1984 Ferrari 308 GTB - Jay Leno's Garage

sit and walk all day, you just slow down in the corners, accelerate out of them, it's almost like being in an automatic, yes, and you rarely need the brakes and Of course, this is the American bumper, you know, I don't know It looks as bad on this one as it does on many other cars, maybe because it's black and white and well integrated, okay, it looks good and you've kept it completely. stock, that even the European car had a steel bumper, no, this also had the rubber bumper and was up to this line more or less fine, so the bumpers were actually absorbed both in the front and in some versions that They were just a fiberglass casing I'm really a device or just a bar with fiberglass on top, but I've been asked why don't you just suck up the bumpers and do the whole thing.

It's like I grew up with this, yeah, that's what I know, yeah. this was the sign for us, I mean, you can get hit at five miles an hour, sure, hey, let's close this, let's look under the front hood, let's see what's under there, well, thanks, a real spare tire, there you go, yeah , the original rubber, the original rim, the original spare tire and that's it. a Goodyear Eagle that came, that was the hype of the time, that Goodyear Eagles were coming out on Ferraris, really yeah, that was a big deal back in the day and that's the original spare tire that's 30-something years old, yeah , so when you get a flat tire now you have two flat tires, yeah, take advantage of about ten miles.

It's so nice to have a real tire it drives me crazy. Stupid can of air and they act like modern tires don't go flat and you know they all have these giant 21 inch wheels so you have no rope I don't know how they do it now they have something they see me for a long time the bleed screw yeah the from the radiator exactly you know I always wanted to meet guys with mirrors I always tell them if they're murder, you know, it heats up, yeah, turn it on at one level, let it run and then open it, you hear yes, as soon as water starts coming out, it you close in your car will never completely overheat, but that's what the modern Baja does, you know, manna. cars don't have this anymore, no, it's all sealed, yeah, the funny thing about that beeping screw is that, like I was saying before, this thing got hot all the time, so when you open and close this hood, it has a weak link here and it cracked down to the hood and the outer skin because it constantly had to bleed that burp so good when I checked it, like I said before, I got rid of those very soft fans and it came with and put Ferrari three for eight friends that are wrapped, great engines , all this and I've sat in traffic in the LA Heat and it stays just on the cold side from top to bottom, which never happened, you'd sit there and sweat and go, oh my gosh, oh.

OMG I'm right so now it works great it works perfect is this the original part that likes this plastic? Yeah, or did you have to find all that snow? No, this is the original, very nice, yes, I kept everything original as I could. and we can close that and cool one of my favorite things that I love about the car is the delicate door handle, yes, on the top, but as you can see, it just opens like this, all of these cards have their own personalities. and when you live with a long Just take away the little quirks when I make someone sit on it, a girl on a date or whoever, and I sit for a minute because we've stopped and now it's time to get out and I watch them and they look feverishly, where, how do I get out of this thing?

I just sit there and watch and in the end I'm not too cruel, okay, well, can we, can we take him for a ride, please, let's do it, um, I love it, yes, it seems be very nice, don't be sorry like a joke at all. Oh no, and when this gets hot, you can do whatever you want and that's the stocks, I'll float there, yeah, and then I sometimes send people with these. Hopefully it's annoying, yeah, and when this gets hot and really the sound, Jim opened what I am. The LED starts again. Oh, put it on the map again, I know, yeah, yeah, and then Miami Vice followed, yeah, that Ferrari solidified because they were nice. to get a little hippie there for a minute, you know, we had Michael Mann on the show, really yeah, and he told us the story of how they were using that replica.

I'm sure Re and Fry got mad and Ferrari told him they gave him a real one to use. and Michael Anton, that's going to blow up the other one on this shelf, boy, you got it and they did it, yeah, they had legit students, no, I thought the other thing about this is that you don't realize how fast you're going, you don't either. You know. Feel your revs, yeah, gotta watch my revs sometimes, I'll take your way. Remember that one time I gave a Ferrari to Miles Davis, he had refused to do a clutch service, which would somehow make him a sum of money and I didn't really know it. who he was, yeah, and I introduced myself, I had to go through LA traffic to get to him when I got to his house, I was furious, the clutch was almost completely gone and he gave me some attitude and that voice of his me too.

I yelled at him like a man, you have a Ferrari, what are you doing fixing this? What's the matter? He starts yelling at me. I refer to that amount of money as if you don't deserve to have this car. I mean, I'm a bit vivid. getting into this with him mommy anyone come back says you know it come out okay you take that car back you have a solution I'm like are you crazy? Am I getting this thing back? you know I used to open for miles I really do I know exactly what you're talking about, five more than 240, I know, but you know, in '94, 240 was a lot, yeah, now everything, it's not about speed anymore, it's not about You're welcome, it's all a thousand horsepower, it will do 200 miles, yes, always. like Ferraris, high five, well I go and realized, oh, this is what it's about, yes, journalist, that backstory and all the Ferrari stuff that people argue against the dealership and all the nonsense, but with a cup, they really are fantastic, yes, thank you.

