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Ferrari 308 (1979)
for sale

Price: US $125,000.00

Description:

This is a fanatically restored and maintained 308 in better than new condition. 1979 is the last year of the last carbureted model of Ferrari ever made. Car is red on tan after a bare metal respray and restoration . Car was originally rosso rubino, now is rosso corsa (PPG Fer 300/6 paint code). This car has 58K miles (believed to be original) and has no history of accident repair or damage.
At the time of restoration, this car was taken down to bare metal and at the same time new Wilton wool carpets were installed, new door panels and the seats were recovered in proper leather. At that time, the car was painstakingly and properly converted to Euro bumpers and a Euro front grill. Note that this is not a case of someone simply collapsing the struts on a US bumpered car. These are proper Euro bumpers that were mounted to the car. The car also had new rubber seals throughout. Note that the car still retains original glass throughout and the original felt window guides with the red stripes! The interior is in like new condition. No tears to the leather, perfect dash, like new carpets, spotless headliner and best of all, everything works on this car! All gauges work, the a/c blows cold air, electric window regulators have been rebuilt, etc.
The car had an extensive $30K engine rebuild by Independent Ferrari Service in Massachusetts, at which time it received new pistons, valves and ’75 spec cams. Also lined bored and blueprinted and the car comes with a series of engine dyno runs. At this time, the suspension was refreshed with custom valved Koni shocks and new bushings and the brakes were also rebuilt. The water pump and distributor were rebuilt, all fuel lines were replaced and the water hoses were upgraded to silicon. The car also has the Birdman fuse panel upgrade. Needless to say, all services and maintenance items are current on the vehicle. In fact, I just spent over $1, 000 having the gaskets under the carbs replaced to eliminate vacuum leaks and having the carbs synced.
The car currently rides on perfect 16 inch wheels with no curb rash, but note that I am also including 5 original, freshly refinished 14 inch Cromodora wheels still in their boxes. These wheels are perfect for showing purposes for anybody who wants to go the Concours route, but the car rides much better on 16 inch wheels.
Numerous performance upgrades have also been done to this car. It has upgraded radiator fans with a custom shroud around them to maximize the flow of air to the freshly installed and upgraded radiator. It has also been converted to a single distributor setup with MSD ignition for improved drivability. All smog equipment has been removed so the car WILL NOT PASS SMOG OR VISUAL INSPECTION IN CALIFORNIA. Since the smog system is missing, I had the directional signals wired to the engine slow down lights, which now blink when you use the directional signals. This is much easier than trying to see the dim little turn signal lights at the bottom of the speedometer gauge. The car also has a battery cut off switch installed and a pigtail for a battery tender.
Best of all, this car has a fabulous Accusump oil scavenge system installed that provides oil pickup and pressure during hard cornering and also injects oil into the engine journals upon start up. This minimizes wear and maintains strong compression on the motor.
Now for the good stuff: the car comes with all books & manuals in the original cloth Ferrari pouch, all tools (including the elusive spark plug wrench) in the original and correct pouch, an original jack with all accessories in pouch, and original radio delete plate, the emergency light on the plug in cord and
ORIGINAL WINDOW STICKER
! It even has the original sticker on the inside of the lid on the storage bin between the seats. There are two binders full of pics of the resto work, maintenance work and another folder full of invoices. Good luck finding another 308 with all accessories present
AND
the original window sticker!
This car drives like an absolute dream. It makes all of the right noises, has excellent throttle response, tracks straight, no rattles, the a/c blows cold, EVERYTHING WORKS, etc. This car needs nothing. Also note that I am the world’s worst photographer. The car is a deep, lustrous Ferrari red and dare I say it, the paint is perfect. No swirl marks, no scratches, no chips that I am aware of, etc. I have attached as many pics as possible to this auction, but there are 80 pics at the dropbox link below:
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For disclosure purposes, I am only selling the car because I have a 599GTB arriving in two weeks and I am simply running out of room. I have 4 Ferraris and I am reluctantly selling this one, primarily because I am 6’4” inches tall and I barely fit in this car. I try to kid myself that I fit, but every time I get into the car, I am reminded that I really don’t fit. So I wind up staring at the car, but not being able to drive it the way I’d like to. So sadly, it is the odd car out. I will either sell it, or put it into long term storage.
The car is located in Orange County, CA and available for inspection. I am asking $125K for the vehicle and will put it up head to head against any 308 in the country. PPI’s welcome. No trade offers please and no Nigerian Prince scams either. Thank you for looking.
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