10 Wild Facts About Magnum's Ferrari 308 GTS - Magnum P.I.

[@RabeHighPerformance]

You're back on KZbin

[@CarStarz42]

Yeah, I'm working on it. Been negotiating with KZbin for the last few days and finally managed to get my monetization back like just a few hours ago, so hopefully I'll be posting more often in the future again. 😉👍

[@RabeHighPerformance]

Rad ​@@CarStarz42

[@johns2296]

​@@CarStarz42Welcome back! I was wondering as well if you were back, since I saw some of your older content made a reappearance

[@CarStarz42]

@@johns2296 Thanks, yeah I had to delete and re-edit a couple videos for the re-monetization, but better versions of them are up now 😉👍

[@chetubetchaIII]

@@CarStarz42 Great to hear!

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

I always thought it was funny that on a small island, a six-foot-four man wearing loud Hawaiian shirts drives around in a bright red Ferrari with the top off...and his job was a Private Investigator. 😂😂😂

[@CarStarz42]

Lol, indeed and the same kind of problem with most other similar concept shows, like the red tomato in Starsky and Hutch, the A-Team Van, and so forth lol!

[@TT_1221]

I recall Roger Moore in an interview referring to his amusement of James Bond as a Secret Agent yet every bar man from Shanghai to Monte Carlo seemed to know who he was. 😁😁

[@mrdynamite71]

Actually applied for a p.i. job back in the nineties and was turned down because I owned a red car.Was told they are to noticeable for tail jobs! 😂

[@CarStarz42]

@@TT_1221 😉

[@CarStarz42]

@@mrdynamite71 Lol, priceless! 😉

[@ricodog3652]

Beautiful car. Cars have come a long way. A 2023 honda accord will smoke this car in a race.

[@CarStarz42]

Indeed and true enough!

[@BobGeogeo]

Nit picking: the thumbnail is not a US 308. Ours had larger bumpers.

[@CarStarz42]

Lol 😉

[@robbnutter4665]

I read that Ferrari was so pleased with the positive press, they gave Tom Selleck one. Glad to see you back...your extensive research is very much appreciated.

[@CarStarz42]

I believe they did. Thanks and glad you are enjoying the channel 😉👍

[@WW-wf8tu]

They did give him a Ferrari.

[@thefalloutshelter7799]

there are Magnum PI branded Ferrari plastic model kits from Revell available on the used market

[@CarStarz42]

Indeed 😉👍

[@wills2140]

yep, and the old" stock model kits have started dropping off a little in price... when you find them. '(;

[@donreid6399]

I built that particular kit for my Grandma back in the 80s when I was a teen (she was a HUGE Selleck fan)! It was an incredibly well-detailed model, with pop-up headlamps, removable top, great interior, an opening engine cover and a VERY well-detailed Ferrari transverse V-8 engine and transaxle. I so wish Revell would reissue it today!

[@CarStarz42]

@@donreid6399 Nice 😉👍

[@speedandstyletony]

They also had TC's chopper although it wasn't exactly the correct version. Built both as a kid.

[@Cycle.every.day.]

Robin Masters other Ferrari 308 would've been worth a mention , his green one,number plate Robin 2 , it appeared in at least one episode maybe more , Robins arrogant Nephew used it when he came to visit.

[@CarStarz42]

Interesting, I didn't know about that one as I haven't watched the entire series all the way through anyways.

[@victorvance2573]

@@CarStarz42 Yes i remember that one but i think it had another plate since Robin 2 belonged to the Audi. The Audi itself would be a cool video for me too since i own one.

[@CarStarz42]

@@victorvance2573 Yeah, I'll most likely cover the Audi when making second rounds through my massive to do list at some point to cover secondary vehicles, just got so many other primaries let to do first before getting to secondary vehicles.

[@neilfrasersmith]

Higgins is not Masters. Higgins couldn't stand Magnum. Magnum was a friend of Masters, that's why he was living rent free at the house and driving the Ferrari. The plot would make no sense if Higgins was Masters.

[@CarStarz42]

Let's not rehash that old debate please...

[@GasPipeJimmy]

I was unaware of that debate, but as it stands

[@jeffrobodine8579]

​@@CarStarz42The show finale titled "Mad Dogs and Englishman" solved that debate, or did it?

[@graemew7001]

I've read the comments to see how this has come about, back on YT again, I'm so pleased it has been worked out because your content is excellent. Welcome back my friend, wishing you all the luck this time and like others, I'm here for the long haul.