I love you, what's the best Ferrari from a drone just to imitate Enzo next, but yeah, I'm doing a restoration at Daytona right now, it's going to be very special. I think about it, yes, I am extremely depressed, although a lot of that. it's unfounded direction and everything is like I don't understand what you're talking about yeah, here's Gracie, parallel parking great, no problem. I had a Testarossa modern girl for a client of mine, a friend of mine in Carmel and I took that. to Death Valley and then up to the Sierras, I had a very long four day delivery and I really fell in love.

I really enjoyed that smelvin f40 card and it came out very impressive. Yeah, that's the guy who really did it for me. I thought wow, it sure is pretty visceral and you know, simple and complicated at the same time, yeah, that makes some sense, an analog dildo, the last of the great analog Italian cars, now they all have paddle shifters and all the gearboxes. changes are very good, thank you, yes, I spent a lot of time. time very proud of that it was worth the effort what did you make fried you do it then what else I like the old Italian things but mainly I just do the Ferraris okay it's simple it doesn't make sense it's easy so how would they communicate with you passionately? some people found me through Instagram, so I got Instagram, okay, inferior Ferrari - 1966 or my name Donnie Calloway on Facebook, reach out through Messenger or something, look at how many cards he has in his store at any time, like this that I don't have time. two car

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in my house right but everything is outside like cars in the upholsterer's painter's cars so I drew a rotation and right now I'm doing like seven Wow complete restoration Wow and they're all back in rotation but it's a very fun, I love playing this stuff dad, 30 years in a

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, this was my grandpa's car, yeah it will never be for sale.

I want you to bring him back to life, yes, and I can do it, it's a real privilege. like being on your show, oh, it's like being a funny man doing this because you know, I just get it, I like all the million Ferraris, but I'm sure he's going to have a real Ferrari, for lack of a better term, for a worker in a track car, the average guy. You could aspire to be a homeowner but work hard and save money, huh, huh, even though your value is increasing. Are you going up there but can I have mercy on my knees?

There's a little sixty to seventy thousand dollars for a while. I have, yes, a base. but you know well, that's the reason I really came into this clan. You might have time when I was 20. I could never afford the money. How am I going to fix this the best way I can? It's finding a dead car and then I'll be forced to fix it, so I spent most of my life, it's the open road, yeah, like driving through Nevada, yeah, where you sit at 120 miles an hour for hours, yeah, literally , you have to arrive. in this every once in a while, once every two years, I'll get a stupid speeding ticket and they're always cool, okay, I'll only go five miles over the limit, oh my gosh, those guys.

Ferraris have a bad reputation because people don't drive them, so they sin and that's the worst thing you can do, yes, it really is, if I let this sit for a couple of months, yes, I get into that absent attitude, right, I feel sorry for her, she's like you, she's like an angry girlfriend. Like, oh, you don't want anything to do with me about yeah, you have cars, you have a lot of angry builders, oh, absolutely, what's the other fryer you'd like for the boxer? I'll box the 512 carbureted vodka, yeah, and then after that it would be now. which I drove a lot once and really fell in love with.

I would really enjoy a Testarossa, yes, I really like that car, yes, after they have lived their lives or been abused or mistreated or left to die in garages in their countryside for what they have done. you, but without the Ferrari case all the time, yes, I have a huge list of cars that are rotting, backed up very well, yes, well, I remember and you can get to minute 2:15, of course, but and a double headlight model for four. or five thousand, yes, I surpassed it when I was a child, yes, I surpassed it by five or six thousand dollars, no, yes.

I used to have a metal friend of mine who would buy two fifties for life, you know, ten to twelve thousand. dollars and then beef it up like probably GT oh yeah you know this one just ended for me but bringing it back to life and dialing it back when it was new that's it that's the passion yeah it's hard to stop driving this thing , once you get into that rhythm, but here PCH imagine, you probably guess the reason because the mileage is not like that, it gets great mileage yeah, I get like 320 on a full tank, which is amazing, so what happens that are you behind?

That's 20 to 25 that I can fill. up in Monterey down PCH down aiwei woman limit road racing you know how to go through the gears many revs and get home to Malibu Wow with a tank of gas well I'm really glad I did this episode because there are a lot of people there. those who would love to follow the Ferrari dream, but it has become very expensive, yes, and this is proof that you can find one at a reasonable price and you can work on it like you do with any other car. You have something to do. it will never really go down in value just a little hobby system and you can enjoy it it's an investment you could enjoy Tommy thank you very much mate good job beautiful work on this car and you have a Ferrari or you want to know more about you go to their website warwood Instagram Instagram Ferrari lower - 1966 there you go, yes, this has been a blast, a real pleasure, Jay, thank you very much, thank you for being part of this show and having the opportunity to drive the Ferrari.

Guys next week bye bye ciao