how they got that idea.

And theIr reason for not being imported was wrong too. American smog and safety rules were changing so fast it was hard to keep up. Ferrari sold so few of that class of car and homologation was so expensive they never bothered because they would have to go through it every couple of years. Look how many changes the 308 went through from 75 to 85. Why do that for a couple hundred cars? Besides they knew the gray market would do it for them so they sold them anyway.

 

Thanks, I saw enough of them stateside that I didn't realize they were not actually US cars until a few years ago.

 

2 dealers imported a lot of them . More may be here than in the EU.

 

Another photo of a lady armed with a paint brush and can.
The guys who spend thousands and thousands on fresh paint jobs for their classic Ferrari would be horrified if their painter touched up any imperfections with brushes, but there you go.

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That pic is from a couple years earlier.

I love these. I wish I could get them high res enough to print out and frame

 

Looks like the same lady buddy.

 

How funny, that Godfrey Eaton book was my very first book on Ferrari, bought by my parents for me when I was around 9 years old- I still have it.
I read it cover to cover many times over and kept it next to my bed for ages.
Fast forward to 2020 and I must have close to 300 books on Ferrari, as well as owning my own Ferrari dream car.
... from little things, big things grow.

 

Thanks for sharing that video.

 

Nel rispetto della vendita di Ferrari a Las Vegas, è normale che sia successo. Il concessionario praticava un prezzo inferiore e pubblicizzando in modo migliore il suo prodotto. Ad esempio, nella mia città, Trieste, nel 1986 sono vendute 64 Ferrari Testarossa e circolanti un paio in totale

 

Respecting Ferrari's sale in Las Vegas, it's normal for that to have happened. The dealer charged a lower price and better advertised his product. For example, in my city, Trieste, 64 Ferrari Testarossa cars were sold in 1986 and in circulation a couple in total