[@CarStarz42]

Thanks much friend, yeah and I was never even breaking any rules or anything like that, the problem is with KZbin is just getting a human to actually review the channel properly instead of their AI bots that just go around and incorrectly flag channels.

[@antoniodiego9357]

Glad to see you’re back. I really enjoy watching your videos

[@CarStarz42]

Thanks. Yeah, I managed to get my monetization back last night at least, so hopefully I'll be posting more often in the future again 😉👍

[@retrocar7761]

Good you see you posting again, its certainty been awhile.

[@CarStarz42]

Well, yeah but had to delete some videos the other day, so putting them back up as I've been negotiating with KZbin for the last few days and finally managed to get my monetization back like just a few hours ago, so hopefully I'll be posting more new stuff often in the future again😉👍

[@margaretbehler4935]

I saw a Mera Fiero 308 for sale next to an actual 308. From a distance it looked good. My friend could not tell the difference from 10 feet or so away. It was the best looking one I ever saw.

[@CarStarz42]

They are quite close indeed 😉👍

[@savoirfaire5460]

If you watched the show in order Higgins is not Robin Master Robin was Magnum's buddy from Vietnam that how he know him

[@CarStarz42]

It's an age-old debate for sure, but I just went with what the writers told us towards the end of the series

[@martinb.770]

@@CarStarz42 Still, there were some episodes, that clearly needed Robin to be another person.

[@raulduke6105]

Fact #11 they actually did use a very large shoehorn to get TS into the car

[@CarStarz42]

lol 😉

[@donreid6399]

Indeed so, Mr. Duke! 🙂

[@WW-wf8tu]

Fact #11. The Ferrari 308GTS was originally going to be a Porsche 928. 😉

[@CarStarz42]

Indeed 😉👍

[@kavinskysmith4094]

Umm your information kinda contradicts itself, take a look at the vin numbers listed at 8:56 chassis 29109 34567 38527 and 57685, then stop at 8:59 28251, meaning its an earlier car, also the ones listed are all red and tan that's red and black, unless that's the green metallic one they had in one of the episodes and its been resprayed red, that's not one of the real ones and the first ones in aulstralia, I found the video with the owner who actually has a speech impediment but seems like a really nice guy, and he talked about how they bumped I think the camera equipment or one of the walls at the start of the show, and ferrari wanted 7 grand to fix the grill on the back so they just wielded it back on for 500, as their was some serious price gauging going on given where the car was located and the 308 was 70 thousand dollars back then, a testarossa 90, which I think went up to a 110 or that might have been the countach also the quattro valve motor formed the base of the 288 GTO's motor, which was turbocharged by the factory to put out upwards of 400 and some change for group B rally racing, that was then used on the F40, using that same motor, and not the 328's and I think theirs way more than a thousand left on the roads, like the person who made that list probably went off of the british numbers where you can track a car by its entire history and registry on one single plate, and when they dont get retaxed, they sometimes consider a car a write off when it isnt also early cars were fiberglass and featured 14 inch rims and tires, latter was 15 or so with bigger brakes and tires in addition to the motor changes, and the smog equipment they had fitted, also ferrari had just been bought out by fiat so their was alot of sort of parts sharing going on, and they were trying to find their footing with marcelli ignition and the like in addition to the oil crunch, so the more you could make with less the better, hence why the very first cars featured at the french autoshow and the first 200 or so were fiberglass on a steel tubular chasis and realistically your looking at about a 180 to 200 hp, but the main thing was it was a high revving motor, and it had a 5 speed which allowed it to reach about a 145 plus, when the vette could barely do about a 120 and it had a pretty decent 0 to 60 of about 6 and a half seconds despite the low power its kind of one of those things where you dont go off the specs' you drive it and see how it feels as its not about the figures, its what gets to the wheels, granted the 328, the upgraded version of it was kind of outgunned by the late 80's thanks to the corvette getting its power back up, and lotus doing the same and porsche being porsche, not to mention by that time lamborghini was out of the game, with the jalpa going out of production in the early 90s so it kinda got left in the dust, and with turbocharging kicking in, it just got worse hence why you hear this reputation of its not fast, when it is fast and even some idiot was trying to tell me a quattro doesnt have enough power to drift when I told him he should buy it to revive his drifting fleet as sometimes you just cant fix stupid, mind you an elise would smoke it from what the specs look to be

[@CarStarz42]

Thanks for the insight.

[@ASennaFan]

Higgins WAS NOT Robin Masters. DB has stated several times that was not true, and there is an early scene in season 1 where you see Robin Masters hand while he talks to Higgins.

