Hi everyone. I'm hoping someone could help me with some restoration work and guide me accordingly. I'm looking at fixing the rust involving the rear subframe of my 308 GTS. I've had a look at it today and it looks like its rusted though. Would a patch work in this case, whilst leaving the subframe in place or what type of fix is necessary? Would the subframe need to be removed? Image Unavailable, Please Login I would like to put it back to standard so I was wondering if anyone can suggest the right approach. Thank you very much for your help, John
Take it easy fixing any future oil leaks next time round . Seriously that’s looks bad begging the Q what’s the rest of the oval frames like esp the covered under the middle ( cockpit area ) ally belly pan ? Have you removed and inspected the front cover behind the spare wheel well ….you know to access the rack ?…..and checked those ovals ?
I just saw a vid of a vetroresina that had to have the entire tubular chassis redone because of rust. Scared the crap out of me.
Hi John, That's a dark picture, and I have to admit I have trouble making out what rust you're referring to? Any chance you could get a better picture or two with a work light illuminating the area of concern? There is no subframe on a 308 GTS - the frame for the car is one piece, front to back. Front and rear suspensions bolt directly to the frame, engine mounts directly to the frame. Frame repairs can be made, that will involve cutting out damaged or corroded sections and welding in new frame sections. Gordon
...well, just for the record, there even was a complete "New Old Stock" 308 chassis, brand new, still in primer, for sale on "Le Bon Coin" (= the french equivalent of "Craiglist") last year; if my memory serves me well, it was a GTB chassis. Another one here; https://www.postwarclassic.fr/353364-ferrari-308-factory-chassis Rgds
If its isolated to 1 spot as it appears to be getting it fix is pretty simple....if you can weld or you know a guy. The whole frame is welded together so replacing sections doesn't change anything strength wise as long as you use patched at least as thick as what was there and the welds are good you'll have no issues. A guy I used to know was ...large, as was his girl friend. He had a rusty 914 and one day they both opened their doors at the same time and the car broke, the middle collapsed to the street. He jacket it up and closed the doors and drove it to my house where I welded 4x4x1/4" steel on down both sides. Then he drove it 2 or 3 more years. Anther guy I know used to repair salvage cars, front 1/2 of one, back 1/2 of another and weld. Race car frames are built by welding together a pile of tubing. My 308 had some cracking by the repair upper shock mounts that I welded up 20 years ago. My point is frames are repaired all the time, just repair it property and never give is another thought.
