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Ferrari 308 GT4 Dino

What can you say? A Ferrari for Wheeler Dealer money?

The 308 GT4 Dino was a radical departure for Ferrari, employing the design house Bertone as opposed to Pininfarina to produce a striking modern cutting edge shape to replace the 246 Dino.

Bertone were responsible for classic designs such as the Lamborghini Miura, the Alfa Romeo GT Junior and rally legend Lancia Stratos. The car is a two plus two so it is practical if you’ve got small kids or need to take some (small) mates out for a pose.

In classic red, the Ferrari 308 GT4 Dino is a real show stopper and was bought from a classic car hire company who were updating their stock.

The interior is excellent and the car drives very well. There’s a little exhaust blow, but nothing that bad. The biggest problems with this car are cosmetic. Everywhere you look on the body there is a parking dent, a bubble of surface rust or a scratch.

The Ferrari 308 GT4 Dino was bought for cheap money, and if everything goes right Edd can help Mike turn a big profit. But the jeopardy is always there because parts for the Ferrari are excruciatingly expensive. Mike thinks Edd can ‘blow in’ the few dents and bumps on the car but when Edd discovers that rust in the front wing is serious and a replacement part costs £800 both of them begin to worry … big time.

Then Edd decides that only a full body respray will do and Mike begins to wish he’d walked away before he’d flashed the cash to the dealer.

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FERRARI 308 GT4 DINO FACTS

  • The Dino brand of mid-engined, rear-drive sports cars was produced by Ferrari from 1968 to 1976
  • The car was an attempt by Ferrari to produce a relatively low cost sports car by using components from other vehicles
  • The Dino brand was reserved for cars with engines with fewer than 12 cylinders. This meant that the Ferrari name was kept for the V12 and flat 12 models
  • The Dino is named in honour of Enzo Ferrari’s son, Alfredo ‘Dino’ Ferrari. He and engineer Vittorio Jano influenced his father’s decision to produce a line of V6 and V8-engined racing cars in the 1950s. Dino died of muscular dystrophy on June 30, 1956 at the age of only 24
  • Initially branded as a ‘Dino’ model, the 308 GT4 was produced from 1973 to April 1980. It was Ferrari's first V8 production automobile
  • The 308 GT4 featured the Dino badge until May 1976. At that point, it began to display the Ferrari ‘Prancing Horse’ badge on the steering wheel, bonnet and wheels
  • The 308 has a wedge shaped, angular design, which makes it look very different from the 206/246 (from which it was derived). It was styled by Italian automobile company Bertone
  • The 308 GT4 V8 has a 90 degree, dual overhead camshaft, a 2927cc motor with four Weber carburetors, V-8 block and heads made of aluminum alloy, and weighs in at 2535 pounds
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