[@CarStarz42]

Let's not rehash that old debate...

[@milfordh.mercado2787]

'Magnum, you're not taking the ferrari after wrecking it last week do you hear me' yeah how many times that work 😅😅😅 as we know that in the end of every episodes he still drives it my friend.

[@CarStarz42]

Lol, indeed 😉👍

[@Flies2FLL]

When I was in high school my teacher had a full size cardboard cutout of Tom Selleck in her classroom. This was 1982 she was 45 and FAT, and there was no ring on her left hand, so we all kind of understood what was going on. Thomas William Selleck was born in Detroit in January 1945, but lived in Los Angeles, like most actors. He's 6'4 inches tall, and this created a problem because this is a VERY small car; A Porsche 928 was considered for the roll of the "car", but since a 928 has a V8 engine with a crossplane crankshaft it sounds like any other American car. The producers wanted the more exotic sound and look, so the 308 was used instead, and the cars used in the series had the targa roof. I owned a 928 for 19 years, and it was a great car, never giving me any real problem. But I drove a Ferrari 308 in 1995, and since I was a skinny dork (6'1" and 145 pounds), I had no problems fitting into the car. The 308 drove like an old pickup truck with no power steering, and the clutch was very heavy! I asked the owner if this was right? My head was close to the roof, and it was more like "folding" into the car. That thing is SMALL. Tom at 6'4" and 200 pounds must have needed to be helped into that thing! That's why they always had him driving with the Targa roof off. A 928 would have worked far better for him. And after driving a 928 it was obvious that it was the better car, but this is television. Great video!

[@CarStarz42]

Indeed and funny story there, lol. Yeah, still impressed to this day that Selleck was able to stuff himself into that car again and again without needing the jaws of life to get him back out again, lol! Glad you enjoyed the video 😉👍

[@wills2140]

0:44 how did the producers switch to the 308 _qv_ Ferrari, and we went with it...?¿ I do not recall getting an explanation for the switch over to cars with *_black_* louvers, instead of *red* , but, yeahhhh.,.

[@CarStarz42]

Most viewers, non-car guys that is; wouldn't even notice or care really.

[@donreid6399]

From what I've read, the 308/328 was pretty miserable to live with on a daily basis. The footwell was way too cramped (you needed tiny feet in order to fit), the pedals were situated too far to the right (in order to clear the left front fender well, which intruded significantly into the passenger compartment), and the HVAC system may as well been left off. Still...I think it's the prettiest of the mid-engined Ferraris. But boy, Selleck was definitely too tall for the car. Most of the shots, his head is sticking up above the windscreen header! 🙂

[@CarStarz42]

Indeed and well said 😉👍

[@V8_screw_electric_cars]

Also they have weird flatplane V8 that has no torque and sounds like 4 banger.

[@Davo_enchilada]

​@@V8_screw_electric_cars Yeah, I remenber watching the show and the sound reminded me of the weber fed Fiat 124 that a mate of mine owned

[@andrebartels1690]

Two uploads at the same time? It's got to be Christmas 😊

[@CarStarz42]

Well, yeah but had to delete some videos the other day, so putting them back up as I've been negotiating with KZbin for the last few days and finally managed to get my monetization back like just a few hours ago, so hopefully I'll be posting more new stuff often in the future again.

[@speedandstyletony]

In the first episode(I think, first season for sure) Magnum sheds the top off and leaves it on the side of the road.

[@CarStarz42]

Lol, yeah.

[@11C1P]

Johnathan Higgins is not Robin Masters.

[@CarStarz42]

Let's not rehash that old debate please...

[@williamhopkins4162]

I remember being in lahoya.. in82 when Datsun changed their NAME to NISSON THERE was small bldg. There , went in and on the left were A beautiful restored and original like a 62 Vette and other anyway on the Right side were FERRARIS SIMILAR.TOTHAT ONE.FOR.I GUESS 65000K IN 1982 THAT WAS ALOT BUT THE CARS ON THE LEFT WERE MORE IMPORTANT CAUSE THEY WERE BUILT AN RESTORED MONEY SPENT V8 VEGA S CORVETTE S AND IF HAD BOUGHT ONE I WOULD STILL HAVE IT POINT IS THE RIDES WERE CLIMBING BUT NOT THAT BAD!!

[@CarStarz42]

Cool 😉👍

[@robsolf]

Yep... an amazing looking and absurdly expensive car like the 308 boasted less horsepower than a Focus ST. Such was the 80's. Lots of beautiful cars, at least.

