10 Wild Facts About Magnum's Ferrari 308 GTS - Magnum P.I.

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    The Ferrari 308 GTS, prominently featured in the 1980s television series "Magnum, P.I.," epitomizes the essence of luxury and adventure. Driven by the charismatic private investigator Thomas Magnum, portrayed by Tom Selleck, this sleek and iconic sports car became synonymous with the show's thrilling escapades and laid-back Hawaiian vibes. With its distinctive red exterior, roaring engine, and timeless design, the Ferrari 308 GTS captured the hearts of viewers worldwide, symbolizing Magnum's free-spirited lifestyle and penchant for excitement. As Magnum navigated the picturesque landscapes of Hawaii in his trusty Ferrari, the car became an integral part of the show's identity, leaving an enduring legacy as one of the most iconic vehicles in television history.
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  • @RabeHighPerformance
    @RabeHighPerformance 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    You're back on TH-cam

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  7 วันที่ผ่านมา +22

      Yeah, I'm working on it. Been negotiating with TH-cam for the last few days and finally managed to get my monetization back like just a few hours ago, so hopefully I'll be posting more often in the future again. 😉👍

    • @RabeHighPerformance
      @RabeHighPerformance 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Rad ​@@CarStarz42

    • @liberals_destroy_everythin2497
      @liberals_destroy_everythin2497 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@CarStarz42 That's interesting, that you can negotiate with them. So they are human? If you care to and would like to fill us in on some of the particulars, it would no doubt be interesting. I have to figure that they were losing money/viewers on their new policy else they wouldn't care. I only have about five youtube subscriptions, with yours really the only one that uses material from other sources, yet they/you all....ALL stopped posting for, it seems, months.
      Regardless, welcome back!

    • @johns2296
      @johns2296 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@CarStarz42Welcome back! I was wondering as well if you were back, since I saw some of your older content made a reappearance

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  6 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @@johns2296 Thanks, yeah I had to delete and re-edit a couple videos for the re-monetization, but better versions of them are up now 😉👍

  • @robbnutter4665
    @robbnutter4665 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I read that Ferrari was so pleased with the positive press, they gave Tom Selleck one. Glad to see you back...your extensive research is very much appreciated.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  4 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      I believe they did.
      Thanks and glad you are enjoying the channel 😉👍

  • @graemew7001
    @graemew7001 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I've read the comments to see how this has come about, back on YT again, I'm so pleased it has been worked out because your content is excellent. Welcome back my friend, wishing you all the luck this time and like others, I'm here for the long haul.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  6 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Thanks much friend, yeah and I was never even breaking any rules or anything like that, the problem is with TH-cam is just getting a human to actually review the channel properly instead of their AI bots that just go around and incorrectly flag channels.

  • @retrocar7761
    @retrocar7761 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Good you see you posting again, its certainty been awhile.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Well, yeah but had to delete some videos the other day, so putting them back up as I've been negotiating with TH-cam for the last few days and finally managed to get my monetization back like just a few hours ago, so hopefully I'll be posting more new stuff often in the future again😉👍

  • @thefalloutshelter7799
    @thefalloutshelter7799 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    there are Magnum PI branded Ferrari plastic model kits from Revell available on the used market

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Indeed 😉👍

    • @wills2140
      @wills2140 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      yep, and the old" stock model kits have started dropping off a little in price... when you find them.
      '(;

    • @donreid6399
      @donreid6399 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I built that particular kit for my Grandma back in the 80s when I was a teen (she was a HUGE Selleck fan)! It was an incredibly well-detailed model, with pop-up headlamps, removable top, great interior, an opening engine cover and a VERY well-detailed Ferrari transverse V-8 engine and transaxle. I so wish Revell would reissue it today!

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@donreid6399 Nice 😉👍

    • @speedandstyletony
      @speedandstyletony วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      They also had TC's chopper although it wasn't exactly the correct version. Built both as a kid.

  • @antoniodiego9357
    @antoniodiego9357 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Glad to see you’re back. I really enjoy watching your videos

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  6 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Thanks. Yeah, I managed to get my monetization back last night at least, so hopefully I'll be posting more often in the future again 😉👍

  • @Cycle.every.day.
    @Cycle.every.day. 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Robin Masters other Ferrari 308 would've been worth a mention , his green one,number plate Robin 2 , it appeared in at least one episode maybe more , Robins arrogant Nephew used it when he came to visit.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  5 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Interesting, I didn't know about that one as I haven't watched the entire series all the way through anyways.

    • @victorvance2573
      @victorvance2573 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@CarStarz42 Yes i remember that one but i think it had another plate since Robin 2 belonged to the Audi. The Audi itself would be a cool video for me too since i own one.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  8 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@victorvance2573 Yeah, I'll most likely cover the Audi when making second rounds through my massive to do list at some point to cover secondary vehicles, just got so many other primaries let to do first before getting to secondary vehicles.

  • @wpwbigcheese3795
    @wpwbigcheese3795 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Love your vids. Glad you are back !

