Driving The Ferrari Rally Car You Didn't Know About! Michelotto Ferrari 308 Group 4 hot rod

[@Yaaayishere]

I am repeating myself, but Phil and Mike at QV make owning a 308 tolerable. Second, I am so glad you are getting into more varied 308's, each and every one is an individual, this being more individual than most.

[@Number27]

Thanks Pete! Hope to see you again at some point!

[@vintageman91]

Since im very mutch into vintage rally and racing, i knew about this car, it was used in the 70s and early 80s in group 4 and then carried over to group b.

[@free-birdrocker8809]

Magnum had to drive the open topped 308, hes a giant. They had to saw the foam in the seat down so he wouldnt seem silly sitting behind the windshield. Now if his 308 was juiced in the power dept then it would have been awesome.

[@kipsome45]

A thing of raw beauty! And unlike many others, I like it in the green. Keen to learn of progress with the Influenzo Jack. Great video as always.

[@gazcolman9184]

Love it. Looks like the offspring of a wide body Pantera and a Stratos. Just needs a red stripe to complete the Italian colours.

[@Number27]

Yep!! It’s a really cool car! Thanks for watching!

[@monoracer_]

I love the loud intake sound

[@richardwollocombe6793]

Wow, what a head turner and great V8 bellow! Roll straight out of the driver's seat onto the Chiropractor's bench 😂

[@philipmulville8218]

Hadn’t seen this before. Love the passion, Jack. Your channel is a treat.

[@ianhoyle8459]

Wow, really wow. Wonderful looking machine and fantastic camera work showing the amazing silhouette, especially the rear view. Thanks.

[@benzinapaul7416]

I've still got a Bburago 1:43 308 with light pod and Pioneer livery

[@paulgaida2601]

Love those Campagnolo wheels!

[@global_nomad.]

ah the chance to drive and enjoy...and nice to here you highlighting the good aspects of your own car...

[@MrMairu555]

Not green... nooooooooo! 🤣🤣🤣 But have to agree, the 308 is one of the prettiest cars ever made, and with the Group 4 arches it looks mega! Just needs painting in red! (The Stratos in plain colours looks fantastic too!)

[@MrMairu555]

OCD made me edit my typo! 🙄

[@andrewgurney6019]

Colour apart, what a stunning car and sounds wonderful.

[@larrychamel]

A Privilege Indeed Jack! Makes you want your Influenzo running at 100% and then some. Great video, Thanks for sharing Mate! 💚😍💚

[@gethinjones9987]

Thank you for the uninterupted intake noise 😆 gave me eargasms 😊 fantastic car 👌

[@organiccold]

The 308 had been a cool rally car, back home in Madeira Island Jean-Claude Andruet raced with a Group 4 GTB in 1981 in Rali Vinho Madeira :)

[@Number27]

WoW cool! Thanks for watching Inacio!

[@e.d.4824]

Nice! Great car, always loved the Michelotto 308s since the 80s! Need to be continued with a proper performance and chassis testing and feedback!

[@davidkosach3095]

Yes I agree sir ! Then put a normal person in it that enjoys the car who actually can fit inside the car. I don’t want to hear how his fat ass does not fit any more lol. At least the new guy will have fun. 😊

[@eze8970]

Thanks Jack, always good to see the race/rally versions!

[@upbuild4397]

That looks epic, so low and wide, and I love the roars at the top end of the rev range 👍👍

[@brogenville]

Not sure about the Kermit green, but what a car!

[@bakedbeanzontoast9078]

At least it's not Miss Piggy pink....!!.👍

[@weareallbeingwatched4602]

Elmo orange or gonzo blue. We could all be sued by Disney Jim Henson in court for trademark infringement, and be defended by the grumpy old men.

[@joasbery4849]

I like it

[@opticracer3927]

12:36 Looks like a mini Boxer! Love it!!

[@nancywestern1390]

Love the rear flares, front needs some too, to balance the look.