[@CarStarz42]

Indeed, different times with different standard for sure.

[@RoeVenturesLLC]

3:27 $82,900 for a 308 depending on condition, historically, $25,000 via Forza Magazine 1999

[@CarStarz42]

Yeah, values of pretty much any classic these days is through the roof unfortunatly.

[@kelvinh8327]

IMO the 308 was the most beautiful Ferrari until the 2000s

[@CarStarz42]

😉👍

[@T.R.R.Jolkien]

I worked on one of the replicas for The Paint House, in 2000.

[@CarStarz42]

Cool 😉👍

[@williamhopkins4162]

People compare they're rides to better ones just cause they wish they had one!!

[@CarStarz42]

😉

[@andrewjames1817]

First ferrari i got to drive was a 308 GTB

[@CarStarz42]

Nice 😉👍

[@wpwbigcheese3795]

Love your vids. Glad you are back !

[@CarStarz42]

Glad to hear that! Yeah, I managed to get my monetization back last night at least, so hopefully I'll be posting more often in the future again 😉👍

[@AliceEmpireBreadfan]

Slow or not, this is still the only Italian car I really want to own. This show is 100% to blame.

[@CarStarz42]

Lol, indeed 😉👍

[@RoeVenturesLLC]

No ya don’t it’s hard to find people to work on it, but several KZbin videos helps.

[@AliceEmpireBreadfan]

@RoeVenturesLLC I've been a mechanic for 20 years and a nearly 50 year old Ferrari design isn't anything out of my realm. Now, acquiring the parts for it here in the US...that maybe a different situation that I wouldn't want to tackle.

[@CarStarz42]

@@RoeVenturesLLC I bet.

[@CarStarz42]

@@AliceEmpireBreadfan Understandable indeed.

[@dcarbs2979]

Over 5000 examples in production is a lot for Ferrari. I think the most common model at the time. Although many of the modern models have exceeded this production. First was the Testarossa (1984) with over 7000 examples. Most notably the 360 and 430 were in even higher production before Ferrari deliberately reduced it, fearing the brand was losing it's exclusivity.

[@CarStarz42]

Indeed.

[@TrailBlazerSS502]

If Thomas Magnum had gotten his with the Quattrovalvole motor, he’d stop the baddies in no time; in 1987, Nintendo unveiled the hot home video game, crowned “Rad Racer”, which allowed you to choose between the Ferrari 328 and the Ferrari F1 race car, and the sequel, Rad Racer II, introduced in 1990, featured just the 328.

[@CarStarz42]

Lol, indeed on both accounts 😉👍

[@MrJayrock620]

I also have seen a James Bond DB5 from Playmobile. If I didn’t know that my son would destroy it, I would have bought it for him…. But mostly for me. LOL

[@CarStarz42]

😉👍

[@marklangren3142]

Two of them ended up in the twin cities

[@CarStarz42]

Cool 😉👍

[@ro307805]

US spec cars were slower than a v8 lx mustang of the same era....

[@CarStarz42]

Definitely not a powerhouse, we know. It was all about the style for sure 😉

[@ro307805]

@@CarStarz42 fabulously beautiful for sure. Wish I had one, or a 328 GTS

[@CarStarz42]

@@ro307805 😉

[@michaeljordan6008]

92k miles? Ouch

[@CarStarz42]

Yeah, guess that is quite a bit for a car built then, but it still looks great at least 😉👍

[@TT_1221]

I recall Selleck being interviewed on the set of Magnum PI back in the day and the interviewer noted Selleck was driving a Porsche and it was parked up beside his on screen Ferrari that day.

[@CarStarz42]

Yeah, and I think I remember they were wanting to use Porsches first, but decided against it for some reason, maybe he was testing one of those out or something.

[@WW-wf8tu]

@@CarStarz42 No, the fact was, he was originally supposed to drive a Porsche 928.

[@jeffc7486]

Do you know if christie brinkley used a selleck car in vacation?

[@CarStarz42]

I don't believe so as I've never seen anything about that in my researching anyways.

[@victorvance2573]

#6 You can also drive a Ferrari 306 on Hawaii in Test Drive Unlimited 2. Great game btw!

[@CarStarz42]

That's true as I have played that before many years ago. I wonder if that new game of theirs is any good or not. I haven't had time for trying any new games for well over a year now, been too busy with other stuff.

[@victorvance2573]

@@CarStarz42 Don´t worry i think it isn´t even released yet.