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Glad to hear that! Yeah, I managed to get my monetization back last night at least, so hopefully I'll be posting more often in the future again 😉👍

  • @edwardbianchi192
    @edwardbianchi192 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Glad to have you back! Good luck!

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thanks much 😉👍

  • @bobstupaksvegasworld4098
    @bobstupaksvegasworld4098 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I saw a 308 for $25k in the early '80s. I thought that was a good deal. I told my dad and he just laughed. As a daily driver he said the upkeep would kill the low price. Beautiful car though. He was biased though as he liked the Esprit.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Lol 😉

    • @donreid6399
      @donreid6399 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      The Esprit was definitely pretty, but a friend of mine traded his Porsche 928S for one, and it - being a Lotus - lived up to its reputation: Lots Of Trouble, Usually Serious! 🙂

  • @milfordh.mercado2787
    @milfordh.mercado2787 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    'Magnum, you're not taking the ferrari after wrecking it last week do you hear me' yeah how many times that work 😅😅😅 as we know that in the end of every episodes he still drives it my friend.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Lol, indeed 😉👍

  • @TrailBlazerSS502
    @TrailBlazerSS502 7 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    If Thomas Magnum had gotten his with the Quattrovalvole motor, he’d stop the baddies in no time; in 1987, Nintendo unveiled the hot home video game, crowned “Rad Racer”, which allowed you to choose between the Ferrari 328 and the Ferrari F1 race car, and the sequel, Rad Racer II, introduced in 1990, featured just the 328.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  7 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Lol, indeed on both accounts 😉👍

  • @andrebartels1690
    @andrebartels1690 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Two uploads at the same time? It's got to be Christmas 😊

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Well, yeah but had to delete some videos the other day, so putting them back up as I've been negotiating with TH-cam for the last few days and finally managed to get my monetization back like just a few hours ago, so hopefully I'll be posting more new stuff often in the future again.

  • @victorvance2573
    @victorvance2573 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    #6 You can also drive a Ferrari 306 on Hawaii in Test Drive Unlimited 2. Great game btw!

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  8 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      That's true as I have played that before many years ago. I wonder if that new game of theirs is any good or not. I haven't had time for trying any new games for well over a year now, been too busy with other stuff.

  • @speedandstyletony
    @speedandstyletony วันที่ผ่านมา

    In the first episode(I think, first season for sure) Magnum sheds the top off and leaves it on the side of the road.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  วันที่ผ่านมา

      Lol, yeah.

  • @kavinskysmith4094
    @kavinskysmith4094 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Umm your information kinda contradicts itself, take a look at the vin numbers listed at 8:56
    chassis 29109 34567 38527 and 57685, then stop at 8:59 28251, meaning its an earlier car, also the ones listed are all red and tan
    that's red and black, unless that's the green metallic one they had in one of the episodes and its been resprayed red, that's not one of the real ones
    and the first ones in aulstralia, I found the video with the owner who actually has a speech impediment
    but seems like a really nice guy, and he talked about how they bumped I think the camera equipment or one of the walls at the start of the show, and ferrari wanted 7 grand to fix the grill on the back
    so they just wielded it back on for 500, as their was some serious price gauging going on given where the car was located
    and the 308 was 70 thousand dollars back then, a testarossa 90, which I think went up to a 110
    or that might have been the countach
    also the quattro valve motor formed the base of the 288 GTO's motor, which was turbocharged by the factory to put out upwards of 400 and some change
    for group B rally racing, that was then used on the F40, using that same motor, and not the 328's
    and I think theirs way more than a thousand left on the roads, like the person who made that list probably went off of the british numbers
    where you can track a car by its entire history and registry on one single plate, and when they dont get retaxed, they sometimes consider a car a write off when it isnt
    also early cars were fiberglass and featured 14 inch rims and tires, latter was 15 or so with bigger brakes and tires
    in addition to the motor changes, and the smog equipment they had fitted, also ferrari had just been bought out by fiat so their was alot of sort of parts sharing going on, and they were trying to find their footing with marcelli ignition and the like
    in addition to the oil crunch, so the more you could make with less the better, hence why the very first cars featured at the french autoshow
    and the first 200 or so were fiberglass on a steel tubular chasis
    and realistically your looking at about a 180 to 200 hp, but the main thing was it was a high revving motor, and it had a 5 speed which allowed it to reach about a 145 plus, when the vette could barely do about a 120 and it had a pretty decent 0 to 60 of about 6 and a half seconds despite the low power
    its kind of one of those things where you dont go off the specs' you drive it and see how it feels
    as its not about the figures, its what gets to the wheels, granted the 328, the upgraded version of it was kind of outgunned by the late 80's thanks to the corvette getting its power back up, and lotus doing the same
    and porsche being porsche, not to mention by that time lamborghini was out of the game, with the jalpa going out of production in the early 90s
    so it kinda got left in the dust, and with turbocharging kicking in, it just got worse
    hence why you hear this reputation of its not fast, when it is fast
    and even some idiot was trying to tell me a quattro doesnt have enough power to drift when I told him he should buy it to revive his drifting fleet
    as sometimes you just cant fix stupid, mind you an elise would smoke it from what the specs look to be

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thanks for the insight.

