Jul 16
1985 Ferrari 288 GTO
A car that helped define the modern supercar era. Rare, beautiful, and still one of the most special Ferraris ever built. Absolutely love the profile of this gem.
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· Jul 16
Here is the problem. I can't tell it from a 308 which is not a lot of money in the big scheme of things.
· Jul 17
They all sort of look the same to me as well. I did some work on this 308 a few years ago. Overrated experience.
· Jul 17
What is funny Travis is that you and I can distinguish a 1920 something blah blah by its bumper bolts but all the post 1972 Ferraris look the same to us.
· Jul 17
Yeah, we just have a different strain of the illness. Of that era Ferrari, I can identify a Dino, a 308, and a Testarossa but it gets a bit hazy beyond that.
I can’t think about the Testarossa without remembering the one I had to put a front bumper on. As a 20 year old kid, I thought it was a really cool car until I saw how the front of it was put together like a kit car. That was in the early 2000s and the new bumper was $5k and was some of the poorest quality fiberglass that I’ve ever seen. The new lower valance was 1/2” longer than the bumper so there was a lot of shaving to fit and bodywork to straighten waves and pinholes. The flat twelve sure sounded sweet though.
· Jul 17
Same ones I know. The Dino is great looking but a Fiat. And the Testarossa...
· Jul 17
Me too, and again….. I remember seeing Dino’s for 40K and wondering if they had peaked.
· Jul 18
Speaking of Dinos, there is one at Gooding Pebble next month. Been a favorite of mine for a long time. This is a special racing version.
· Jul 17
The 512BBI was the one that made a big impression on me as an impressionable teenager.
Never thought a car could look so good from the back.
· Jul 17
Shawn, am I just blind? I can't tell the difference?
· Jul 17
308 has no tail or gills. Only a V8 car.
Still a Ferrari.
· Jul 17
It doesn't seem that long ago that 328/348's were available in the 20's..... I liked their style, but would never own one. The funds to make that purchase in 2026 dollars would bring me more joy in something prewar. That being said, I can certainly appreciate them. Another example of "I hope my buddy buys one and I can drive it".....
When they were 20 years old, it seems they were at the bottom of their value curve. What sports car now would be analogous to that (cool and at the bottom of the price/value curve?
· Jul 17
John, you bring up a good point about cars hitting the bottom of their value curve at around 20 years old. It seems that most of the interesting cars from the 80’s and 90’s have already started climbing again. Now it seems that 2000s cars have hit bottom and a few are coming back around.
· Jul 18
Take this with a grain of salt but it reinforces your point about collector cars on the upswing.
https://www.hagerty.com/media/market-trends/5-cars-gaining-value-in-an-ever-widening-market
· Jul 17
If somebody is giving Ferraris away, I want an early front engine car. SWB or Super America like this one.
· Jul 18
I'm with you. Give me a 1950s coachbuilt car or maybe a 275GTB from the 60s. 250GTO might be asking for too much.
· Jul 18
Nice, but I want that in LHD. And if we go 60s I want a SWB.
· Jul 19
How about a California Spyder?
· Jul 17
There's a mad scientist on the Grassroots Motorsports forum who is cramming a V-12 into a 308.
If that wasn't enough, he's also grafting on the twin-cam heads from a TR engine.
He's had it running a few times now.
Check it out here:
https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/build-projects-and-project-cars/frankenferrari-v12-ferrari-308/148959/page1/
· Jul 17
Tight fit!
· Jul 17
Impressive that it fit. As I recall, there wasn’t a ton of spare room even with the v8.
· Jul 17
That project took a lot of commitment. Or insanity.
· Jul 17
😂
· Jul 17
That's a very blurry line in this hobby.
· Jul 17
No kidding, lets not start throwing stones.
· Jul 18
Nope, no stone throwing here. After all, I’ve backed a boat into a lake at 2:30 in the morning just to catch a damn fish, so I can’t say much about other people’s commitment to hobbies. 😂
· Jul 19
Wow. That is a tight fit.