328 assembly line pics

cool article ... thanks for sharing,

I got a tour of the factory in 1981 (long story) and that is pretty much how it looked when I was there.

Bob

 

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These are so cool. I wish I could have pics of my car rolling through the line. Wouldn't that be cool???

 

Very cool, thanks for the posts. Bernie is that your photograph? Would love a copy.

 

They're all red! thanks for sharing, those are rare pics.

 

Thats great, now I can really imagine what that assembly line looked like 2 years earlier when my 85 QV rolled off the line!

 

If you missed it here is a factory vid of the making of the 308 and Testarossa:

fliiby.com/file/889633/8lmnzja6xe.html

 

@ JeremyJon

thanks for posting! btw, can you send me the PDF of the article?

also, to all 328 owners, don't forget to register your beauty at www.328registry.com

 

Thank you for that - I hadn't seen that. That was fantastic. The opening scenes in the foundry look like some lost form of black magic - creating beautiful machinery with fire. What brilliant artisans.

 

Interestiing comment and I fully agree. Others as well as you and me had the exact same sentiment upon seeing this video. I call them the Ferrari brahmans, shaking magic Ferrari dust onto the moltent aluminum, without which the metal surely will not harden correctly.

 

Another great post.

 

I am wondering if the cutaway drawings of the car and the engine in the above article were produced specially for this article or exist as separate graphics? I would love to have both of thos printed poster size for my garage wall!

 

Andy,

I would say these were produced as separate graphics, as you could find these in period french magazines as well, and in some books also.

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The cut a way was produced seperately and available from Ferrari. I searched for long time before I found mine years ago on eBay from a seller in Italy. The framing was done locally. I believe this is the original sized lithograph about 16" by 24". It hangs in my home office.
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Heres a few I have. First pic is a turbo car
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So, cool, hand assembled cars!

 

Love these period articles. The factory has come a long way. Welding a body as it sits on the floor with no fixturing? Hmmmm.

If you read the reviews of the 328 you will see it was the 458 of it's time. Short of a Lamborghini Countach, a Testorassa or 288 GTO, or a Porsche 911 Turbo, this was the sports car to have.

BTW, the cutaway can also be found in the 328 sales brochure.

-F

 

I love these old factory shots.

Automation in Fiat group assembly lines started in earnest with the Fiat Ritmo (Strada), 1979. It must have taken the best part of a decade for these practices to transfer to the Ferrari factory, who were obviously running much lower volumes.

Here's an iconic (British release) ad for the Strada from that period. I visited the very same production line circa 2000 and it was identical (producing the Panda on my visit).

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEVTorBHhOo[/ame]

 

Its fun to look at all the old factory photos and just wonder if one of them is your car.

 

Ok thats added to my wish-list along with the "Decisions Decisions" poster with the girl and the wine bottle (although that was a 308)