Vehicle Description
1976 Ferrari 308 GTB "Vetroresina"
Year 1976
Make Ferrari
Model 308 GTB
Type Vetroressina
Chassis No F106AB ?19789?
Engine No F106A ?01983?
Gearbox No F106AL ?2002?
Body No 116A
Completed July 1976
Exterior Color Black (Gilden / Salchi Code 20-B-50)
Interior Color Black Leather with Black Vinyl Seat Inserts
Mileage 34,867 Miles
-Ordered new by Wide World of Cars, Nyack, New York in the Spring
of 1976.
-Completed July 1976.
-Delivered September 1976.
-Sold new December/January 76/77 to Michael Robert Marklin who
lived at the time in Greenwich, Connecticut and later Newtown,
CT.
-Marlin is still alive and was kind enough to relate the purchase
was a complete surprise. He was visiting Wide World of Cars with a
friend, saw the car in the showroom and bought it on the spot.
There was too much snow and rain to drive it home and it was
delivered by flat-bed truck later in January or early February of
1977. He was completely unaware the car was fiberglass until he
went to sell it a few years later.
-The car was then purchased in 1980 by Dr. John Kimball of Denver,
Colorado. He stated he was the car's 2nd owner per a letter to the
FML on August 14th, 1980. It was later offered for sale by him and
described as being black with a black interior and 20,000
miles.
-In 1986, the car was offered for sale by Bianchi Motors Company in
Santa Barbara, California. It was again described as being black
with a black interior and now showing 28,370 miles from new.
-A year later in 1987, Don Young of Santa Barbara, California
offered it for sale. He stated the car was black with black
interior. He offered it again for sale in the FML in 1988 stating
the car now had 31,000 miles.
-Later that year, Steve Forristall of Foristall's G.T. Cars in
Houston, Texas offered the car for sale describing it as being
black with black interior and 31,000 miles.
-In 1989, at the top of the market, the car was listed for sale by
Classics and Sportscars Consultants, Ltd., London, UK as all
original, black with black interior 31,000 miles.
-In late 1998/9 the car was registered to a Professor Welsbach who
lived in Schwadorf, Germany, a small village on the Rhine river
just south of Cologne and north of Bonn. He sold the car in 2012 to
the famous Berlin, German classic car dealer, Theisen Automobile
Raritaten.
-In 2016, Theisen sold the car to a Private Museum Collection in
Mexico, City, Mexico. In October of 2020, our company purchased
this Ferrari specifically to offer it for sale as a Bring-A-Trailer
"Exclusive" auction.
What this research very nicely confirms is that the 35,000 miles
the odometer currently shown is true actual miles.
Immediately after delivery to San Diego, we sent the car to James
Millar for compete and total services that included the
following:
-Complete safety check on entire car
-Replaced all five tires with new correct size Michelin XWXs
(modern version)
-Inspected all five rims for damage and cracks
-All five rims including spare are correctly date coded 1976
-Fitted all new Ferrari rim caps
-Mounted and balanced all rims
-Inspected all brake calipers, and rotors for wear, replaced
pads
-Inspected all brake lines, master and slave cylinder
-Inspected and lubricated all suspension components including
steering rack
-Installed new battery, checked and verified charging system,
alternator and voltage regulator
-Overhauled AC system and updated to new coolant, blows 41 degrees
at outlet
-Replaced all spark plugs with correct NGK units
-Replaced air cleaner filter
-Flushed coolant system
-Flushed engine oil and replaced filter
-Flushed gearbox oil and cleaned pan
-Inspected and greased all axles, hubs and splines
-Completed full belt service including all auxiliary belts an the
timing belt
-Completed water pump service
-Checked compression on all cylinders all were between (150 and 155
psi)
-Checked all lights, gauges, horn, radio and switches for proper
function
-Inventoried tool and jack kit for completeness
-Inspected for rust, repair and accident damage, none found
-completed 20 mile test drive and 2nd 15 mile test drive
Last week during inspections and a test drive the "GEN" light on
the dash came on indicating a fault in the charging system. The
alternator was found to have had a diode failure and it was sent
out and completely rebuilt and reinstalled two days ago.
This is a completely matching numbers, rust and accident free
vehicle with completely documented and known history from new.
It has just received full services and new tires and has no running
time since all work was done and the tires fitted.