[@aimhii]

Great Video my Friend! I luv your Passion for these cars. Someday I hope too buy you a beer and talk about our cars....cheers

[@Ducati444]

Nice to see you in motion again! And in such a machine.

[@alexk7286]

yours will be on the road before you know it! thanks for the look at the build 👍🔧

[@motamark]

Love the Campagnolo wheels.

[@Gozar111]

That truly is a beauty! Wow

[@johnnysmith863]

I've still got a Bburago diecast model of a Group 4 308 somewhere... it was always a favourite as a kid. A full size one would definately be a favourite now!

[@ren19d]

Me too ! - with Pioneer livery

[@barneychralambous9033]

Gorgeous car, scary and exciting!! You're not far from where I live and I often see you filming or the tail end of your cars. Please can you upgrade your mike? Often its up and down in clarity and volume? Keep up to good work👍🏼

[@Murhamdilah]

So much nsx has follow the 308. Nsx also upgraded the engine from 3 litre to 3.2 litre. Very similar bodyline and engine layout.

[@markc969]

Your very lucky to be able to drive such great iconic cars!

[@Number27]

I am indeed!!

[@HappyDaysNI]

Wow! What a car! Love the wheel arch extensions, the colour and the noise! Thanks for the 11.20 onwards, i was happy at 10.20-10.30! Glad you didn't have a shunt though, with 3/4" knee clearance, you'd be wheelchair bound for eternity!

[@GrummanBearcat]

Fantastic, looks like it belongs on a circuit and not on the boulevard. Enzo and I approve.

[@steves4639]

one of the very few times where those of us of shorter stature have something actually work to our advantage

[@robkleinlangevelsloo259]

I'm almost 2 m, so not very tall, but I'm sure I would rather be below average height than over it. I will not be able to get in this, or any sports car. And everything, realy everything is too low or too small. Everything, if I can use it, will make my back hurt.

[@jaap5398]

@@robkleinlangevelsloo259 you’d be just fine in an air cooled 911

[@mikwhiting938]

That rear shot is auto heaven. Ooosh.

[@andyroberts9410]

With those gold wheels and wide arches it would look awesome in red.

[@marcryvon]

Nope, rather in proper Ferrari true color, Fly Yellow.

[@idokwatcher2062]

Owner must have pleanty other Ferrari's in red.

[@benzinapaul7416]

The wheels will no doubt be replicas, there's a few companies in Italy making the 'coffin' style wheels for the Stratos and 308

[@xavichuvy9047]

I really enjoyed watching this one. Nice one mate.

[@Number27]

Thanks buddy!! Glad you enjoyed it

[@ianmangham4570]

Standard 308 looks so beautiful 😍 its off the hook awesome 🇬🇧💯⚡🤟

[@mosca3289]

Looks amazing. Great to test these niche cars.

[@MrJdubbya36]

I have always said the 308 could have used a bit more aggressive look. That and the gold coffin wheels is an amazing look!!

[@opticracer3927]

0:21 Oh that sounds so sweet! And good idea about Magnum! Imagine if you will: Thomas arrives to the estate in the 308 and sees a big truck exiting. A smiling Higgins informs him that the special delivery has arrives for Mr. Masters entry into the new Hawaii Rally 83 and under no circumstances Tom is allowed to even see the car lol, in a special off limits garage. On an afternoon where Rick calls him to inform Thomas that a suspect he's looking for is at his Club, Thomas tells him to hold him for as long as he can and when he tries to turn on the 308 it doesn't even click!! Desperate he looks towards the special garage and looks towards the camera and smiles! About 2 minutes later after "opening" the door he sees this beauty!! Fast cut to the car being driven from out of the estate and on the highway! Yes!

[@marceld6061]

... with Magnum neatly folded up inside trying to peer out the windscreen. Yeah, no. There was a reason he had the roof off the Ferrari - he didn't fit inside the car. The seat was pushed back as far as it could go. The padding was removed from the seat. At 6'4 his head still poked over the top of the windscreen. A Berlinetta would never have worked.

