Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 308GT4, was something...

[francis newman (francis]

Hi Doug

Thanks

I have already done all my research and know those two sites :-)

I'm going into this with my eyes open. If I write off he whole purchase price I 
will have been happy to own and run the car :-) It;s not megabucks after all. 
Half the fun of having an older car is looking after it.

You can't take the money with you, and there's enough left for my son and heir. 
Otherwise it will all just go to the government :-(

I'm just going to have fun!

Francis

On 19 Feb 2014, at 18:58, Doug & Terri wrote:

> Good choice Francis - a good friend has a '75 (because emission testing
> California starts with model year 1976) GT4.  The car will out handle our
> '78 GTS.  This is the one item many magazine hacks did like about the
> strange new Ferrari - you know, the one following on the heels of the lowly
> 6 cyl Dino.  Yeah, THOSE Dino's whose prices now need an oxygen mask.
> 
> How-some-ever - there are darn few vehicles made in 1979 that are "trouble
> free."  Suggest you read up on Birdman http://www.birdman308.com/  for some
> fun reading.  Also, you may already know these folks,
> http://www.superformance.co.uk/ , also located in the UK.  They seem to be a
> fine bunch of fellows.
> 
> Good luck and have fun.  Irregardless (sic) cLYdE's comments hold some water
> but his overall view is a mute (sic) point.  Buwhahahahaha
> 
> Onward
> 
> DOUG
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: francis newman [mailto:francis [at] fntn.co.uk] 
> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 10:27 AM
> To: DOUG
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 308GT4, was something...
> 
> I'm very late to the party. Just catching up on some reading as I've been
> too busy to keep up with things.
> 
> Rather an apt discussion as I'm in the process, after all these years, of
> buying my first Ferrari - a blue 79 308GT4 (Euro of course - being over
> here). 
> 
> Having read what everyone has said, one of the reasons I have gone for this
> car is precisely because it DOES have carbs. I don't want a daily driver. I
> want something old school with a great sound that I can occasionally really
> enjoy. If I want something trouble free that still goes like stink, but in
> fact is pretty boring, I get in my 2.8L V6 Turbo GM Vectra thingy!
> 
> I have always loved the Bertone shape, even more so now, and I love it in
> blue so as long as it all goes through, week after next if all goes
> according to plan, I'll be a very happy bunny :-)
> 
> I'm no mechanic so probably won't be doing much taking things apart in the
> engine compartment, but I'm looking forward to giving the car a bit of TLC.
> It needs a bit of professional work done on the body, but nothing too scary
> or (I hope) expensive.
> 
> I think I've got a good deal, and certainly over here these cars are going
> up in value at a good rate.
> 
> Anyway, I'm now 64 and if I don't do it now I never will. And with interest
> rates as they are I might as well put some of my pension money into
> something that I don't think is going to go down in value, and enjoy it a
> bit more than having it sit in a bank account earning not very much.
> 
> Francis
> 
> 
> On 7 Feb 2014, at 14:43, Clyde Romero wrote:
> 
>> Clyde says
>> If you like carbs great
>> And I don't hate your car
>> The reason carbs went away is because of fires, emissions, and 
>> starting problems just to name a few As for styling if you like it buy 
>> it It wasn't a big hit so Ferrari dropped it Most people want a car 
>> any car they put a key it in an go If everyone liked carbs we would 
>> still be watching black and whit TV and flying airliners with round
> engines!
>> That's what Clyde says!
>> 
>> Clyde Romero
>> 
>> In Victory you deserve Champagne
>> In Defeat You Need It!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Feb 7, 2014, at 9:12 AM, "Doug & Terri" <dnt [at] dock.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Nice description FG.  Well done.  I hope you sent cLYdE a 
>>> personalised  and signed copy.  Ah ah ah
>>> 
>>> Only problem I find now with our 308 GTS which is in the restoration 
>>> process are parts are Ferrari 288 GTO expensive and one would do 
>>> better looking for replacement rubber parts in a convent in France 
>>> than we can any place else.  Drat
>>> 
>>> Onward
>>> DOUG
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: Fellippe Galletta [mailto:fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Friday, February 7, 2014 2:58 AM
>>> To: DOUG
>>> Cc: The FerrariList
>>> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 308GT4, was something...
>>> 
>>> I agree that the 308 GT/4 has gotten better with age and is a very cool
> car. While it is very, very similar to a 308 GTB, there are enough
> differences to make it special in its own way.
>>> 
>>> It's basically what a 308 would look like if Lamborghini created
> it....just look at the Urracco, and the taillights of the Jalpa.
>>> 
>>> A '73 series I, standard ("euro") spec would be my pick, modded with 16"
> QV wheels and modern rubber. I'd also prefer it if it had Dino badges as
> opposed to Ferrari. Don't believe you see too many of those around. 
>>> 
>>> This car would be more interesting to me than just about all other 308s
> except the carbureted euro GTBs, and maybe even the GTS as well. GTBi/GTSi,
> and any 308 with US bumpers is too much for me to handle. 
>>> 
>>> Some of the GT4s have the same problem of course. 
>>> 
>>> Carburetors and cars old enough not to need catalytic 
>>> converters.....life is good. :)
>>> 
>>> FG
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Rick Lindsay <richardolindsay [at] 
>>> gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>> Since we're sharing opinions, I'll toss mine in: I think the 308GT4 is
> absolutely beautiful. Yes, Bertone's designs are more space-age angular than
> Pininfarina's curves, but no less visionary. What I can claim is that I feel
> no natural attraction to most Zigato designs, and some I find to be
> butt-ugly!
>>> 
>>> clYde finds anything with a carburetor to be a firey death trap. That may
> play a role in his dislike ofvthe GT4. He hates my 308GTB for that very
> reason. But there is nothing on Earth that sounds better than a bank of
> Webers.  And I have to admit that my all time favorite auto-music comes from
> the six dual choke Webers on a first generation Countach. My 308GTB comes in
> second. And I bet Rob's GT4 ties with it for that position.
>>> 
>>> You know what opinions are like, and mine is no different. Such is life.
>>> 
>>> -rick
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