Is their a Ferrari 288 GTO kit available for the Fiero? It looks almost like the Mera, just alot more meaner. I have always wanted one of these, since I saw one when I was little. But unforuntantly I can't afford the $319,500 bills for one, so one day this would be a project for me, if there is even a kit available for it, if there ain't, I can just continue to drool over the ones I see on the internet. Here is a link to what it looks like, so everyone knows what I am talking about. You've got to agree it does look mean, I have personally heard one running and its REAL mean sounding, sends chills down my spine.

http://www.ferraris-online....rdir=FE-288GTO-54231

Yeah... the GTO is kick-butt for sure. I am not aware of a GTO kit for the Fiero but I have seen a GTO kit built to convert a standard 308 Ferrari to a 288 GTO. A nice 308 goes for $27,000 to $35,000 and the kit was $7,000 or $8,000. Far more affordable than $300K

There was a no-fiero gto kit a few years back. It had a fiberglass body and a spaceframe chassis mated to a small block chevy or ferrari engine. I think it was more of a spec racer type car than a street car.

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Try searching the site below.... I know of a guy who is building a 288 GTO body there, you might have to register for a search? I dunno.... But if I were you I would search the tech and the general page by page, starting from the most recent........

I've got something on my plate right now, but i'll try and look a lil bit too, k

edit to add: Check out this thread, from the before mentioned site.. And sorry I forgot to add the site url.....DOH!!

http://www.kitcarsforum.com...project-t6755.0.html

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Alden Thomas made the 288 GTO kit for fieros in the 1980s. There are very few of these cars around but they show up from time to time on eBay. I saw one 2 years ago near Anaheim - it looked a little out pf proportion (long and narrow) because it was not widened around the wheels and rear like the real ferrari. If Don ever gets a kit into production (kitcar link above), it looks like it will be better proportioned than the Alden Thomas kit. Note that his build thread started in May 2006.

If you want one based on a real ferrari 308, Black Horse MotorSports on LaCieniga Blvd in Los Angeles has one I saw yesterday; they were asking $40k but would probably take less because it needed some work on (at least) the body.

Seeing the real thing is a moving experience - the Chequered Flag in Marina Del Rey had one in the showroom a few years ago. I went in when there was no one there but the manager and he let me go in past the ropes and take a close look. I just kept my hands folded and didn't touch anything and he watched me, but was cool about it . i think they were asking a $ million at that time. if I would have even REACHED for the door handle to open it, I know he would have said "OK, the look is over".

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Hmm... not that it matters here, but wonder why it needed an engine rebuild?

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quote Originally posted by Francis T: Hmm... not that it matters here, but wonder why it needed an engine rebuild?

Someone had too much fun with it.

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A 288 GTO replica based off of a 308 or 328 can be built by Bob Norwood in Dallas, TX too....of course they cost $300K......

give me lots of foam, and I can try to make some plugs :P though I have never tried that, so I am gonna buy foam myself sometime to try and make some plugs of bumpers and such before I try and make a rebody. The 288 seems to be a nice one to change the Fiero into, and if people change their engine to Longitudinal, would be even neater, along with turbos or something on a V6 . Though gotta sacrafice the trunk for that.

Someone had one at FieroRama 2007. It was very nice. I had to ask Archie if it was really a Fiero. I think I have some pictures somewhere. I'll post them if I find them.

I used to think I wanted to build an F355 car, but now that GTO is just damn sexy!!

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I almost tried it with my Ferrari kit. Cosmetically, starting with a 308/328 is an extra set of headlites under clear or tinted covers, a deeper chin spoiler and grill, the air extractors in the quarters behind the rear wheels, and the shape of the side qtr/sail panel windows. It is longer but you can get away with it. Also the rear engine hatch opens from the front and hinged at the rear. Not all that much to do with a little fabrication skills.

Here's a link to one of the nicest ones built............It's the car that was at Fierorama.
http://members.tripod.com/c...landreplicar/ken.htm

That car is gorgeous, any more kits out there?

Thank You DL10, Thats a nice Kit, wish I had the money to do that. They went as far as putting a real Ferrari dash in it. Very nice.

I know that Don, (on the kitcarsforum) and 355Fiero (on PFF) are the same guy. He is building the 288 GTO after he finishes his F355 build. He was going to use the custom frame that gusshotrod built, but changed his mind on that. He just found a new donor car, and from what I understand is modifying some 328 molds that he purchased. I know it will be a ways down the road.....it's pretty hard to work year-round here in Calgary. I'm not sure if he will be selling a "kit", but you may want to check it out. I'm hoping to one day have a live sneak-a-peek on his build. Hey Don, chime in, if I'm wrong with my wording here.

