OBRUT Posted 6April, 2018 Report Share Posted 6April, 2018 Well it’s certainly not a Porsche. After 20 P cars in a row I thought it was time for a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 6April, 2018 Report Share Posted 6April, 2018 Wow , that's nice. Well done, need more pics though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgy Posted 6April, 2018 Report Share Posted 6April, 2018 Love it! When can I drive it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npvpositive Posted 6April, 2018 Report Share Posted 6April, 2018 Funny, what's that strange burning smell coming from Obrut's garage? (sorry, couldn't resist!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBRUT Posted 6April, 2018 Author Report Share Posted 6April, 2018 33 minutes ago, edgy said: Love it! When can I drive it? I’ll let you know when I get it home. 16 minutes ago, npvpositive said: Funny, what's that strange burning smell coming from Obrut's garage? (sorry, couldn't resist!) The current score is start 2 fire 0. I’ll keep you updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARTY Posted 6April, 2018 Report Share Posted 6April, 2018 That looks fantastic for a non Porsche congratulations on the purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poli84 Posted 6April, 2018 Report Share Posted 6April, 2018 More photos, it's beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastr Posted 6April, 2018 Report Share Posted 6April, 2018 Truly an icon of the 80s and truth be told my favourite, though not in gold. Red for me. I hope you've started on the 'tache Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted 6April, 2018 Report Share Posted 6April, 2018 that's the best condition 308 i've seen - looks amazing steel or fibreglass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARTY Posted 6April, 2018 Report Share Posted 6April, 2018 The interior looks great with typical Italian flair,it'll be interesting to see how you compare it to the other cars you have had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike D'Silva Posted 6April, 2018 Report Share Posted 6April, 2018 Do you have to grow a big bushy moustache to drive one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TINGY Posted 6April, 2018 Report Share Posted 6April, 2018 Love it, that's so cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBRUT Posted 6April, 2018 Author Report Share Posted 6April, 2018 2 hours ago, Coastr said: Truly an icon of the 80s and truth be told my favourite, though not in gold. Red for me. I hope you've started on the 'tache Ha, I would have run a mile from a red one. Too cliche/Magnum PI... The gold makes this a totally different proposition for me, I get to drive an icon without those associations. Different strokes as they say. Initial research is showing it as the only Aust 308 in this colour. 2 hours ago, Russ said: that's the best condition 308 i've seen - looks amazing steel or fibreglass? Thanks. Steel, injected and four valve. 2 hours ago, MARTY said: The interior looks great with typical Italian flair,it'll be interesting to see how you compare it to the other cars you have had. I’m not expecting the usual Porsche robustness, but it has some killer design details. Off to find some metric TRX tyres... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted 6April, 2018 Report Share Posted 6April, 2018 Congratulations ........................They are certainly a unique car to own and drive ,,,,,brings back memorys of my Fathers 308 GTS I his was a late 85 model just before the 328 was produced ,,,he purchased his in 1987 at Ron Hodgsons in Parramatta used with very low KLM took this photo just before he sold her for a 355 .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KGB Posted 6April, 2018 Report Share Posted 6April, 2018 Looks Fantastic. I'll wait for the swearing to start upon receipt of the 1st major service invoice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalai Posted 6April, 2018 Report Share Posted 6April, 2018 Bellisima! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted 6April, 2018 Report Share Posted 6April, 2018 21 minutes ago, OBRUT said: Ha, I would have run a mile from a red one. Too cliche/Magnum PI... The gold makes this a totally different proposition for me, I get to drive an icon without those associations. Different strokes as they say. Initial research is showing it as the only Aust 308 in this colour. Thanks. Steel, injected and four valve. I’m not expecting the usual Porsche robustness, but it has some killer design details. Off to find some metric TRX tyres... From memory there are only two types of tires available a Goodyear eagle and a Michelin..........the size was 390 /225/ 55,, I think he used to get the tires from the UK and preferred the Michelin over the Goodyear .................The air con is a cracker in it to ..........one temp Arctic cold and your knee gets frost bite Get your self a dash cover the reflection of the dash on the windscreen is really bad due to the windscreens rake my Dad had a carpet cover made to reduce the reflection used to due his head in ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3legs Posted 6April, 2018 Report Share Posted 6April, 2018 13 minutes ago, KGB said: Looks Fantastic. I'll wait for the swearing to start upon receipt of the 1st major service invoice. So true. Expect at least 3 times the cost of work done on a Porsche of the same vintage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted 6April, 2018 Report Share Posted 6April, 2018 Timing belt was the biggest head ache every 10,000 or 15 ,000 I think ,,,,,,,,,,you can do it yourself ,,Engine is east west in the 308 ,,,,so it requires the removal of the right hand rear inner guard liner and the top half of the suspension to get to the timing covers and remove the belt ,,,apart from that most things were pretty straight forward from memory but you do require some specialist tools ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 6April, 2018 Report Share Posted 6April, 2018 They say a Ferrari purchase is emotional not rational. At an emotional time in the past , I seriously looked at one of those! I hope your car gets well used - and hang any expense! It's a helluva lot cheaper than school fees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red clubbie Posted 6April, 2018 Report Share Posted 6April, 2018 Looks to be in very nice condition. Congratulations. I had a 1987 328GTS for many years. They are great cars. Cheers, Geoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airhead Posted 6April, 2018 Report Share Posted 6April, 2018 That is one seriously good lookin' car. And it's not red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakroo Posted 6April, 2018 Report Share Posted 6April, 2018 Looks great, and I love the fact that it's not red. It was interesting to chat about this car only a few weeks ago at our recent Sydney dinner and to think within a short period you're now the owner! Enjoy. All we now need is for the other dude chatting about exotic Italians at that same dinner (and I'm not thinking Sophia Loren) to go and get his and we're good to go for a PFA splinter group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airhead Posted 6April, 2018 Report Share Posted 6April, 2018 The PFA would stand for Poor Ferrari A.... insert own word here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoHeadsTas Posted 14April, 2018 Report Share Posted 14April, 2018 On 4/6/2018 at 1:42 PM, Russ said: that's the best condition 308 i've seen - looks amazing steel or fibreglass? Russ, think you'll find the 'glass cars were only the first run of GTB's - I drove a 'glass 308 GTB in the first Targa Tasmania, think it was a 1977 car from memory. Lost of familiar parts from the Fiat parts bin (lots of same stuff as my 1975 124CC coupe had...) On 4/6/2018 at 4:52 PM, Raven said: From memory there are only two types of tires available a Goodyear eagle and a Michelin..........the size was 390 /225/ 55,, I think he used to get the tires from the UK and preferred the Michelin over the Goodyear ................. Michelin XWX were probably original fitment. We got some to go on the GTB for that first Targa Tasmania, but not sure if still available. I noticed some on a couple of cars at the Gosford Motor Museum last week, but no idea if they were new or very old... Believe car was designed around the XWX, certainly I found the slide was very progressive and controllable with the XWXs. When I didn;t drive the next year owner was convinced to change to the then gun tyre Yoko A008s, but I reckon they might have had a higher ultimate grip, but when they let go I reckon there mightn't have been a recovery.... That car had the downdraft Webers, amazing sound from the driver's side air inlet as you could hear the air being sucked in when you pressed the loud pedal ☺ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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