15k: Cheapskate’s Nightmare: 1975 ‘Ferrari’ Dino 308 GT4; Some Assy Required
Someone suggested we feature nothing but Ferraris, Fiats & Alfas with the new DT logo…so let’s get this bus headed in the right direction with a car from our friends in Maranello, Italy. Enzo “il Commendatore” Ferrari decreed that a Ferrari had a V12 mounted in front and anything else shouldn’t wear the prancing horse emblem, so the Dino brand was launched for their mid-engine V6/V8 offerings. Find this 1975 ‘Ferrari’ Dino 308 GT4 for sale in San Jose, CA for $15,000 via craigslist. Tip from logomeister Kaibeezy.
The Dino 308 GT4 was introduced in 1973, but it didn’t get a Ferrari badge until 1976; prior to that it was simply called a Dino. This one is succinctly described by the seller as “A Restorer’s Dream Car.”
Apparently restorers prefer cars that don’t run. If this engine is seized or otherwise needs a rebuild, just toss it out and pick up a Fiero engine…or better yet, this 3800 supercharged GM crate motor for $4500.
Perhaps you can get lucky and it just needs a new battery, a fresh tank of fuel and some ‘boot polish’…but you’ll probably find yourself $10k into labor from some hairy knuckled Ferrari mechanic named Tony who says things like “if this don’t fix it, its gonna need a new wiring harness and THOSE are hard to find.” Sleep well.
See a better GM 3800 V6 swap candidate? email us here: tips@dailyturismo.com
In '74, I remember spinning one of these 180 degrees in a fine Spring rain in the South of France on the way to a vacation villa that we rented that year. I ran into Enzo at de Gaulle on our way outbound in early July and…Oh, sorry about that. Wrong site.
And I thought I was being "cheeky" with the "Alfas, Fiats and Ferraris" comment and here you boys serve one up.
All kidding aside, I am really grooving on your site. It's ironic that I ended up finding DT from a reference made by a poster on "the other site". Now I come here every day (right after I go to, well, you know). It's an interesting contrast: NorCal wine and cheese vibe versus SoCal "attitude" (Pat Nixon's Republican cloth coat? I don't know).
Anyway, keep up the good work and next thing you know, you'll be adding "mark as non-constructive" check boxes, getting your logo splashed all over expensive vintage race cars and selling the site to some venture capitalist group.
P.S. – If I could figure out how to put up my name, I would stop posting as anonymous; I'm one of those middle-aged computer retards.
COW +1 🙂
look below the comment field where it says 'Comment as:' – from the pulldown menu, choose Name/URL, fill in your name, leave the URL blank and you're off to Laguna Seca – i tried it myself this time so you can see if it worked (if it in fact worked)
don't let the 'type the words' thing throw you off – if you can't read what they give you, hit the looped arrow recycle button for another shuffle
I say! What a fine automobile!
There is nothing more expensive than a cheap Ferrari…
Not sure why you'd want that mess when this one seems to be a much better deal:
sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/ctd/3807496464.html
You make a good point there, Eddie.
this one gives me a hard one