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We've never heard of the Scandinavian speed shop Makela Auto Tuning, but we want to be their best friends. These guys are rally and exotic car aficionados of high order, and loving documentarians of their craft. As such there are over 200 images on their site of the transformation of a run of the mill Ferrari 308 GTB into a rip-snorting FIA Group IV spec rally machine. Our only question is why this package wasn't on the options list for the 308? [ MAT Project Page ] ( Thanks Ed ) galleryPost('g4308', 9, 'Group 4 Ferrari 308 GTB Rally Car');
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While the 8-door '57 Chrysler limo almost beat out the stretched Ferrari 400i limo in our last Choose Your Eternity poll (and what an upset of reigning PCH Superpower, Italy, that would have been!), V12 power and Italian build quality seem to have triumphed over fins and rust. Today we need to see how Italy fares against its fellow PCH Superpower, Great Britain (with the winner moving on to take on France, of course). And, just to make things more fun, we're going with some serious Malaise machinery today, because Euro-Malaise is inherently cool-yet-hellish. Can you get a Ferrari project for just $5,500? As anyone who has gone car shopping on any Craigslist site from Florida to Texas for the last year can tell you: Yes, you sure can! I've been running across the infamous Eddy, Texas Ferrari (go here if the ad disappears) for as long as I've been doing Project Car Hell, because the seller just won't give up! Many readers have sent in tips on this one, and now- finally...
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Is there any Hell Project that can compete against a car with chain drive, one carburetor per 200cc of engine displacement, and pretty much zilch in terms of parts availability? We can't say for sure, but we now know that more than 60% of Jalopnik readers surveyed believe that the Honda S800 out-hells the Lotus Europa. Today we're going for a unifying theme that doesn't have much to do with the type of vehicles involved; instead, the theme is the cleansing by flame that each entrant has undergone prior to making an attempt to insinuate itself into your garage. The last time we had a Ferrari in this series , it lost the vote to a Maserati. Today we'll be giving one of Enzo's machines another shot at a Project Car Hell victory, with this 1975 Ferrari 308GT4 , currently bid up to just over two grand and with an unknown reserve price. Some prospective buyers might feel intimidated by the fact that this car has fire damage, but don't let that put you off- the seller wants...
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Sometimes you need to ask yourself: How bad do I need a Ferrari? Actually, in Project Car Hell, the question goes: How bad can a Ferrari project be? Either way, the problem with Ferraris is that most of them are so expensive that you're spared the torment of actually owning one... that is, until now. We've managed to round up a couple of Ferrari deals that cost less than most Fiero-based Ferrari-influenced kit cars, and one of them even comes with a bonus Lotus Esprit! See the car in the video above? That could be you behind the wheel, and all you need to get started is $2,500! Whoa, that must be a typo, right? Two-and-a-half grand for a Ferrari 365? I'm crapping you negative here, folks; just take a squint at this here genuine 1969 Ferrari 365 (go here if the ad disappears) and tell me you can't afford a vintage Ferrari! Now, don't think you can hop right in this car and roar off in a cloud of V12 noise and glory, because there's no V12. Matter of fact, there's...
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Something new everyday. Did any of you know that there were in fact four Group B Ferrari 308s? We had no idea, and we thought we knew the Killer Bs . Davey G sent me info on these cars as part of our continuing fight over the Mustache Ride . Here's the skinny: In 1983 four Group B 308s were developed and they weren't that much different from the road cars. The initial car featured a 288 hp 2-valve engine, while the subsequent three cars all had 310 hp QV 4-valve mills. Extra-harsh rose-joint suspension bits were fitted to all four corners as well as Brembo brakes. The Group B 308s were about 70 pounds heavier than the standard cars, but that didn't stop them from snatching up two first place and two second place finishes in the 1983 campaign. Of course 1983 was the year before the Killer Bs went totally bat guano (never forget -- 0-60 mph in less than two seconds!). Ferrari would need something else to compete. Something with the GTO moniker perhaps. Still, as Davey pointed...
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Al Navarro Week will never die, it'll just fade away. Though, not today. And today is indeed good. Al digs up one of our most favoritest yet leastest well known hoon scenes of all time then asks the following: Cars, drivers, and personal grudges considered, if it weren't for the garbage truck,who would have won the Against All Odds race? James Woods in 308 vs Jeff Bridges in 911 (note that Jalopnik does not condone street racing or exceeding of posted limits, and reminds you that this is a movie, kids) Al's right, never drive into on coming traffic. Though in someways, the above clip does resemble Al in his Se7en chasing me in my Hoondai on the Tail of the Dragon . Just sayin'. Also, we've seen James Woods (and his insanely hot lady friend) playing Hold 'Em at the Hustler a few times. We sure as hell ain't betting against him.
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