Rare Barn Find Ferrari 308 Vetroresina Untouched Since 1987

[@PeteCourtier]

Ian Tyrrell is restoring one of these. A tale of rust under fibre glass!

[@icsunonova]

i bet this one is too

[@802Garage]

So like an old Corvette?

[@fridonina]

Hope this one is beter....

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

Rusty steel rails under the fibreglass !

[@reggiedixon2]

I came here to say the same, I think that fibreglass might be hiding some horrors

[@TheSteelerider]

One of the most beautiful designs. Ever.

[@Rascularvideos]

I agree. It’s always been right up there for me, design-wise.

[@mindsandmotiontherapy6968]

@Graham ARE YOU SERIOUS????????????

[@philipclausen3259]

That 308 must be driven as much as possible. It is a true pearl. Wish it was in my garage👍

[@tberreth33]

Great vid! As an ‘83 QV 308 owner (approx same miles) I loved seeing this and would love a carb’d car. I can’t believe they started it with 34 year old timing belts! Gutsy! Looking forward to seeing the paint and refresh.

[@Ratarossa]

it proves the point, these engines are pretty solid. rubber belts though risky

[@Ratarossa]

however the belts on my boxer having been outside for 13+ years felts fine

[@p-townshankzilla2654]

Only found your channel about a week ago, and I been absolutely binge watching. Great stuff

[@Ratarossa]

Welcome aboard!

[@brianiswrong]

👍👍 up to the first owner who wasn't shy driving it .

[@daveglover6115]

You mean design by Pininfarina, Scaglietti built I think and another Interesting classic Ferrari find video, thank you! (Another Modena serviced car...)

[@gaetanoflorio6277]

The one at Ian Tyrell's was good from afar but far from good! Lets hope this one was cared for and shows less rust beneath the surface. Both project will be great to see once completed.

[@benzina5917]

Fascinating discovery. 20 years ago when I bought my 1977 308 GTB the vetro cars commanded about a 30-50% price premium and the gap has only gotten bigger. Some good historical information on this video. Thank you for sharing.

[@windronner1]

I’ve read somewhere that older fiberglass actually absorb moisture. Should explain bubbling.

[@markjohnkeogh1975]

I’d love to do a full restore on it. Back to factory showroom. Love the reverse light tip on the early cars too. That’s the stuff I nerd out on..

[@jurriaanthemmen]

In love with the 308 since I saw it for the first time in Magnum PI. A man's got to have dreams....For all you Ferraristi's out here: have an original in box, unopened kit of the Testarossa by Robbe for anyone that's interested. Including all the options like the 480S tuned motor and the lights-set.

[@oohmeconkers1968]

I love the way these are now ‘Veteroresina’ 308’s... they were always ‘fibre glass’ and as I remember mostly unloved. Now they are exotic and rare... and as one of the previous comments says ... rust wrapped in plastic!! I’m being an old cynic. Beautiful car! Needs love !! Arrivederci... as they say...

[@davidstuart4915]

yes, I remember them being rejected by 'purists' and cheap as chips

[@oohmeconkers1968]

@@davidstuart4915 if only we’d have known!! 😂😂

[@RBMGT4]

Yes the whole 'vetroresina' thing is quite recent. I have been looking at adverts for 308s for years and only fairly recently has that word become common in English magazines.

[@stopmyforeclosure101]

Thanks for sharing, on the down note I heard the early 308’s like this one have framing issues, lots of rust as we know..

