RE: Fibreglass Ferrari 308 GTB 'Vetroresina' for sale

[pbe624]

Tall people:

As said, I had both 328GTS and 308GTS which are very similar in interior space .. I am 1.86m and have a foot size of 45 (EU measures, not sure what it translates to...).

If you were gym shoes, no issues with the pedals. However, to fit behind the wheel, you would need a steering wheel spacer (as sold by Hill Engineering UK) which takes 20 minutes to install and prevents the steering wheel from touching your legs. Then no issues at all to drive the car :-)

PS: deep front spoiler was optional, I prefer standard one to avoid scraping all the speed bumps...

[WPA]

Bonefish Blues said:

WPA said:

Dapster said:

WPA said:

if I am honest I prefer the green one linked in the advert.

Did a bit of digging - if I were to go green, it would be this shade - never seen one in this colour before, looks amazing!

That is nice.

What's with their protruding bottom lips - was that factory?

Only on later cars but a lot of owners fitted them to early cars, they do look better.

[sosidge]

Conceptually, there's not that much difference between fibreglass and carbon fibre bodywork.

Yet people will happily assume that fibreglass parts on a car are "rubbish" while carbon parts are "superior".

[Hilts]

WPA said:

Hilts said:

I know it's a bit petty but a 308 needs a Quad exhaust to complete the look. The single pipe lets it down imo.

Maybe that's due to when I grew up anything with 4 exhaust pipes was really special eg Lamborghini, Maserati, Ferrari

All early cars had a single pipe.

That explains the wide variation in exhaust styles from early cars, quite a few modified to a quad.

I borrowed this one from a club for a few weeks, think it was a 1977 or 78 car complete with 4 pipes!

[DaveyBoyWonder]

Dapster said:

Yes please!

[Bonefish Blues]

WPA said:

Bonefish Blues said:

WPA said:

Dapster said:

WPA said:

if I am honest I prefer the green one linked in the advert.

Did a bit of digging - if I were to go green, it would be this shade - never seen one in this colour before, looks amazing!

That is nice.

What's with their protruding bottom lips - was that factory?

Only on later cars but a lot of owners fitted them to early cars, they do look better.

Looks out of proportion on those two green cars - not sure why. Looks fine on the red.

[el romeral]

The exhaust just does not look right.

[Petrus1983]

Dapster said:

WPA said:

if I am honest I prefer the green one linked in the advert.

Did a bit of digging - if I were to go green, it would be this shade - never seen one in this colour before, looks amazing!

This PH article made me realise how desirable green Ferraris can be -

https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-spottedykywt/g...

As for the car featured in this article - I'm just not feeling it, especially at that price.

[LotusOmega375D]

Hilts said:

That explains the wide variation in exhaust styles from early cars, quite a few modified to a quad.

I borrowed this one from a club for a few weeks, think it was a 1977 or 78 car complete with 4 pipes!

Inspiration for the Lamborghini Sterrato?

[rubystone]

It had a DFS in it and bigger wheels when I bought it. I put it back to original. DFS wasn't an option on Vetros. Bonnet fit is slightly out in those early pictures. Sorted when it was being sorted for sale. Sorted 308s are great. Those with worn suspension, rusty undercarriages and sloppy gearchanges aren't! They cost a lot to get right!

[Earthdweller]

Just out of interest does the fibreglass on these get brittle, after all it’s nearly 50 years old now ?

[British Beef]

Earthdweller said:

Just out of interest does the fibreglass on these get brittle, after all it’s nearly 50 years old now ?

Shouldnt if correctly stored, if exposed to temperature extremes and too much sunlight then maybe degredation occurs. My Esprit is 40+ years old, and body and paint looks like new, where it is not stone chipped or damaged (mainly be me)



One thing I find strange about a lot of cars from this vintage, and really hate, is that the seats appear to be designed for dwarfs, with the headrest coming barely half way up your head, and the back rest considerably lower, I am an average 6ft tall. The seats in these 308s are exactly that, designed for someone about 5ft tall with long legs and short torso.

[Slippydiff]

British Beef said:

Shouldnt if correctly stored, if exposed to temperature extremes and too much sunlight then maybe degredation occurs. My Esprit is 40+ years old, and body and paint looks like new, where it is not stone chipped or damaged (mainly be me)



One thing I find strange about a lot of cars from this vintage, and really hate, is that the seats appear to be designed for dwarfs, with the headrest coming barely half way up your head, and the back rest considerably lower, I am an average 6ft tall. The seats in these 308s are exactly that, designed for someone about 5ft tall with long legs and short torso.

Or an average Italian ... I believe the 308 GTS was used in Magnum PI because he couldn't fit in the GTB version ..

Note too the typical Italianate steering wheel angle :



Which most owners don't realise does actually have a degree of adjustability to it :

[rubystone]

el romeral said:

The exhaust just does not look right.

But it is. The Vetroresina was released with a single outlet pipe. Many of those on the market are incorrectly specified with bigger wheels, DFS and quad exhausts.

[Leithen]

rubystone said:

el romeral said:

The exhaust just does not look right.

But it is. The Vetroresina was released with a single outlet pipe. Many of those on the market are incorrectly specified with bigger wheels, DFS and quad exhausts.

Here's some period pictures of ours. (apols for quality)

[Fessia fancier]

Wonderful cars, had ours almost 20 years though I must say the green one is really appealing
Ours has the “wrong” deep front spoiler quad exhaust and wheels

[Fessia fancier]

[Dapster]

Fessia fancier said:

Looks great, and is that a Countach on the ramp? What a champ!

[993kimbo]

I had a fibreglass 308 gtb in yellow. Absolute pig to drive because of the heavy clutch and you couldn’t see out of the back window. I gave it away to someone.

[sean ie3]

For rarity in this series I'd look for a 208 GTB turbo, 1990 cc 220hp and as fast as the 308, bonus point, low capacity multi cylinder engines are cool.