[@opticracer3927]

@@marceld6061 Waaahahhaha! Right you are Marcel! Like with the Honda 600 episode! But, in this case, why not make it a green targa! Just for the episode!

[@slasher9883]

Stunningly beautiful and completely impractical. How typically Italian :-)

[@hydrusje]

I've seen one of them, in the rally of Ypres, blue Pioneer sponsored one.

[@johnireland1629]

Wonderful to see you back in a proper car and enjoying yourself. I hope it inspired you to stay the course with Influenzo. Any news you can share about finding a replacement head, or a whole new donor engine, or on the Lotus?

[@Number27]

Hopefully update on Lotus next week and update on Ferrari tonight I think!! Good news..

[@idokwatcher2062]

Beautiful to behold, but painful knowing you will never ever be able to have one. Thanks for sharing.

[@organiccold]

Dam this car is really a good looking car Jack :)

[@pi.actual]

I'm pretty sure those coffin spoke wheels came from Lister-Bell. They still sell them with their Stratos kits. As far as a tribute Michelotto goes I can understand the inspiration but honestly they were never meant to be "enjoyed" and I think a lot of people fall into the flawed notion that they want a "race car" when really no, they don't. The charm of the stock 308 is that it kinda-sorta looks like a race car but it's actually quite comfortable and civilized as opposed to brutally spartan and harsh with the single goal of getting the machine and it's driver across the line before anyone else. Great to see you shoehorned into one though Jack, the grin on your face is revealing. Maybe you DO want a race car (ha, ha)

[@Number27]

Ha!! Thanks for watching Paul!

[@themessenger5868]

The green is beautiful...fun track car.

[@barfmeister8509]

And at this point I appreciate my 5’7” frame 😉 my kinda car this 👌👌

[@spotontheroad1]

Glorious sound. Great looks. Great video too. But that floppy steering column wouldn't fill me with confidence😲😉

[@rockeroller]

I agree. Stunning car.

[@thefleecer3673]

You had me at the rear flares

[@nickmurray721]

Had harnesses fitted into my Subaru when I uprated the engine, suspension, brakes but in reality they are a pain and removed them and reverted to a seatbelt

[@januaryoctane5384]

Didn't know about it?! I have a model with the Pioneer livery between the 308GTB and my 246GT-LM. LOL :) BTW, Magnum couldn't have driven the rally car. He was too tall for anything other than a spyder.

[@princesssolace4337]

I have to 200% agree with u on this content.

[@grayfool]

That needs a track. It sounds wonderful.

[@michaelshepherd7572]

I love the USB outlets on the dash.

[@bakedbeanzontoast9078]

Fab car, makes me want to eat a bowl of Spag Bol right now.👍👍🇬🇧

[@opticracer3927]

1:09 que bestiál se ve este carro con los aros dorados contrastando con ese precioso verde! Magnífico!

[@jayr5331]

Wow that's an awesome 308

[@nigelbullock9039]

Really interesting video. I didnt know about the ferrari being raced in rallying.

[@EnricoDellaDora]

Greetings from Padova, you nailed the italian pronunciation!

[@Number27]

Grazie Enrico.. é perché sono italiano di origine!! Saluti !

[@EnricoDellaDora]

@@Number27 Ecco perché!!

[@paulstolper58]

If that car is ever missing a head, I know who has it.

[@Number27]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ryanmccormick2150]

My God Jack that is one absolutely awesome car! simply wow! I'd take that 308 over any modern Ferrari........ the modern ferraris in my opinion have lost their way looks wise . Great video Jack as always buddy 👍

[@ryanmccormick2150]

@Graham yeah I know but still it's awesome !

[@Number27]

Thanks Ryan!! And don’t listen to Graham, it is a Ferrari made with all Ferrari bits. It’s simply not an original Michelotto 308. Absolutely nothing wrong with that.