[@ollyhere123]

Super interesting, loving these videos in between the progress on the bbi

[@Zennripperjedi]

After seeing Tyrell’s classics workshop restoration on one of these I’d definitely remove the front section of bodywork and check for rust what they found on one of these was truly scary as a lot of the main structures were rusted and it was a potential death trap also rust showed on the exact same part of the door pilar apart from that it looked sound 😳

[@paulwalker993RSR]

As a previous poster mentioned Ian Tyrrell has a very rusty one in at the moment, but I would hope this one having been dry stored for so many years is a completely different story. I have yearned for one of these most of my life and think the owner is a very lucky guy!!!. If it were mine I would do exactly the same thing as him and also get some waxoyl or similar injected into the chassis tubes to preserve it. I think its best to preserve as much originality as possible with these pieces of Ferrari history. Then I would use it sparingly on nice sunny days. These things have to be driven;-]

[@stevemonkey6666]

7:40: double overtake over double yellow lines in a tunnel 😬 (Was that from an ad or promotion from Ferrari?)

[@PeteCourtier]

A pass in a Ferrari is a pass!

[@MasterSandman]

And in Italy, those driving a classic Ferrari usually also get a pass from the Rozzers (Carabinieri)! They adore their nation's "Prancing Pride"! 🐎

[@riccardopastro6451]

@@MasterSandman ahah i never heard before "rozzers" usually they call them even caramba or "gli sbirri"

[@Boris-xx7dw]

For a min I thought I see a car guy sitting on the rear of a Ferrari with shoes on the paintwork 😱😱😱😱😡

[@MasterSandman]

@@riccardopastro6451 It's British slang for the boys in blue. James May used it several times during his tenure at TG! 😊

[@jean-paulmare3338]

The first car poster on my bedroom wall was a 308GTB. And seeing these old classics still alive reminds me of how much I still love them. It's a subconscious thing I suppose. Great vid.

[@charlie1832]

The front end where the radiator sits is probably all rusted out and under the fiberglass is probably rusted out too, thanks to the Iain tyrell video I learned that the other day

[@Ratarossa]

thats where my Boxer has rusted to. The rad is out of this 308 so I will check closely tomorrow. Fortunately it was stored inside so hopefully the frame survived better.

[@charlie1832]

@@Ratarossa hopefully, the one he showed one of the cross braces was missing about 2 inches from the end where it’s welded to the rest of the frame

[@a1topdog]

Surprised the owner is not having the bodywork removed to check the condition of the steel frame

[@charlie1832]

@@a1topdog after seeing Iain tyrells video I’m surprised too after seeing how rusted the steel frame was on that car and how many repairs had to be made

[@montanaheaventush]

@@a1topdog my thoughts exactly, and before paint !

[@philbrownsey-hughes2793]

That tunnel part brought back memories of going through Mont Blanc in 74 in my Dads 73 V12 E type

[@twodoorpapi]

My grandpa buy a 308 quattrovalvole from factory back in the day.. she was california blue ( pretty rare ). He sold it in 2015 to an scotish collector. Oh i forgot to say it but the car was in Switzerland (my country) and has 23’099km. ;)

[@Oyvind88]

Great find,car and video😀🇳🇴 Love the sound👌

[@georgimihalkov4781]

Recently one of these fiberglass 308s was featured on Tyrrell's classic workshop. It was shocking how much structural rust the car had under the fiberglass body panels.

[@clubsport9334]

Overtaking on double lines. Perfectly acceptable in a classic Ferrari. Bring it.

[@kavinskysmith4094]

