I think Michael at M Brandon (sponsor) has a few 328s in stock or incoming. But I haven't been offered any top notch 84-85 308s, despite red QVs being "common". And I'm not bargain hunting. Ready to write a generous, high retail check for a correct, unmodified US-spec car with PPI.
If we could ever find that "car condo" shared storage area in the OC I would let you stare at my pristine award winning 1985 GTS QV
Grazie. I'm very close to a deal on an '85 here in San Diego (after years of buying cars from every other part of the country...) Should know more this week, but it's looking good.
You're right, they really aren't. Hanging out on FChat it's pretty easy to assume that "red 308 GTS's are common." And it's true they made a lot by Ferrari standards. But when you divide the ~12,000 made into glass-carbed-2vi-QV, and then divide those into US (required here in California) versus Euro, and then divide those into original (required by me) versus modified... the surviving population of US-spec 308 QV's isn't all that large and a lot of them are pretty worn out. I'm optimistic that the car I mentioned will pass inspection this week, but even then it has the usual handful of projects to get it where I want it. Based on my experience the last several months, it feels like it's easier to find nice 328s. Not sure why, but probably because they seem to have been better made, and perhaps "conserved" during the 1980s price bubble.
Car found. Mods, please close this thread. Thanks! Will post details in the 308/328 section once the ink is dry.
