Limoncello: yellow, cool yet it warms, and often leads to optimistic thinking. A little on the nose, but not too far from how I'd describe this 308. Look, is it really that garish to build a Ferrari kit car out of an actual Ferrari? The seller has been careful to avoid any GTO badging, all while maintaining the 308 badges. Yes, it's safe to say that CICFS.com approves of this GTO tribute, and we would appreciate it if the readership would take our side on the matter.
We can think of worse automotive sins than turbocharging a run-of-the-mill 16V 308, but the seller hasn't gone so far as to replicate the aspiration of a GTO. Fortunately, the 16V 308s breath almost as well as the later Quattrovalvole cars, and with the quad Webers power was a respectable 328hp. European cars revved a bit higher, and made 252, thanks in part to a less-stringent emissions standards in the old country.
Year: 1978
Model: Ferrari 308 GTB
Engine: 2.9L V8
Transmission: 5-speed manual
Mileage: 56,000 mi
Price: $95,000
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1978 Ferrari 308 GTB with GTO style body work. Conversion was done in 1990 by Jim Carpenter's Italian Design and Racing.
An almost 250 hour update to bring the car to our current more accurate rocker panel scoop and front valence was done in 2016. This included the replacement of the lower door skins, HRE 505 10"& 8" 3-piece wheels with 16" Goodrich tires, New black leather Daytona style seats, custom floor mats and new Wilton carpets. This cost was $28,575
The car currently has 56k miles with receipts for service history since 1999
A complete major service including belts and tension bearings is being completed as its last major was 4 years ago.
This is a true US model 78 GTB carburetor 308. The 77 and 78 cars having the highest horse power in the 308 series
With the rising cost of 308's, especially GTB's this car could not be completed for even close to the asking price.
We have now done over 70 of these conversions on the Ferrari 308/328's
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We've heard from 308 owners that the cars rust from the tube frames out. The tubes are painted, but the insides didn't see proper rust-proofing. We have to imagine that the Ferrari forums are rife with opinions on the topic, but if it were a real issue, I don't think we'd see so many 308s on eBay in driveable condition. The two-valve heads had issues with the sodium-filled exhaust valve becoming brittle over time, as well as valve guides wearing excessively. We'd check the service history to see that those items were addressed.
We are surprised at how much we like this car. Cool GTO looks, with a decent carb'd Ferrari V8 and chassis to back up the appearance. And, we'll take a yellow Ferrari over a red example any day of the week. Is it worth the asking price? Well, the seller certainly has a lot of coin invested in this thing. But, the miles are high, and it isn't exactly the most rare 308 variant. We're certain that the seller won't have much trouble finding an enthusiastic buyer to pay asking on this thing.
-Graham
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I like it. In retrospect the 308 and 328 weren’t very desirable cars compared to what was also available at the time, so why not mod it up a little. Right?
I think we’re going to see a lot of hot-rodded Testrossas and 308’s soon