Funny little note, that line down the side, that sort of C channel type thing, that was a molding line between the two halves of the car for the fiberglass, and theirs actually another one in canada, the cold war motors guy was working on getting it running for a customer, also look how inset the bumpers are at 1:30, like their non existent and I hope that's not a habit at 7:37, like I dont know what the laws are in that location, but here, double lines mean do not pass, and theirs no run off if that goes wrong. but still what happened that this well loved car got put away like this, did he buy an 87 Quatrovalve, as one of the funniest things I've heard is that actually, the latter quattro cars are better than the early fiber ones as the weight balance is better, and the cars are faster and more powerful. as both James May and Harry Metcalf had, and sold both of them, Harry bought the testarossa, and loves the hell out of it, even though it was down on half a bank with its worn distributor for the longest time, including when it was on the grand tour which means it didnt get a fair test of how it would have been when new and james well, he had an old overthink crisis and put the thing fully back to stock, including the 14 inch wheels, instead of the upgraded 15's which makes a hell of a difference in how well they drive apparently and then was like, well this cars not that good and I'm kinda bored with it like preversely, ferrari actually made the 308 better as time went on lol still though the other thing is, these cars, well, each one is different, maybe this one has more power than both their glass fiber cars, as per the nature of handbuilt cars. if it was me, honestly the icon for me is the targa model, so I'd have to go with your black beater that you bought from the set of the hidden over it and sell it for that, also from 1987 ish lol although I probably wouldnt say that after driving it lol or either really lol as this one, I gotta say gives off good vibes, weirdly just even looking at harry's and James I had the feeling they were both mingers, this one, evidently might be a good one. I mean look at that mileage, and its condition, 80K miles and it was kept up this well, someone REALLY loved this thing, and you dont love a piece of junk like that.

[@pauldegans2393]

What a great find! Didn’t know the first 308 were fiber glass. Awesome engine sound also, can’t you get that sound out of your own 308 with throttle bodies or something? I’m so looking forward to see the BBI finished too. Enjoying every video ;)

[@mikedowland9949]

What a beauty! Wouldn’t have wanted to touch that engine @4:29 though-see the spark arcing from the lead to the block😂

[@sirremusrobinson1070]

I'm surprised at the amount of miles on it with no cracks in the fiberglass. That alone is amazing as with the old fiberglass Corvettes you have way more cracking and spidering on those bodies with far less mile examples than this. With the type of restoration the owner is doing it's obvious it's going to be enjoyed again maybe not as much miles on it but what he's chosen to do is the right redo.. not full restoration with that amount of miles.

[@ianholden3100]

I remember 40 odd years ago sitting in a traffic jam in Liverpool city centre, behind a Hillman Hunter or similar and thinking to myself "That number plate has got to be worth something". The plate was... GTB 308F. Back in the day when number plates had proper numbers. Oh, and letters! have searched for it since, but it no longer appears to exist on the Gov.uk database

[@highlight9014]

I knew someone called Harry that owned one of these in the 80s in the Notts area, I noticed this one was service on Loughborough road. Be interested to know if this was his.

[@DeShakeel]

Woah...i never knew they made 308 in fiberglass in the early years. Thats a real valuable gem

[@organiccold]

Nice car, amazing find . That one in the mountain road sounds like what Jack @Number 27 wants his 308 to sound, as his is a carburetted too.

[@Rosso456MGT]

Tyres - Plenty of tread but now fully age hardened to be deadly - will pass an MOT but likely end up in a hedge backward if ever driven in anger. A visit to longstone is a must

[@gubs88]

They probably changed the design of the rear engine cover as it’d wouldn’t work and be too heavy in steel.

[@conniebenny]

A terrific video, and a simply beautiful Ferrari.

[@MrClimberdave]

2:26 Even the cutaway diagram has a broken popup headlight! I guess Ferrari was trying to give owners a hint at what they should expect :-) Kidding aside; I'm happy to see this 308 getting some much needed love.

[@RBMGT4]

My pop up lights (308 GT4) have been faultless since at least 1995.

[@MrClimberdave]

@@RBMGT4 Nice!!! You are one of the lucky ones.

[@nicholasgade2288]

Great car & great video, thanks for sharing the history.

[@dadbodforlife]

Ha! I watched Lost Boys on the weekend with the kids. We also watch the Never Ending Storey. I like that you divert from the regular show for this.

[@shakejones]

great video and information mate! well done! thanks for sharing!

[@VINTTRO]

We can’t help but think, the steel chassis needs investigating and redoing at least with some modern day protection before contemplating throwing money at the exterior, interior and engine. As always, love the Chanel Scott. ✌🏼

[@mp3229]

Love geeking out over the minute differences twixt the vet and the later cars, looking forward to the next one mate

[@BecklyCrackers_18thFloor]

Thank you! Love 308s!

