Steel trunk lid on 308 GT4???

It appears that most, but I'm not sure ALL, series 1 cars had aluminum lids on all 3.
To be honest I'm not sure if all series 2 cars were steel. I believe so since that would help explain part of the difference in weight between series 1 and series 2/3 cars. But again, I don't know 100%.

Pretty vague answer, but I don't want to give you false info.

 

I'll check mine this afternoon when I get home from work...

 

The only non-magnetic panel on my car is the engine cover.

 

I swear these cars get more and more interesting all the time.

So it looks like you could have any of the following:

1) All 3 lids aluminum
2) All 3 lids steel
3) Some combo of both.

and we're supposed to keep track of this how?
What a riot.

 

It's probablly whatever deal the factory got at the time...

"Luigi, after you fit a da steel trunklid, we gonna switch to da Aluminum for a while....capeech" (sp)

JIM

 

What year parts manual? I wonder if there is a different part number in the '75 book versus the '78 book.
I'll check later if you don't have both.

 

Yep I found it......

The old part number is 40017402.
So there is a change.
Steel? Alum? Cardboard? Maybe all 3?

 

euro series two cars have aluminum lids on the front, engine and trunk. There is no series three cars for europe.

Rocco

 

And yet a THIRD part number!
The 1974 parts book shows it as a 0400174.

 

The front and rear lids attract the magnet on mine but only the outer edge of the engine lid does the center of it does not! I'm sure this clears everything up! Though the trunk does attract the magnet it seems quite light in weight.

Cheers!

DT

 

"clears everything...." <laughing> The history and differences on these cars is such a riot.

It attracts a magnet on the edge because the "frame" is steel.

 

My S2 car has aluminum panels on the front and engine covers, steel on the rear trunk. BTW, the sunroof panel is steel too.

I tried to get a better photo of the trunk support post but my camera refuses to focus in the cold. The support is just a 6mm dia. rod welded to the trunk frame, just a simple bead around the end of the rod. A good TIG weld and some heat barrier around the weld site would probably save the exteror paint. What do you think Peter?
Another posibility is to weld a washer on the end of the pin and the use about 3 rivets to fasten the washer/pin the the trunk frame. If the washer is the same size as the rubber snubber the rivets won't be visable.

I don't think that the weight difference, steel vs alum, would cause a properly operating support to not work. The lid is nearly upright in the open position so the hinges take most of the weight anyway.

 

Hey Dave, its a Ferrari, not a Yugo. The aluminum might be from an old road sign but it won't be cardboard

My Euro 308GT4 has all 3 lids as AL with steel frames. SN is 11966, build date is Jan 20, 1976. The car is part S1, part S2.

Gerrit

 

Mine is an Australian-delivered 77 GT4 - all 3 lids aluminium.

 

Hi
this is what the pin attachment to steel frame looks like, from Jan 20, 1976 308GT4 (11966). Lid is Al.
Gerrit
http://dino308gt4.com
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