1979 Ferrari 308 GTS - My First Classic V8 Ferrari Drive (The Famous "Influenzo")
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- Today a bit of bonus Ferrari, I drive the world famous Influenzo, courtesy of my friend Jack @Number27 - a car bought on auction, sight unseen, with two hours of prep and a few hidden faults.
I've never driven anything older than 1995 in the world of Ferrari, so how is this slice of iconic 70s prancing horse?
#Ferrari #308 #GTS
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I have wanted one of these since watching Magnum P.I. as a kid in the 80s.
And i still hate all 308 owners cause i dont have 1 yet :(
308 GTB/GTS my favourite Ferrari of all time: Bella Machina!!!
Probably my favorite car of all time...and yes, Magnum P.I. is entirely to blame for that!
I'm glad you mentioned how good the ride was. I've had my 308 nearly 19 years and it still amazes me how well it deals with poor road surfaces, especially compared with a similar vintage 911. Weather looked glorious on your drive, no wonder it looked like fun. Thanks for a good vid.
Built for rally
I was 16 years old in 1979. My mate at school Dad worked for a fancy London advertising company. In ‘79 his company car was 308 GTB (fibreglass, carb version). After 3 years he got to keep his company cars!
So, his next company car was a....308 GTS !
To us as kids back then, they were just out of this world in looks and performance.
I wonder what it would feel like for me to drive one now.....
They removed the seat for Tom Selleck to drive on Magnum PI. That is one lovely looking car. I was fortunate enough to get a passenger ride in an open top 308 when the Ferrari owners club visited Headley Court nearly 10 years ago now selecting the 308 over the 430 and 360's that were also there that summer evening!
One of the prettiest cars ever made in my view. I never cared much about the usual suspects, but the 308 and 328 just look so balanced, sporty and timeless!
When I’ve saved enough, the 328 GTS is is the one for me. However, this is because of Beverly Hills Cop 2 and the poster on my bedroom wall! Although if you watch the film, they do use a 308 for some shots. Great video, nice to see a cross over with another of my favourite channels. 👍
The 308 is such a motoring icon. That shape and its detailing all became signature Ferrari traits; a real staple for the brand. - I think every subsequent Ferrari model, right into present day owes a little to the 308.
And I agree 100%, the 308 GTS is the Ferrari my minds eye makes a grab for whenever anyone says "Ferrari", although my favourite is the 288 GTO, a car that obviously drew a lot from the 308 (on the outside at least); only a little beefier.
I believe that one of the 308's used in the original Magnum PI is currently on display at a motoring museum in the States (Peterson Museum?), parked next to the DeLorean Time Machine of Back to the Future. The Magnum-308 even has a modified drivers seat to accommodate the fact that Tom Sellek is a very tall man.
I totally agree - I am a big Magnum Fan and I love this car!
That very well may be The worlds most gorgeous car!! Love that gorgeous curvy road in the UK.
Oh cool, it's Number 27's 308. I love his vidoes.
Great to hear that! 🙏
...he is not a number............ ;)
Yeah that's also THE Ferrari for me!! Magnum sliding around Hawaii in it. Great one Jay :)
The sound is a bit...disappointing is it?
But its iconic
that new exhaust sounds okay to me.
More collabs from you and Jack! Love the combo.
The Gilles Villeneuve street Ferrari! (308GTS 1978)
Looks great, sounds great, mid-engined, gated shifter. Underloved car.
Hi-Jack,,,, this certainly shows that working on the induction system will bring some of the rewards you seek - shame there wasnt 80% less Jay conversation and a little more spirted driving to show the improvements - An Ansa styled custom tuned Quad will be the finishing touch :)
The Magnum P.I. car! 😁🤙🏝
Thunderbirds moment @9:25, the 'real' hands
the 308, 328 and 288 gto are Ferrari to me...the last of the pretty Ferraris
This car also came with pedals offset to the centre of the car?
Very offset, you quickly forget it though
The influenso
Where's the moustache ?
Magnum PI 308 Gts to me as a kid in the 80s was the most beautiful car i've ever seen..still will drool over one today
Same
Whatever the stats in terms of performance and driveability. There's no denying that this car looks a lot better than the Ferraris we have today.
I agree with your statement, and IMO I'd add that the last Ferrari with the look and era you're referring to, is the F355. After the F355... well, in MY OPINION they left their soul behind.
However, a yellow 348 convertible with a black top has always got my blood pumping!!
actually the evening light made the video look way prettier. goldenhour thumbs up.
It was a risk but it was worth it.
Yup. Still the one I think of when someone says “Ferrari“.
