http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=12527&item=2256298342 Apparently one of the cars used in filming. I find it interesting that they bang on about the history of the 308 etc, but say very little about the car itself (condition) or show many pics of the car as it is now ...
Probably because they're hard pressed to actually come up with tangible pictures of this particular car. They used so many different cars, that it would be hard to pinpoint this one. Anyway, the price is totally ludicrous. Only a car museum would be willing to cough up that money.
I've got to remember all these details when (and if) I go to sell mt 308!!! $60K to $80K seems pretty high!?
This car is still forsale??? Wow, it has been a long time. I looked at it 3 years ago and he wanted $45K or something close to it. All I heard was the history of the 308 or Magnum. I heard nothing about the history or car except that it is more reliable than a chevy. Also the mileage is about the same as it was 3 years ago. It hasn't been used much in 3 years. That price is crazy. I can see why it is still forsale. It probably will be for a long time.
You all keep telling everyone the price is to high. How do you expect the 308 to gain value???????? Some of you are just strange, or have no business sense.
Prices are not made by talking them up. Prices are purely a function of demand and supply and the supply is high. 308 need at least another ten years before they increase significantly in price. I always shake my head at the dreamers who pick a price out of the blue and think somebody will pay that. A 79 308 is about 25k, pure and simple.
Have you looked at the stuff this profiles-in-history person is selling? Everything from one of Sinatra's jackets to a $10k Gene Roddenberry Star Trek Letter. How can you prove any of this is real? If you told anyone that you owned KITT or a Magnum PI car they would think you were like this guy - http://media.ebaumsworld.com/iroc-speeding.mp3 Listen to the whole 30 minutes!!!
Even if you could prove 100% that the 308 was used in a particular Magnum PI scene and was driven by Selleck, so what? Other celebrity Ferraris have been on the market and didn't sell for much over the market price. And since they used many different 308 in the series, it isn't all that special. Heck, we even have a few FChat members whose Ferraris have been used in movies and I doubt, they'd get a premium for that either.
Don't forget the 18% buyers premium. That jacks the opening price up to $70,800. The car has 87,000 miles and the ad states the targa top is painted red and the seats have been modified. Without the benefit of being used in Magnum P.I., the car would be worth maybe $25,000. That means the seller is asking a $45,800 premium. Maybe he'll find a manic Magnum fan to buy it, but I think I'd use the money to buy a 308 AND a 328 or maybe a 355 instead.
I remember reading somewhere that Tom Seleck didn't "fit" in the 308GTS very well - so they removed the seats for him. He was probably hinting that he wanted a daytona convertible.... I saw Don Johnson's yellow camaro from that ??? tv show go on Barrett Jackson for some outrageous price last year. Has anyone ever seen a Miami Vice white Testarossa sell? (I assume there was more than one TR for Miami Vice.) If I had one I'd definitely start wearing blazers and loafers without socks!
As I understand it there were two white TR's used by the Miami Vice show in its later episodes. The reason the earlier episodes used McBernie/corvette replicas of daytona spyders was because no one with a real on was willing to lend theirs to the show's producers to beat the crap out of on the streets of Miami. Ferrari was PO'd about the spyder replicas and "convinced" the producers to write it off the show and use the TR. I remember years ago Noel Blanc had two Daytona Spyders. Both were auctioned by Christies around 1998 I think. One of them, red w/black/red inserts and a silver nose band was alleged to have been the car used in the 1975 film Gumball Rally and the remake of A Star is Born. Yet, in watching the two films I didn't see a spyder in that color combo. So, was the car used in both or either of these two films and if it was so what---that doesn't make it worth any more IMO than any other properly sorted and cared for daytona spyder assuming that it was properly cared for and refurbished (the car is currently owned by and on display at the Petersen Automotive Museum). Same goes for one of the Magnum PI 308's that were probably beaten to ---- by the shows stunt drivers.
the "yellow camaro" was a 'Cuda convertable ( yes , that means it was NOT a Chevy), though not numbers matching it was a nice car, with or without the TV hype.
With the mileage of this 308, it better have had some SERIOUS TLC to keep it running and looking well over the years/miles. Probably should have or have had transmisison work done, obviously a carb rebuild, lots of new hoses, etc. Part of the value of these cars--which comes from their desireability--is that they ALL look like the magnum PI car. To most people, this particular one is no different than any other red 308. Heck, most people thing my red 328 is "The" magnum PI car! But hey, if it's the first time it's been sold in a while, who wouldn't put it out there for that kind of money? Just to "fish," see who might take the bait, right?
Who cares if it was driven by some celebrity in a TV show or driven in some race for that matter. Maybe somebody made up the whole story. Somebody could say that their car was used in a famous TV show or take a few frame and suspension scraps and build a car around it and say that it raced at some big race in Europe in the 60s and nobody would go to very much effort to prove them right or wrong. It would just be alot of hype that would fool the passive, bootlicking sheep who wouldn't be smart enough to dig up all the details and disprove the whole story...... Oh, that's right. We were talking about Magnum P.I. Sorry, I got carried away.
With all the rational reasons, given here, NOT to buy the car, the seller is obviously looking for the "MORON" to buy this thing.............and in the US, there is NO shortage of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..........and the seller feels the same way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There was some Magnum PI site that listed all the numbers of the cars that were used. If I remember right (old age ya know...), they used several 1979's, several 1982's and several 1984's. They always kept one "good" one for the close-ups and the beaters for for the action/road shots. I remember one episode where they slid one sideways across the road to block it off and a big Town Car, or something, took the front fender off. Man, I was pissed! How could they! At that price, you never know. SOme neophyte will look at it and consider the high price justified. The current owner will then go out and buy a 355! Heck, I had a chance to buy one of Nick Cage's cars, a 1979 308gts. Great shape, priced right. But I could not afford the after care. Looking at some of the girls he has dated, I would have gone broke trying to decontaminate the passenger seat..... Jim
Well, since it has been forsale for at least 3 years you would think you would lower the price. Instead he raised it. They also used 83's and 85's in Magnum PI.
Perhaps someone should sell their 308 advertised as "undamaged by very bright movie/tv set lights"!!! Better yet "undamaged by tall TV stars"!!!!
I remember another episode where Magnum spun out to avoid hitting some woman in a car (who went to be his "case" for the program) and he went through a wood fence, damaging the car. And wasn't there one episode where the car was REALLY badly damaged in an accident (total front or rear end, I forget which) Hope its not one of those cars
Actually wasn't it a Hemi Cuda convertible clone? It sold for something like $160K or $170K. Worth it maybe for the real deal but for a clone??
... and there was an episode where Robin (or Higgins) took the Ferrari away and Magnum was forced to drive a smoke-sputtering E-Type Jag... the guy's head was about 2-feet above the windshield !! -Daniel
