Advice? ....on restoring chassis and suspension on 80's Italian beauty

Slofut said:
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Also, if the battery is connected, you should have a maintainer on at all times as dead batteries are usually a tow to the dealer.
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Barry, what happens here? Same if you just take the battery out?
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Not sure when this started if with 308 or later, but I know 430 it was true.
All I know is needs reprogramming of some sort.
I saw a 430 where guy had towed every six months because he would not use a trickle charger.
The car fax was pages long and 6000-mile car and very good price but no buyers.
 
Like cars that require resetting the radio code when changing the battery, if you dont have it it's off to the dealer. But the Ferrari is much worse, seems intentional on the manufacturers part (programming), requiring a trip to the dealer to get your car back. Those cars do look nice again to me.
 
I do have a battery tender/charger on the battery but really to save/maintain the battery I guess. No radio or fancy electronics that draw from the power source. The Ferrarichat community says if the car is sitting for 10 years all rubber lines and belts must be changed before any driving...gas just loves to land on these hot rear engines! I have a lot to do.
 
308"s were still an all "analog" car up till the fuel injected models. Early 308's had Webers, later ones injection, but even those are essentially still an analog car. 308's are some of the last "Traditional" Ferraris. Entirely hand built, hand assembled. Essentially (until the injected models) same tech as Daytona's and 365GTC's with a OHC V8 substituted for the classic V12. Great driving cars and early ones sound great with the downdraft Webers in your ear.
Nice thing about the injected models is that the injection is Bosch K-Jetronic, which was the dominant injection system for almost all Euro cars of that era. Most import mechanics are familiar with so it is relatively easy to service in that respect. I'm assuming it's a 4 valve right Du_Man? Body and paint look pretty good in your pic. Get the mechanicals sorted and body detailed and you'll have a real nice car. Something nice but not so perfect that you don't want to drive it. All you'll be missing is your Detroit Tigers baseball cap.:)
 
Du_man said:
I do have a battery tender/charger on the battery but really to save/maintain the battery I guess. No radio or fancy electronics that draw from the power source. The Ferrarichat community says if the car is sitting for 10 years all rubber lines and belts must be changed before any driving...gas just loves to land on these hot rear engines! I have a lot to do.
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Once you get past being scared to touch, like all classics, it then turns into a labor of love.
Enjoy it and buy a dash cam, like all hipo cars cops see that they usually back off. Lol
 
Barry said:
Once you get past being scared to touch, like all classics, it then turns into a labor of love.
Enjoy it and buy a dash cam, like all hipo cars cops see that they usually back off. Lol
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thanks - the dashcam tip is wild!
 
Just curious......what does this big chip in the door reveal about the paint job which I am sure it's a respray. That's seems thick to me.
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That repair is a typical repair done in the late '80's to mid '90's. I wouldn't be surprised to find a few holes drilled for a dent puller in that area. Looks like there may be some Duraglass, bondo with red hardener, and several coats of possibly K200 primer. That rust is from the application of filler over bare metal, and I don't see any epoxy. The thickness looks like a combination of filler and primer, more than paint.
 
Thanks, TK, for the analysis! Now I have to pull the interior door panel to look inside.
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This is the underside of the driver door with that chip that needs to be addressed. You might have analysis for this too.....besides rust, the bodywork looks frightful.
 
Those rust bubbles are thick, too. The rust is pushing out more than just paint, there is filler there as well from someone just filling up some holes. Just an educated guess, though. Frightful, indeed. :(
 
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