[@ryanmccormick2150]

@@Number27 it's a really cool car I'm sure Graham would enjoy it if it was his ! I'll look forward to your next video Jack 😉

[@paulgoyette8222]

Great now I want to build a very cool car, oh and expensive! Thank you sir!

[@andrewnorris5415]

Magnum needed a GT version for cruising Hawaii. This would be good as a bond car in a full-on race scene with a lotus.

[@marceld6061]

The GTB is actually quite attractive in that livery. I personally don't mind the green. I hadn't noticed but the GTB looks smaller than the GTS for some reason? Maybe it's just me. Maybe it's just how that car is set up? Either way, thanks for showing up this one. It probably would have performed better if you had the fringe on top. 😂😉

[@solstar4778]

Love the color !

[@pauln0371]

So when are you dropping a 328 engine into the Influenza 😂🤔😂🤔

[@krisjones3359]

I so love being 5`10 now that I am older, having wished I was 6`+ in my younger years, I have no idea how my 6`+ mates fit in their Porsches with a helmet on trackdays, LOL 👍

[@FelixIsMyName]

I'm over 6'4" and I had a BMW Z4M Roadster for about 18 months and I was having to do a real "gangsta lean" with the wheel set to max height just to fit in the damn thing and see the dials!

[@Graham_Langley]

One of my cousins was well over 6' 6" and many years ago had a Mini. Watching him fold/unfold was amusing...

[@ghibli608]

Yes, being on the shorter side of the human spectrum gives HUGE advantages in term of accessibility of cars ! We fit in all cars 🚗

[@BarneyRubble]

Yes, with the aid of a cushion! 😁

[@jacobb1354]

Looks fun. How tall are you if I may ask? Wondering about the fit in the car and the perfect view of the roll bar.

[@Number27]

Im 6.1”

[@jacobb1354]

Oof. That’s tight for a lot of people! Made for a shorter person I guess...

[@richardtaylor2449]

Thanks Jack awesome car vid' Are those the same Campag's on the Lancia Stratos?

[@Number27]

Yes they are!!

[@ned900]

What is the phone holder at 0:33 please?

[@bretkaiser7355]

Good to see you, Jack. Still watching the commercials. Come by the US midwest and I will make some spicy southern fried chicken. Take care!

[@Number27]

Thanks Bret!!

[@JJHurst]

That looks very purposeful doesn’t it... Lovely car , you deserve a little fun at the mo Jack, this must have been a nice distraction from the influenzo...👍🏻

[@simonwoodward438]

Love it, looks a right weapon

[@Mr57blackbeauty]

Great video jack, hope its not long before we hear some good news about your 308, but come on, you pronounce Padova etc properly so why not Lancia??? Its Lancha not Lanseeya, keep up the good work

[@stevo6900]

Can't see it myself green with a fluffy dash quattros nice though

[@NoWay23548]

I can imagine how far his knees would travel up through his pelvis if he ever had a frontal in that deathtrap.

[@marcryvon]

Aaaah, who cares ?? Not him, crazy as he is, but thus loveable bloke ! 😂

[@Yosemite_Sam]

The ergonomics are shit for sure. Sounds great but that runny cow shit green looks like pea and ham soup someone upchucked. I bet it was great to drive though ignoring the discomfort.

[@Steve_MFr]

Da fook? And an old 356 or 911 would mean a huge difference in that regard? Unqualified statement. (And I have quite a bit of experience working on Porsches and Ferrari of that era. And I am a huge Porsche fan...)

[@salvofarnia8046]

Most cars over 60 on impact are pretty much 95% death traps, yes modern ones.

[@salvofarnia8046]

Dean shove that tutonic junk where the sun dont shine, nobody cares what you like.

[@locker60]

Yes I like that race car look, lucky man

[@jockrim201]

Hi Jack, really enjoyed this video. Food for thought on how you can adjust your own car once it gets back on the road.

[@Number27]

Thanks buddy!!