[@jdxijames]

Straight out of Charnwood - probably seen this at Graypauls.

[@johnogorman6372]

My only hope is that when an article gets written up (the journalist) realises which country the car is found. Ref: BB.

[@tobyrussell4523]

Great video, love seeing these. Too many adverts though.

[@djrose3]

What a beauty. Id do exactly what the owner is doing and then drive it and enjoy it! thanks for sharing!

[@enzorari]

Not a ratarossa but a rarerossa 👌

[@ElDokaw]

I recognize the road around Lake Garda I live not far from there, they filmed the opening scene of Quantum of Solace. Great roads for driving although full of slow German tourists in summer!

[@johnwh1039]

You gpt your Pininfarina and Scaglietti the wrong way round! Good video

[@marioantoniazzi2265]

Obviously, they have not checked out the under chassis which is probably hiding some really bad rust - as previously mentioned - re Ian Tyrrell

[@Korvstaden]

The 308's have been one of my favourite car models scince i got a model one as a kid. Just checked and the later steel body ones aren't unrealistically priced, might own one in the future :D

[@Ratarossa]

yes they are great car, good fun and quite easy to maintain

[@leeparker8926]

A full restoration it deserves it , I just like my cars pristine I now there only original once but a sympathetic restoration is still a restoration I restored my 911 a few years ago body work respray wheels and just tidied up inside and everytime someone got into her they would say when are you doing the inside

[@lyfandeth]

I hope he's blueprinting the engine while it is out. Gorgeous find!

[@humchan2k]

I’d do exactly what the owner is doing on this one. Frame and fiberglass spot repair, good repaint, make it beyond good but not a garage queen, it shouldn’t be nut & bolt resto. Love it.

[@earthstick]

I saw the one on Tyrell's garage yesterday. Under the body work it was all rust.

[@Ratarossa]

checking this one closely tomorrow

[@mickymouse3491]

@@Ratarossa please let us know the outcome of the chassis condition. Great channel 👍👍

[@lesleysmith5623]

And hidden rust ‘in’ the fibreglass bodywork too.

[@charlie1832]

The joint on the A pillar is the tell tale sign to tell the difference from the fiberglass cars to the steel cars , you would think that Ferrari would have done a better job hiding that Damn tires from 85 depending on the month they might be older than me

[@Luis-xr9ye]

Nice rare barn find. Keep us update 💪

[@leandrostarck9590]

In my opinion I never repainted this car. This is a history from the car.

[@davidmulligan42]

After seeing the damage Ian Tyrrell found on the fiberglass 308 he's working on, I'd at least want every panel taken off to check for rust.

[@nickhannaford3253]

“Lunch is for wimps” 😂 haven’t seen Wall Street in ages. Interesting project car to follow through the workshop👍.

[@jamesrapp9778]

Cheers for the video mate 😎 👌

[@user-mg9he3qj3n]

Cheers Scott lovely and rare car ( I never knew about this 308!!) 🚒👍

[@AtypicalDriver]

My skin is itching just watching them sand that fiberglass.

[@diraziz396]

Great car. Please share some of it's history. looks she was the queen. waited so long. . Thanks.

[@3pomartin]

Nut and bolt with sympathetic tones on the resto

[@richardcranium4830]

Great find. Well done son.

[@kingofl337]

Another channel had one of these in for refurbishing and almost everything under the fiberglass was rotted. Hopefully they checked out.

[@mildmanneredthinkingman9323]

How's the chassis? I think I'm falling in love with the older version of this car from the 70s. Really nice. I think doing right by it and drive it here and there.

[@johntheaccountant5594]

And in 30 years time, they will be saying the Lexus LC500 V8 was the last orgasmic normal aspirated sounding car.

[@kev-the-windsurfer.]