[@jackybouwer7835]

Vittese do a lovely 1/43 scale 308 but you've got to cut the roof off yourself to make it a gts I think it's the best 1/43 out there

[@CarStarz42]

Cool 😉👍

[@Davo_enchilada]

@@CarStarz42 When I was 15, in 1980, I found a Japanese plastic model kit of a Ferrari 308 GTB in the local K-Mart (I'm in Australia) When Magnum debuted in 1981 I chopped the roof off it to make a (crappy) GTS..

[@CarStarz42]

@@Davo_enchilada Lol, we all gotta start somewhere 😉

[@Fabulousprofound168]

0:36 huh. I always thought the license plate said ROBIN1… I guess I better start watching reruns again 😕

[@CarStarz42]

Yeah it was Robin1 as I talked about a bit later in the video, not sure why it was a standard tag for that one scene though, it was probably just in the pilot episode only or something.

[@Fabulousprofound168]

@@CarStarz42I guess it was just the pilot episode that had it, and then it changed to ROBIN1 after…

[@CarStarz42]

@@Fabulousprofound168 Indeed 😉

[@orlandoclark8062]

One of the iconic cars from the 80"s.

[@CarStarz42]

😉👍

[@edwardbianchi192]

Glad to have you back! Good luck!

[@CarStarz42]

Thanks much 😉👍

[@jeremymorrison3494]

Reposting? All good? what gives?

[@CarStarz42]

Yeah, had to delete some videos the other days, so putting them back up as I've been negotiating with KZbin for the last few days and finally managed to get my monetization back like just a few hours ago, so hopefully I'll be posting more often in the future again.

[@jeremymorrison3494]

@@CarStarz42 That's really encouraging news. I wish you all the best and hope to see more vids going forward. i still check rumble by the way. Best Regards Jeremy

[@CarStarz42]

@@jeremymorrison3494 Thanks, yeah I'm pretty stoked about it; going forward I'll just post any new videos on both platforms I suppose. Rumble is great, but you just can't earn much on there compared to KZbin. I had all my videos on there for like 3 months and made less than 20 bucks 😬

[@jeremymorrison3494]

@@CarStarz42 wow, that is not much at all

[@justinsanders2705]

Welcome back my friend! 👊👍💪

[@CarStarz42]

Howdy. Yeah, I managed to get my monetization back last night at least, so hopefully I'll be posting more often in the future again 😉👍

[@kennethdrewary1094]

I saw a documentary on the Magnum show, and the actor who played T.C said Ferrari don't give cars to t.v. so they got a Ferrari body and put a V.W engine in it, and it kept breaking down.

[@CarStarz42]

Lol, they were probably talking about some of those replica stunt cars that I mentioned in the video as the main hero cars used at least were indeed real Ferraris for sure 👍

[@rcampbell4967]

My Infiniti STOMPS this car 0-60. Like, no contest.

[@CarStarz42]

Pretty much any modern day car would, that's not the point. It's all about the style for this car 😉

[@andrewjames1817]

GM was sued by ferrari for making kit model 308 .some still exist today

[@CarStarz42]

They are a sue happy company for sure.

[@mutantryeff]

Those cars didn't really have any HP. My Cummins diesel has more HP

[@CarStarz42]

Well, yes, but that's like comparing apples and oranges there; two very different vehicles 😉

[@Fabulousprofound168]

It was a different time back in the 80’s. Today a Toyota Camry hybrid makes this kind of power 🤷‍♂️

[@lewisr7700]

Not particularly fast or powerful, but it looks so good it doesn’t really matter.

[@CarStarz42]

@@Fabulousprofound168 Indeed

[@CarStarz42]

@@Fabulousprofound168 Yep, sad but true.

[@CraigGagnon-f7q]

he was too tall for the car. looked stupid, even back then.

[@CarStarz42]

Lol.

[@bobstupaksvegasworld4098]

I saw a 308 for $25k in the early '80s. I thought that was a good deal. I told my dad and he just laughed. As a daily driver he said the upkeep would kill the low price. Beautiful car though. He was biased though as he liked the Esprit.

[@CarStarz42]

Lol 😉

[@donreid6399]

The Esprit was definitely pretty, but a friend of mine traded his Porsche 928S for one, and it - being a Lotus - lived up to its reputation: Lots Of Trouble, Usually Serious! 🙂

[@RobertRedford77]

$15k in 2001

[@bobstupaksvegasworld4098]

@@RobertRedford77 Enzo Ferrari must be rolling in his grave over that price.

[@-Jason-L]

I bought one for 24k in 1999. It was my daily, and i couldnt afford the maintenance as i lost my job a year later :(