Poll any group of Ferrari fans on which Prancing
Horse is the most beautiful and you’re likely to get quite a few answers.
Ferrari designs tend to hit rather than miss. But listen closer to those
responses and you’ll undoubtedly hear a common number and letter combination:
3-0-8 G-T-B.
The Pininfarina designed Ferrari 308 looks just as stunning
in 2015 as it did at its Paris Motor Show debut in 1975, certainly not
something you could say about all mid-’70s automotive designs.
Fittingly, the 308 was born to replace another piece of
Ferrari eye-candy, the Dino
246 GT, and there’s a familiar recipe: mid-engine, five-speed manual
gearbox, and rear drive. But where the Dino had to make due with 2.4-liters of
V6, the 308 boasted 2.9-liters of V8. American versions got 240 horsepower and
could nearly kiss the 160 mph barrier.
This version, originally spec’d in Rosso Rubino paint,
received a bare-metal respray in Ferrari’s iconic Rosso Corsa hue and underwent
a thorough restoration using many new-old-stock parts, including the sought
after Euro-spec front and rear bumpers. Inside, the 308 GTB sports new carpet
and leather upholstery, but the real masterpiece lives in the boot. The
pint-sized V8 engine was blueprinted and fully rebuilt at 36,000 miles, and now
churns out 300 horsepower up to a screaming 7,500 rpm. Not bad.
source: boldride
by Zach Doell
http://www.fzrestoration.com
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