But... for a car that's covered 4500 miles in 38 years (averaging under 119 miles a year!) and ended up on ebay with no engine... it clearly hasn't had a lot of love.
While the collector says "Look at what a mess this is!", The restorer says "It's ALL HERE!". The chassis is amazingly complete for having donated its engine to a more needy recipient. The engine was even removed with care; nothing was cut getting it out.
No love... Until now.
A 308 in its natural habitat:
I didn't take pics, but I'm pretty sure it still had the original tires on it. They were disasters. Only one of the four even held air.
While the wheels were off (which was actually easy to achieve!) I looked around the wheel houses a bit.
Ooopsie
That's not supposed to point that direction.
Zoomed:
Above is the forward inner pivot of the left front lower control arm.
Here's the corresponding location on the right side:
Here's the surrounding metal, left:
And right:
It was apparently gooned up quite impressively. I'll have to see if my dad's semi-retired friend with a frame machine can get Ferrari specs.
Also, the forward inner pivot of the left rear lower arm:
It's a little hard to tell from the angles of the photos (and the lens), but the left one is twisted relative to the right... maybe by the same object that did the damage at the front end:
Also, I don't know where this wheel was on the car originally, but it hasn't had a nice life either:
The result?
Still engineless, but now shod with Pep Boyz finest to make it rollable in preparation for moving it from my dad's house to my garage.