I want a 308GTS, this video makes me want one more.........

[@Tracertme]

These things suffer rust far more than is commonly assumed....

[@JONNIE_ROCKER]

That camaro is a killer

[@BigHueJanus]

Why can’t I find one of these dream cars damnit!! I grew up with Magnum PI and the 308/328 is my Unicorn car.

[@itsnevo8757]

Very cool! I’ve always loved the 308

[@marcstephan7650]

I have a friend with a 512 Boxer and a 246 Dino have been sitting in a garage since about 35 years. Look great but have mechanically been sitting.

[@micksutton1782]

That Ferrari garage is now the cooperative food store.

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

Yes V8 starts up from a long long sleep !

[@GearScar]

Is that a custom 1st gen. Camaro beside the car?

[@PeterSalerno]

Love this channel. Always keeps me interested. Question is it me or is the audio a little off?

[@romans8forging181]

Man I would love to see someone Resto mod one of these and drop a modern Ferrari engine in it!

[@idontcareaboutyou7757]

turn/lights is a Jaeger like on Alfa 105 GTs, only one plastic end is different

[@NbKXStorm]

What happened to the original owner? That caused it to be left in the barn for so long?

[@RearEngineShop]

That’s no Fiero kit car. It’s beautiful!

[@danielthomas8507]

i was 23 when this car was last on the road... i could do with a restoration too....

[@Rascularvideos]

I think I’m suffering from some hidden, structural rust ‘n’ all.

[@0bscura]

They don't fool around at that garage!

[@manolosoldera]

Vetroresina in italian means vetro-glass ,resina-resin (fiberglass). The correct pronounce is vètrorèsina

[@JuanRodriguez-km9hl]

Great video

[@TheMattprune]

Sympathetic restoration all the way please. Keep it as original as possible

[@alexr129]

that road looks like the chase scene from quantum of solace

[@brixtonsaint]

Owner watches Iain Tyrrell's video and calls garage to halt everything and reassess. That's my guess

[@Ratarossa]

im going to check rust today

[@johnwh1039]

Yep, all over but definitely the front frames

[@andrewgardner9615]

Think the frame and body outrigger may need reviewing to check for rot.

[@ezacher4634]

Bonus being stored there. No high or low temps.

[@Keo]

7:00 lol, sounds just like a city car at 4/5000 rpm, pretty pathetic, nice video though, I always leave a like every time

[@tedsmart5539]

Were those Delloroto or Weber carbs?

[@charlie1832]

Does the solid double line on the road mean do not cross in Europe like here in the States ? Not criticizing just curious

[@Ratarossa]

yes it does !

[@charlie1832]

@@Ratarossa thanks

[@kurt-michealkohl1992]

not in Italy...just don't get caught but when you drive a Ferrari you are expected to overtake.

[@HeidiandFranny]

Wow! That was fun :) They are super rare. Is it true that all the glass cars are Euros? Quite the find. Looking forward to seeing more! F

[@Ratarossa]

Hi Franny, I think they were all Euro's but some made there way over to your side of the pond.

[@bendangofonterra9508]

I’d watch the Terry’s garage vid on that one before going any further.

[@realMaverickBuckley]

Harry's Garage?

[@twcmaker]

@@realMaverickBuckley Ian Tyrrell?

[@rob1984p]

Barry's carport?

[@charlietownend4721]

@@rob1984p 😂

[@damianfuller74]

Yes tyrrell have one..its rotten underneath all that fibreglass. Shockingly dangerous that one. They pointed out the rot by the screen. It lead them to properly investigate. Not that I am saying these guys haven't checked.

[@howardscott7521]

i think you have it backwards (2:00) I think Pininfarina designed the car and Scaglietti built it.

[@thomasfrank280]

Yes that's the right way around.

[@Ratarossa]

I'm dyslexic .... thats my excuse

[@preonmodel8354]

I think that I’d send it off to Ian Tyrell’s classic workshop...