Absolutely! Me too. This and the Berlinetta Boxer were posters on my wall when I was a kid. This body style though, through to include the 288GTO, just quintessential “FERRARI”. 😍😍😍
Yes. I'm off the age when this was the Ferrari to have. Still think it's one of the prettiest cares ever made.
Robert Rishel ...yes, exactly so!👍 This is why I, years ago, bought my first Ferrari - a 512TR which is even more glorious to drive then I’d imagined....☺️
It's the most beautiful one, and the one in Magnum!!
Jay Emm, You missed a big part of the attraction to this car. The owner! Jack is a hoot, and I think we would have appreciated some good banter between you two.
I have to agree on that
@@2702simmo me too :)
Bit rude too
Love this car it was the car that got me into Ferraris and still one of the best looking Ferraris ever and yes it was because of Magnum PI. lol
When you were talking about your Dad's 328, I just thought of my Dad's first car...
A Nissan Almera...
Yeah. Rich kid.
Now this is a Ferrari I would buy, and then grow a mustache :D
Nah. Keep a stick on one in the glovebox.
This would be hilarious if you were a woman.
Did Jack still have his pajama bottoms on? 🤣 I've been following Jack for a long time now so have seen all the highs and lows... Go and drive his 205 if you can!
I’ll wear them when I drive his 550..
@@Number27 looking forward for updates, please keep em coming..love your vids
No he’s wearing the bottoms and that go with Jay’s top.
@@Number27 😆lmfao.
Hope your back is recovering 👍
I use mine to the store etc. Nothing wrong with that :P It's my "chill pants" that I basicly wear all day except when going out to places I need real pants :P I recomend it!
Wonderful collaboration but I’m sure you have a louder shirt to fully embrace the Magnum dream 😂 Brilliant review
This is the Ferrari I want to own one day! Great Series! - Yes - it`s exactly because of Magnum (still watching some episodes here and there today)!
I have been watching Jack and the "Influenzo" since he bought it. Love the 3x8 cars. I was torn between one of these and a Lotus Esprit, I have decided to go Esprit V8. At least for now.
Magnum had three 308 GTS over seven years - a carb, an 'i' and a QV. Sonny Crockett had a black 328 GTS in an episode of Miami Vice.
cologne2792 Miami Vice had a replica Ferrari Daytona then they blew it up and he drove a Testerossa. He never had a 328.
@@jimcars6468 He had a 328 GTS miamivice.fandom.com/wiki/Crockett%27s_GTS
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My favourite Ferrari is the 328, such a good looking car.
Thanks buddy, awesome review as expected!! Look forward to driving your slightly slower 550..
You and me both!
This car has given me a newfound appreciation for woebegone, misguided, ill-advised purchases. Has me hankering for a lovely Yugo. Or perhaps a Renault Dauphine.
My comment on Jack's channel when he told us about this video coming was that there's a perfect storm of some of my favourite TH-camrs brewing. Here are the first gusts. Can't help comparing this video to the one about the f12. You were constantly lifting off and it was rather annoying. But with this car, you are able to stay on the throttle for longer. A lot more aurally satisfying.
*Wow, you're on FIRE with the reviews, and it's the epic and popular cars!*
That was great. Sort of amusing to see Jack riding shotgun in total silence
Big smile on his face, though.
Yeah, the big silly grin he had on his face from start to finish was a joy to behold. 😀👍🏻
But no chat between these two excellent car enthusiasts... during the video why?
@@nelran2009 Good question
Ive got an alloy wheel from one of those...i'll just dream about owning the rest of it☹
I've got one but can't drive it cuz I'm missing a wheel :(
The prettiest thing to ever sit on four, very high profile, Pirelli tyres. Don't care if it's rubbish; so was Roger More and still got Barbara Bach.
The 308 is a beautifully proportioned, pretty car without all the overwrought styling of later Ferraris.
Here right after STG's video also on a Ferrari! 😂
And for reviews they are two of the best imo
Likewise.😁
@@footballgeorgiebest I concur.
Same. We are slaves to the algorythm
I love Jack's channel never seen a chap suffer so much and looking so happy. My idea of the perfect Ferrari.
For a car that's 45 years old it is still beautiful! I couldn't give a monkeys about performance stats its aesthetics for me and this is automotive art!A masterpiece! 😊😊
Great video, and so true. My favourite is the 328, despite my love for Magnum and the fact that my first poster was a 308, I just loved the front end more on the 328 and it would be the one I would buy first just love it
Same here, basically the same car , just updated to keep it relevant in the midst of the competition.