  • @raulduke6105
    @raulduke6105 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Fact #11 they actually did use a very large shoehorn to get TS into the car

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      lol 😉

    • @donreid6399
      @donreid6399 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Indeed so, Mr. Duke! 🙂

  • @RoeVenturesLLC
    @RoeVenturesLLC 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    3:27 $82,900 for a 308 depending on condition, historically, $25,000 via Forza Magazine 1999

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  6 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Yeah, values of pretty much any classic these days is through the roof unfortunatly.

  • @andrewjames1817
    @andrewjames1817 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    First ferrari i got to drive was a 308 GTB

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Nice 😉👍

  • @wills2140
    @wills2140 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    0:44 how did the producers switch to the 308 _qv_ Ferrari, and we went with it...?¿ I do not recall getting an explanation for the switch over to cars with *_black_* louvers, instead of *red* , but, yeahhhh.,.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Most viewers, non-car guys that is; wouldn't even notice or care really.

  • @justinsanders2705
    @justinsanders2705 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Welcome back my friend! 👊👍💪

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Howdy. Yeah, I managed to get my monetization back last night at least, so hopefully I'll be posting more often in the future again 😉👍

  • @donreid6399
    @donreid6399 วันที่ผ่านมา

    From what I've read, the 308/328 was pretty miserable to live with on a daily basis. The footwell was way too cramped (you needed tiny feet in order to fit), the pedals were situated too far to the right (in order to clear the left front fender well, which intruded significantly into the passenger compartment), and the HVAC system may as well been left off. Still...I think it's the prettiest of the mid-engined Ferraris. But boy, Selleck was definitely too tall for the car. Most of the shots, his head is sticking up above the windscreen header! 🙂

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Indeed and well said 😉👍

  • @Fabulousprofound168
    @Fabulousprofound168 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    0:36 huh. I always thought the license plate said ROBIN1… I guess I better start watching reruns again 😕

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  7 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Yeah it was Robin1 as I talked about a bit later in the video, not sure why it was a standard tag for that one scene though, it was probably just in the pilot episode only or something.

    • @Fabulousprofound168
      @Fabulousprofound168 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@CarStarz42I guess it was just the pilot episode that had it, and then it changed to ROBIN1 after…

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@Fabulousprofound168 Indeed 😉

  • @AliceEmpireBreadfan
    @AliceEmpireBreadfan 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Slow or not, this is still the only Italian car I really want to own. This show is 100% to blame.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Lol, indeed 😉👍

    • @RoeVenturesLLC
      @RoeVenturesLLC 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      No ya don’t it’s hard to find people to work on it, but several TH-cam videos helps.

    • @AliceEmpireBreadfan
      @AliceEmpireBreadfan 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @RoeVenturesLLC I've been a mechanic for 20 years and a nearly 50 year old Ferrari design isn't anything out of my realm. Now, acquiring the parts for it here in the US...that maybe a different situation that I wouldn't want to tackle.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@RoeVenturesLLC I bet.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@AliceEmpireBreadfan Understandable indeed.

  • @jeremymorrison3494
    @jeremymorrison3494 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Reposting? All good? what gives?

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  7 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Yeah, had to delete some videos the other days, so putting them back up as I've been negotiating with TH-cam for the last few days and finally managed to get my monetization back like just a few hours ago, so hopefully I'll be posting more often in the future again.

    • @jeremymorrison3494
      @jeremymorrison3494 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@CarStarz42 That's really encouraging news. I wish you all the best and hope to see more vids going forward. i still check rumble by the way. Best Regards Jeremy

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@jeremymorrison3494 Thanks, yeah I'm pretty stoked about it; going forward I'll just post any new videos on both platforms I suppose. Rumble is great, but you just can't earn much on there compared to TH-cam. I had all my videos on there for like 3 months and made less than 20 bucks 😬

    • @jeremymorrison3494
      @jeremymorrison3494 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@CarStarz42 wow, that is not much at all

  • @andrewjames1817
    @andrewjames1817 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    GM was sued by ferrari for making kit model 308 .some still exist today

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  6 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      They are a sue happy company for sure.

  • @mutantryeff
    @mutantryeff 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Those cars didn't really have any HP. My Cummins diesel has more HP

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  7 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      Well, yes, but that's like comparing apples and oranges there; two very different vehicles 😉

    • @Fabulousprofound168
      @Fabulousprofound168 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      It was a different time back in the 80’s. Today a Toyota Camry hybrid makes this kind of power 🤷‍♂️

    • @lewisr7700
      @lewisr7700 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Not particularly fast or powerful, but it looks so good it doesn’t really matter.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@Fabulousprofound168 Indeed

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Fabulousprofound168 Yep, sad but true.