[@RzogL]

I still have a dinky toy of the red and blue Pioneer liveried car. I'd like to find the most miserable 308 GTBi out there and restomod it to drive like a rally spec car and have that stance and lightness about it. But I would retain the standard car's instrument binnacle and I'm not too keen on green. Agree 100% about the Campagnolos though.

[@pyoung168]

Great car! Wonder what is the significance of the paint scheme, if any? Thanks!

[@Number27]

The pattern is the same as the Pioneer livery on one of the race cars!

[@focus3303]

Fantastic car and another great video...🙂👍

[@Number27]

Thanks buddy. Enjoy the weekend!!

[@focus3303]

@@Number27 you too my friend and I hope you get your ferrari fixed..🙏

[@artyfhartie2269]

There are more Ferrari models than fishes in the sea.

[@Joey4420]

Looks like you didn't put the seat belt on correctly. But the car looks like lots of fun.

[@daveslocombe]

Great build. Can see why the ride was uncomfortable as it wasnt set up for you.

[@karlmoltzan6196]

I love the car. Even the green paint. Have you thought about putting a 3.2 in your 308?

[@Number27]

Ha!! Too much money for me!

[@Neomet010]

I'm sorry Jack, but you getting into the car was like watching someone trying to put on a pair of wet Levis that were a size too small. LOL! Beautiful fun car though. Love the Campy wheels! When I saw the pic on Instagram my first thought was that it was a Lancia!

[@Number27]

Thanks buddy!! Yes they are synonymous with the Stratos!!

[@Thecarman1994]

Lovely car. The wilds of Surrey ?

[@dusankocisevic6823]

Hey Jack, you really need a bigger Cavallino compared to this Mean Green 😎😎🙏🙏

[@grahamnutt8958]

Jack. Maybe you should get rid of the Influenza.... part exchange it for this one? You were clearly enjoying yourself there mate 👍

[@Number27]

Ha!! Yes but I love the Influenzo!!

[@damntall]

Cool video. Your audio is very inconsistent, mostly muffled, and distracting tho... So here are some thoughts for making better, more consistent audio in all your videos in the future. Maybe consider: For example... In one long segment, you're on the driver side of the car, so to address the camera you need to turn your head to your left. Problem is your mic is clipped to your right lapel (the car side) ... Meaning... away from your mouth. This creates a considerable frequency response shift in some mic pickup patterns. Yours sounds like a cardioid or supercardioid, and those pickup patterns are designed to be less responsive to (or reject) off-axis sounds. The resulting sound character of sounds that come from directions other than directly in front of a cardioid or supercardioid is a muffled sound. So when your head is turned to camera your dialogue shifts to sound like you're speaking through a thick blanket, and then goes clear and full-range when you briefly look away from camera to the car as you discuss. Head turns back to camera, and it's muffled again. Over and over throughout. If this were an Omni patterned mic, this would not be a problem... There are tradeoffs with Omni, tho. But for cardioids (which are probably best for your application) , it's very distracting. There are 2 solutions... Either: 1. Since it appears your mic clip favors a side-pointed microohone position, just note your lav's position for every shot and swap its location to the camera side of your jacket each time you change camera angles or... 2. Figure out a way to have it clipped center (like to the top of your zipper location) and pointing straight up, neither left nor right. Both approaches will help minimize the wildly shifting frequency response of your dialogue in this video, and improve your audio overall, since you'll be getting more full-range response more of the time. Hope this helps.

[@davidstuart4915]

oooo, looks rather interesting :).....and sounds even better

[@michaelpegasiou4531]

Great stuff,I love everything about this car apart from looking like an eight year old sat in a babies pram although I’m 5,11 so I would fit better.Hopefully get an update on your cylinder head soon 😉

[@GiuseppeLeopizzi]

Perfect pronunciation. Except for LANCIA! IT'S A SURNAME Imagine if we called a guy named Smith ... SMITTO. Anyway, nice job.

[@Number27]

For some reason I keep saying Lancia the English way but pronouncing everything else right! 😄

[@leebuckles2364]

Great history lesson

[@rickyprice7586]

Great video and car