Sources for 308 spares ??

T-rutlands
GT car parts
Ferrari parts exchange

After that, networking. Many have collected or horded over the yrs.

There's no real supply chain of mfg parts like Porsche. 99% is going to be used with a sprinkle of NOS and dusting of re-mfg or re-engineered when feasible.

There's also the cross over list, Ferrari bin shopped when possible.

308 production numbers across the entire range was tiny, so very tiny. That's why you don't see the same supply chain support compared to Porsche.

The hyper cars are even crazier... F40 parts? Get a phone line to God, you'll need it.

 

Superformance UK has many of the replacement parts you can buy off the shelf.

Fuse boxes have been re- engineered from folks on this forum. Several iterations.

Nick Forza has some various parts. Hopefully his new XDI comes out soon for the injected cars

Classic air makes a R34 upgrade AC system

the others mentioned in the previous posts.

there are many other sources including asking generous folks on this forum.

it all depends on what you are looking for.

best of luck

 

I order from the UK mostly (I am in Canada), Eurospares, Maranello Concessionaires, and Superformance.

I have on occaision used Ricambi and AW Italian in the US, and had a very good experience with a rare (infrequently needed) coolant pipe with Ferrparts. Italian Car Parts has a rebuild service for many items.

There are more and more parts NLA, but also more now being reproduced as well.

That said, these cars are not Porsches, which has a fantastic community and tons of parts and mechanics that will work on the cars. That's what happens when build numbers are high and enthusiasts like the cars/brand. An older Ferrari ownership is not comparable, you need more money, patience and creativity to make it work. The reward is you drive rolling art, which actually drives pretty nicely too.

 

My advice would be to try find a car that has had engine work, having gone through the task of affectively rebuilding a 308 motor, it is not a cheap exercise, especially if you need things like sleeves.

 

AW Italian Car Parts in Eatontown, NJ has a huge inventory of Ferrari 308/328 parts.

Alan
N.J.

 

TRutlands and AW sales people are very nice and will try to accommodate. Superformance has good prices and delivery has always sooner than expected. Ferrari Parts Exchange has been inconsistent with my orders.

 

Not sure where you get the idea there are not many spares available for the 308?

As already mentioned, here in the UK, we have Maranello Classic parts (ferrariparts.co.uk ), who are basically Ferrari's official classic car parts supplier in the UK and Europe, Eurospares.co.uk, and Superformance.co.uk . All three ship Worldwide, and between them you can get almost any spare required, including camshafts, suspension, engine components, cooling components, gearbox components, drive-train components, interior components, electrical components etc. etc., etc.

If you think there is a too limited supply of spare parts for the 308 series now, it's a good job you didn't own one @ 25 years ago, because back then, you're only chance of finding a part, was from a car being parted out!

"Back in the day", once a car was over 10 years old, Ferrari didn't give a s**t about them. They stopped manufacturing replacement parts, so when stocks ran out, that was that - No more parts!

Today, due to the number of independent Ferrari specialists, and how many of the older cars are being kept running by Ferrari enthusiasts who are not mega-rich, Ferrari have realised in the last 20 years that they have been missing out on a lucrative business, and have started to re-manufacture parts for cars such as the 308's, 328's, 348's, Mondial's etc., etc., etc.

Here in the UK, most of the official Ferrari dealerships now offer special offer labour rates for older models that match independent specialist labour rates, to try to encourage owners of older models to have their cars serviced and repaired at the dealerships, because they've come to realise that they've been missing out on a lot of business.

With all due respect, it sounds to me as though you need to carry out a bit more research before declaring that there are no spare parts available for the 308 series.

 

Good day,

I would ask what is the difference? The end goal is to find parts and so does it really matter if the part is sold by a company, enthusiast, or enthusiast run classifieds? The benefit with dealing with a company would be more forms of payment offered, less risk (long time companies would have known customer experiences, reviews, etc), potentially better support, potentially better recourse if the item received is not what was described, etc. That said, buying from individuals is perfectly fine too... but to focus on individual sellers just seems odd to me.

As for the lack of individuals selling 308 parts... it could very well be that they have none to sell, as they do not need extra parts and/or perhaps they keep their cars for long periods and so have no need to liquidate their spare part stash.

Cheers,

Sam

 

Good day,

Understood. Also, the crowd is not a tough one... not by a long shot, as most are extremely helpful. I think the confusion... at least to me... was how I interpreted your first post which was clarified by your last post. I now fully understand your perspective.

Given your desire to restore or refurbish used parts... I have not encountered any particular sites that are dedicated as virtual "swap" meets for the 308 or other series. What you already found (fchat classifieds, Ebay, etc) is about all you will find... or an occasional CraigsList ad. However, you can place a "wanted" ad in the classified section... or if you are looking for or need a particular part, then usually a shout out on here may reach someone who has something that you might be interested in or where they found a part, etc. I have found several hard to find parts this way and the respective fchatters were not actively offering their parts in the Classified section, ebay, etc. Effectively an fchatter jumps in and says I have "x" if you are interested and then the discussion continues offline.

Cheers,

Sam

 

Sorry, but you're making incorrect assumptions. More than half of the vendor names you've been provided deal with reselling used parts. T Rutland, Ferrparts, GT Car Parts, AW Italian, Mr. Fiat, Red Bay Cars (Belgium) Ferrari 308 GTB/GTS (QV) - Red Bay Spare Parts For Your Ferrari (redbaycars.com), DinoParts in Germany DinoParts - the Dino-Shop.

Gordon

 

https://exoticautorecycling.com/

I play golf with one of the owners when I'm out in Hawaii.

They are pretty proud with their asking prices, but you can haggle with them.

You can also ask for specific parts they may not have listed.

 

I just want parts that make my car continue to work. Who cares if they are original or remanufactured? I own my car to drive it, not to admire how many original parts it might have, many of which might be inferior to what I can buy now.

 

I had a tour of the Maranello Concessionaires UK warehouse recently and was gobsmacked at the stuff they have (all pretty much ex factory, or remanufactured). eg complete body panels; new manufacture bumpers.

 

Was that the same tour I was on? TVFOC?

 

Yes! Hi Francis we spoke briefly re something on 308s but I can’t remember the detail, sorry! I was there with K&A (friends since a FCAustralia event in 2005!)

 

I don't know if this has been stated as I haven't read through all the posts, but eruospares often offers used parts alternatives. They break cars as well as sell new parts.

 

Ah - realise who you are now!

 

Good day,

I have never visited their facility, but was shocked that they had NOS items for my 365 GT4 2+2... and with extremely reasonable pricing. Before they would sell me the parts I had to provide evidence that I owned the car given the parts rarity ... and that there are some that scoop up rare parts and resell at huge margins. The prices I paid for the NOS parts was crazy low (about 9 years ago). I cannot say if they do this now and/or offer reduced pricing to owners, but it was and continues to be an extremely easy and pleasing to deal with them... overall an excellent supplier to say the least.

Cheers,

Sam

 

It is a quite amazing facility Sam. Quite extraordinary what they have in stock and run at a top professional level. If it's OK I will forward your post to them for comment though quite possibly they follow these threads.