@@sw651 it was also updated to counteract the loss of horsepower that came with the switch from carburetor to fuel injection
Yes it was an all round improvement but as a child it was the updated look I liked. Funny at the time I didn’t like the front end of the 288 GTO either but now think it looks amazing
I much prefer the 308 with this deeper front spoiler over the 328. I just prefer the simplicity. The 328 looked a bit over complicated at the front.
Had glass 308. Should have kept it I s'pose. Had my 328 gts over 20 years. Over 70 now. Can
Love it. Crossover of two of my favourites. Well done James and Jack!
Here! Here!!
Thanks Greg!!!
Mine too , I’ve loved the updates on the Influenzo
A friend of mine had a 308 and he did a track day at Silverstone
The car had a very comfortable ride and around the track it felt like a big Elise.
Besides the Daytona Spider, the 308 are my favorite 2 cars of all time. However the 1985 GTO, and the Casino Royale DBS are very close. I hope to have 1 of them one day.
Great Vid as usual. Suggested to @Number 27 that an interesting vid would be a back to back to back of his 308, a 328 and a late 348 (post 1992) to see the development of the Ferrari V8 line from mid 70s to mid 90s. A collaboration between the two of you doing that would make a great video. Besides, you could perhaps give the objective balance to his subjective love for his 308 :)
Oozes style and elegance that no modern Ferrari can match (IMHO)!
Great channel No27 and great review Jay, thank you!
My pleasure!
Fantastic stuff....my dad nearly got one, we had a Doberman similar to the two in Magnum PI,we went to Ferrari in London to test drive that and a Maserati....but my old man went for a Daimler Sovereign 4.2 and an XJS instead....I was disappointed with his nonItalian choices lol😆🙄. Great vid and been following jack and his PJ’s since he got the Influenzo! Good luck!
"The thing that shocks young people of today about these old 328s, 308s etc, is just how much respect they get considering the lack of performance compared with modern super cars". "Speed has now become cheap, But Class will always be priceless!"
Yes this car is lovely. The influenzo is being nursed back nicely indeed.
Yes!!! Magnum PI and the 308 GTS!!! Introduced Ferrari as a dream car to a whole generation of people who wouldn’t have known about Ferrari otherwise.
True story: when i was like 8 years old my father had a porsche carrera and we went shopping with it. When we came back with the groceries
and my father opened the trunk in the front i started crying. I hated it! :D
Keep up the good work!
😂
A great video. I've always loved the 308 GTS since watching Magnum PI as a child. Always wanted one. Now a Lotus Elise S2 owner - the closest affordable vehicle I could get to a Ferrari. How would you compare the Elise to the 308 in terms of driving? You mentioned they felt similarly sized even though the 308 is a bigger car. Keep up the videos - I'm a recent subscriber to your channel. Love every video you put out!
In reality the 308 engine only gave about 215 bhp and considering the comp ratio and the cam spec that was pretty good. I'm not sure what this says about the 911 you drove earlier!
Always Great Contents “Buona Fortuna” From Italy 🇮🇹
I follow Jayemm and Number 27 and have loved watching Influenzo develop. Great review! The car sounds fairly good to me. Great that it only has 215 hp. Means you can really rev it out without going to jail.
wribg ¹⁵8 moh
How cool is this! Have loved watching the Influenzo series 🤘
It's been splendid to watch.
It looks like you've unintentionally sported the Magnum P.I look.
I loved Magnum...!!! That's how I remember a red Ferrari ...on Magnum!
Love the 308,
Friend of mine has one in metallic blue. He absolutely loves it
Great review, 80’s retro music 🎧 is cool
Great color on this car.
This is the one I'd have ❤️❤️
The passenger hasn't stopped smiling the whole way through. That's how I'd be
animalcol1 it’s his car!
´Were you on Harry’s road and corners? Looked very similar.
Love the soundtrack on that thing!
My story with the 328 is very similar. But it wasn’t my dad who owned it, my uncle did. I was very young, too young to be impressed but then...then he bought an F40....I was properly impressed the second I saw it, trust me
Utterly beautiful!
It’s a Ferrari end of story! If I could muster up the courage to live with the grief I’d buy one ☝️
Jack is a fabulous guy! Ending music 🎵 is the best on the net!
Good review, of a car which many of your subscribers will probably be well aware of. Glad you stuck to your car review format and did not bring Jack into the review, no offence to Jack.
The 288 GTO is one of the Top 10 Classic Ferrari's for visual design, better looking than a F40 by a considerable margin.
Can you imagine the uproar if Magnum drove a Mondial 😂 was looking at them for sale yesterday. Looked like a fiat X1/9 on drugs.
Glad he drove a 308 instead. Such a. Good looking car!
