The Ferrari 308 GTB was introduced at the Paris Salon in 1975 as the successor to the Dino 246 GT, marking Ferrari’s return to Pininfarina styling.

Its design combined contemporary wedge influences with flowing, balanced lines and signature elements from the Dino such as scalloped side intakes and twin circular rear lamps, a shape that remained largely unchanged throughout production.

Early cars were constructed in lightweight glass fibre before a transition to steel bodies from late 1976.

Mechanically, the carburettor-fed cars gave way to fuel-injected models from 1980, primarily to meet emissions regulations, resulting in a reduction in power.

This was later addressed with the introduction of the four-valve Quattrovalvole cylinder head in 1982.

European-market examples retained desirable dry-sump lubrication throughout the carburettor production run.

Consequently, late steel-bodied, European supplied, carburettor-equipped GTB models are widely regarded as the purest and most h...