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quote Originally posted by SAFASTRO: I know that Don, (on the kitcarsforum) and 355Fiero (on PFF) are the same guy. He is building the 288 GTO after he finishes his F355 build. He was going to use the custom frame that gusshotrod built, but changed his mind on that. He just found a new donor car, and from what I understand is modifying some 328 molds that he purchased. I know it will be a ways down the road.....it's pretty hard to work year-round here in Calgary. I'm not sure if he will be selling a "kit", but you may want to check it out. I'm hoping to one day have a live sneak-a-peek on his build. Hey Don, chime in, if I'm wrong with my wording here.

I would love to see a build thread on that and I am sure no one else would object to seeing one either. I know its hard to work year around here in Maine, unless you can afford to heat the garage.

Here is the pic from Sep 9, 2007 at Fierorama...

quote Originally posted by Barkaroo: Yeah... the GTO is kick-butt for sure. I am not aware of a GTO kit for the Fiero but I have seen a GTO kit built to convert a standard 308 Ferrari to a 288 GTO. A nice 308 goes for $27,000 to $35,000 and the kit was $7,000 or $8,000. Far more affordable than $300K

I have seen one of those real 308's with a 288 kit on it. It was at a show room at a very expensive car lot. I was VERY disappointed with how crude the car was, not the instillation of the kit. The shape is beautiful, but the workmanship of the entire car was primitive. Each one of those cars were built one at a time by hand. And even the Italians had "bad days" I would still love to have one, then fix it right
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This is where proper proportioning (widening) prevents that car from looking too long and narrow. If you look at most 308 kits, they won't have the flare behind the rear of the quarter window::

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quote Originally posted by FierociousGT: Here is the pic from Sep 9, 2007 at Fierorama...

I don't think thats Ken's car, I think that was the 308 kit that was there. Here's another pic of Ken's car at Fierorama


Ken was also interviewed on the web cast. he talks a little about the car.


http://www.fierofocus.com/F...erorama07Webcast.htm

It's a little over half way through the web cast

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That is a rediculously good looking car. I have one side of a 308 buck, anyone wanna make it into a 288 and make the flip side?

I found some pictues of the GTO kit that goes on a real 308.

A couple days ago, I wrote out a long reply to this thread and, apprently, did not hit post or it was lost.

Safastro is right. I am, indeed, putting parts together for a 288 GTO project. I was going to use the frame I bought from gushotrod but I have changed direction on that frame as I don't have the time these days to go end to end on the frame the way I would want to. I have the frame for sale in the Mall section but have had no real hits on it so I guess I'l keep it in storage a while longer until I do a full ground up build later in life.

I recently bought a Fiero fastback that needs engine work that I was going to use for the build but my 14 year old has laid claim to the Fiero so I guess I have a couple years to swap engines and drive that one until she is old enough to drive it....

I also have molds for a 328 kit that goes on to the Fiero so I have pulled panels from those molds to be the starting point for the build. I plan to use these panels and foam out the wider flares, front and rear spoiners etc. to make temp molds from and then pull panels from those to graft into the existing panels. The car will be oem wheelbase which is a 3" stretch from Fiero stock as well as 6" wider rear track and 4" wider front track. I'll be widening the control arms the same way I did for my 355 project. BTW, my daughter thinks that the 328 panels I have already pulled from the molds last summer would also look killer on "her" Fiero......

I can't honestly say if I will build molds from this car as proper molds can run up to $8,000-$10,000 if I had someone do it for me. You would have to sell a lot of kits to pay that back. If someone else wanted to pull molds from the finished car prior to final paint, they would be welcome to do so.

This car will not, realistically, be done for another couple years though since I have my 355 to finish. I am building an interior now and then final sanding and cleanup ready for paint. It looks like I then have a Fiero to make sure is working very well and realiable since my daughter will be driving it and then on to the 288 GTO project......

I agree with everyone here that the 288 GTO is one of the nicest Ferraris built and quite rare since only 300 odd were built and then the Class C race series it was built for shut down before they ever raced.

There are 2 companies in the States offering 288 rebodies for the 308/328 Ferraris. The down side would be that a fair amount of work would need to be done on the panels to get them to fit on the Fiero and you also need a few oem Ferrari panels to mate the fiberglass panels to. These panel sets are not cheap either. I think Berlinnetta (sp?) is asking $8,000+ for their set and I can't remember the other company's name off hand. Italiano or something like that.

The Aldon Thomas panels were quite nice, but like all non stretched Fieros, the back end of the car just looks too short. It really is amazing how 3"+ can make a difference to final look of the replica.

Enjoy
Don