I quite like the x1/9, I've had 2 of 'em over the years. Not much in the way of reliability, or interior room, to be honest. Lol
I’ve started liking the Mondial
@@nate_d376 don't get me wrong, in its own right the fiat looks fabulous for what it is, but a Ferarri should never be comparable to a fiat. It's a nod to the fiat and a look of disappointment towards the Ferarri. A back handed compliment, I guess. Lol
@@2702simmo I'd like to see them do a modern iteration. Be interesting to see, but I wouldn't say i hold the original in high regard, styling wise. It's definitely no Dino. The Ferarri that I am starting to really appreciate is the f348!
Bad-Bunny Blogger it was only because I was behind one on the motorway snd it just looked cool in a way I’d never appreciated before. I want to own a Ferrari before I die and it might be the only way 😂
The carbureted versions of the 308GTS have always been my favorite Ferraris. They are what I always thing of when I think of Ferrari. IMO, Ferrari has made some downright ugly cars. That includes most of the newer ones. The 308s were absolutely gorgeous, and they had, of all things, those beautiful Campagnolo FOURTEEN INCH wheels with actual tires, something so rare and special in today's sick world where just about every car out there, from exotic sports cars to minivans have at least 22 inch wheels with no tires.
Now your talking my style. Loved magnum. This is why I bought an Mr2.
You introduced me to jacks channel and to see your review. I have loved the trials and tribulations from him. His french hot hatch next. You have different takes on the same subject. I would be interested on Jack's tale on the Honda and 550
I'm looking for a 308 GTS to complete my collection. A few years ago it was quite easy to find a 308, today they are much more rare.
Just to mention - my favourite Bond is Timothy Dalton, because I absolutely love "Living Daylights". 😎
Of course I watched Magnum P.I in my younger days. The Ferrari 308 GTS was my dream car, and still is.
308/328 definitelly has begun grow on me as ideal summer evening drive....you don't have to drive on knife edge to get best joy of it....sweet! BTW have you seen Chris Haris vid on Mondial T? Veeery similar conclusion!
It must be said: Ferrari needs to make a brand-new retro version of this car. It has worked well for the American car makers with the Mustang, Camaro, and Charger. A new 308 with a more reliable engine and 350-400 horsepower would be absolutely amazing. Price it low and let it mint money for the company. People would buy it in droves. People would fall in love with Ferrari again. In case the company is unaware, their cars are rapidly losing their souls. In terms of one of their competitors, think of Countach compared to the Aventador. One has a soul, and one doesn't. Well, the 308 has a soul, but I'm not sure sure the 488 has one.
Jay Emm, I have to say this version of the intro suits this channel the best, that is of course only my opinion. Great work as usual.
My dad had great cars when
I was young, audi uber turbo,
Lotus carlton, rs 2000, lotus
Cortina, sierra cosworth rs 500,
Fiat 131 mirafiori. Had great taste
Bless him. None of its rubbed off
Though lol
My Dad had a fibreglass 308 GB and the clutch was like a bullworker.I used to dread getting in a traffic jam.Was a good workout though
Awesome! Now you have done number 27, Tavarish, next please Hoovies garage and then of course Harrys!!!
Loving it 👍
Design really has gone backwards, the modern Ferraris just look like they're trying too hard, unbalanced and ass heavy compared to the 308 which looks great from every angle. Unmistakably 70's but no worse for it.
Very un p.c? Like anyone would seriously be pushing to have even more p.c nonsense these days. It's considered un p.c to even use the words man or woman. Trust james yet again to fall on the wrong side of the argument. Best off staying out of politics
Bad start in life when you dislike a Ferrari because it doesn't have a radio..........
Pity Ferrari don't make cars this pretty any more (opinion), every car they make looks hard edged and or bulbous and just too big, like putting an action man in that 308.
First, love the Influenzo!!
It’s not from 1979 look at the plate. If it was from 1979 if would of been a T plate. Love channel but how about a more modern utube intro and outro. What you have is from the 80s. To get more subs and be more professional your old format was better.
You really need to meet Tom... hes the one with the terrible shirt collection, M3...and one of these!! You guys should a 308 rally to the Tommy Bahama outlet store. Youre like his long lost twin....but with a cool accent.
That's the thing with flat plane V8s, they sound just like a (busy) inline 4. Beautiful car though.
Great Review on the 308 my friend. All you need now is a Mouthstache and Hawaiian shirt. Your review is making me want one. lol
production quality seems much improved on this vid 👍🏼
This channel is becoming quite interesting actually 😀
I try
Higgins would approve of a well used 308 GTS.
I want to see this car back for Movember, with a Hawaiian shirt and James sporting a thick, Tom Selleck moustache 😂