Ferrari 308 GTB Vetroresina |
Completed: |
1976 |
Originally delivered: |
Italy |
Original colour: |
blu 20.A.185 Salchi |
Original interior: |
beige VM 3234 hide |
Comments: |
Launched at Paris in 1975 the gorgeous Pininfarina-designed Ferrari 308 GTB |
| replaced the Dino 246 and accompanied the angular Bertone designed 308 | |
| GT/4. The initial 712 examples were the first Ferrari road cars bodied in | |
| fiberglass, known in Italy as "vetroresina", with subsequent cars rendered in | |
| steel to the end of the 308-series production in 1985. Breathing deeply through | |
| a quartet of twin-choke Weber carburetors, the mid-mounted, all alloy, four-cam | |
| V 8 engine of the 308 GTB initially produced 252 bhp in European market tune. | |
| With fully independent suspension, four wheel disc -brakes and outstanding | |
| balance, the 308 - particularly the early fiberglass-bodied cars - are rightly | |
| coveted by Ferrari enthusiasts. |
| The 308 GTB on offer has a long term ownership in Italy until it was bought by a | |
| serious German Ferrari collector in 2014. In this time the car had a red livery | |
| with it original beige interior. After receiving the Ferrari factory comfirmation | |
| about its original and very special colour of Blu 20.A. 185 Salchi. The new owner | |
| immediately decided to paint it into its original color knowing that this 308 GTB | |
| Vetroresina was the "one and only" 308 Vetroresina receiving this especially | |
| ordered colour. |
| While the car was taken apart it became obvious that the car needed some | |
| more mechanical work as expected. The work was carried out by one of the well | |
| known marques specialists in Germany and ended up with a neraly complete | |
| restoration within two years. The restoration receipts and service bills came up | |
| easily to an amount of 100 k USD. The car is accompanied by a large file of | |
| documented work and as well a large photo documentation about the work which | |
| has been carried out. |
| A recent test drive has shown that the car is mechanically in splendid conditon | |
| and a real fun to drive. It has the lightest body of all the 308 GTB and this is | |
| what it makes it easy to drive, well balanced by its mid-engine design, reliable | |
| with its independant wheel suspension and lots of torque by its highly tuned | |
| engine.The 308 GTB Vetroresina is showing unbelievable driving skills already in | |
| the early seventies. |
| Compared to its predecessor the 246 GT Dino the 308 GTB Vetroresina was a big | |
| step into the future for Ferrari, much more fun to drive, much more power and a | |
| ten times better handling and a dramatically increased power output by | |
| its famous 8-cylinder 3000 ccm four ohc-engine. |
| If someone is looking for a 308 GTB this is the car to go for. |
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