Ahh, Lou and coffee in the morning. Thanks Lou.👍

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

6:49, I kind of grimaced too....glad you saw it well, I knew you would!

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Yes sir.

Proper mechanical engineering, served my time as a mechanic over 48 years ago where we had a machine shop for doing all the stuff we see here. Hats off Lou to a proper tradesman who actually shows the skills needed in a rebuild such as this, all the best mate from Bonnie Scotland, can’t wait to see the finished ferrari, you deserve a masterpiece.🤓👍

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

thank you and cheers from frosty Toronto Canada!!

Great car, great content, great host! This channel just needs one thing...more Terry!

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Lol. He makes appearances only when he feels like it.

Love your videos Lou! You make it look so easy I said with bits and piece of my own car everywhere!

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Lol. Thanks.

Those grill brackets look LEGIT

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Thanks.

Another step closer Lou . I’ll be first in line for a ride...

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

You bet.

We love this Chanel here in 🇬🇧, the tools at your disposal is epic Lou. Keep up the great work. Vint-tro 👌🏼

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your support!

i have been watching all along. Love the content, production value and the commentary. Very nice to see someone take on brass bushings. Silly expensive. Well done Sir

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. Cheers Lou.

A new video from Lou, best Sunday morning gift….ever!!! Thanks Lou!!!

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

I wasn't first to comment but after a short holiday and back home looking for a nice and entertaining video to relax for... Can't be any better... (mabey a whiskey). Regards from sunny Spain

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Enjoy your day Max.

This is the best teaching video about 308's that I can find! Great stuff. In a way, I'll be sorry when you are finished. Best 308 video on KZread...besides that you're kinda' entertaining.

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Tom.

I think you are making great progress! It is so entertaining watching you go through all the hoops I have putting together my 308GT4 that came in boxes. Talk about misery loves company :-)

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you John. Good luck with the GT4.

Great background music. It's a perfect match for each scene. Cheers!:)

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nathan!

Eventually caught up Lou. Love the channel and the 308 project. Really looking forward to seeing the car on the road 😉

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching.

The grill looked very nice in person, took a quick peek when I was there the other day .. :)

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Thanks Ken.

Geez you made me nervous at 8:08 with your fingers ; ) Wait.... maybe I better re-phrase that.... ha ha

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Lol. Thanks. It was the camera angle making it look that way.

It's a while since I had one of these, but that front grill looks exactly like mine, and that was original Ferrari! It was just roughly interlocking aluminium strips.

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

That’s interesting to know. Thanks.

I sincerely hope that someone from Ferrari who may have worked there when this car was built may be watching these videos and enjoying them as much as I am. Great job.

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Ahhh thank you.

Another great video. Nice job with the bushings.

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks.

The smallest details some times, when combined, can provide the greatest outcome. I love the attention to detail Lou 👍🏻

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

Brilliant Lou ! Thanks again. Paul

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Another great video! We’re with you Lou!

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

many thanks!

The grill brackets and linkage bushes you made were excellent ..you definately have an Engineers brain , great build and pleasure to follow thanks .

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Yay more progress!

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Woohoo.

Doing it right! Can’t wait to see the final result

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

thanks!

A pleasant and unexpected surprise today.Great video once again.

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

I thank you!

The machinists in the audience won't cringe at your machining skills, but I'm sure a few will have to look away when they see you using the gear cover of the lathe as an anvil :o keep up the great work!

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Haha true true. But I’m sure that 75 year old lathe can take a bit of tapping on it.

For your auxiliary lighting dilemma, from the factory they came with either Carello fog or pencil beam lights depending on the market. If the Carello's aren't availble , another good choice would be Cibie 75's. They're about the same size as the factory lights and are excellent quality - I used to use Cibie 75 pencil beams on my old sports cars. The front light motor looks exactly like the one from my '79 FIAT X1/9.

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man. I’ll check them out.

I'm mightily impressed by your tenacity, patience and just willingness to keep going with this project, Lou. Everything looks like a whole ton of work, even the most trivial of things. Love the content though so your pain is our gain 😊

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

LOL. thanks!

Nice Video & Nice Work. I have watched nearly 5 hours of Ratarossa playlist on his most recent 308, this morning.

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

I like his stuff too.

keep it all coming, dont finish the car, just keep repairing it. :)

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Lol. At the rate I’m going, that might just be reality.

I've got to get a milling machine and a lathe and then find somewhere to put them 😂 Great episode Lou

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone needs a mill and a lathe.

PROJECT PUMA EV!!!!!! Also, thumbs down to the tiny vise haters, I love that thing.

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

I love that tiny vice. It’s priceless. Thanks.

NGL been waiting for the latest update....yes, I don't have a life hahahahah

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

None of us have a life

“They don’t look very complicated, they just look like a lot of tedious work”, said everyone who has worked on any part the 308! 😂

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

So true!

I like your videos and the most how you do it

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I've been meaning to ask when we'd see Project Puma but was fully expected that the response would be "LET ME GET THE DARN 308 FINISHED, WILL YA?"

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

It’s been sitting for so long unattended. Gotta do something with it.

Coming along nicely. Didn’t think that grille was going to be useful. Great to see you make stuff yourself!

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

After I priced a replacement grille the decision was made to salvage it somehow. Thanks.

Awesome video! Great work. I am still on the hunt for a basket case 308. Probably will be for a long time with these crazy prices going on. Matt.

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

The ship may have already sailed on basket case 308’s and being reasonably priced sadly. Thanks

Looking forward to some Puma content!

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

me too..

Project 308!!!

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

👍🏻⭐️

I think some people tend to forget that a lot of these parts were once made by hand.

@LouTrottier

Жыл бұрын

Totally my thoughts too.

Nice job on the bushings. On my Mondial, the ends of that pushrod are plastic and break fairly easily. That doesn't make them any cheaper to buy, though, lol.

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Plastic and expensive equals no thanks in my world.

83 mondial fog lights for the front grille holes

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Good idea. I’ll look into it.

18:40 Am I the only one who went "PING" when you were putting on the circ clips with the pliers? lol...cuz that's usually what happens when I try and install them that way hahahah That's why if I need two I buy TEN! 🙂

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Almost but not quite.

Once again Lou finds the practical solution to the problem. The 308's given the time period they were built can sometimes be repaired / restored with common sense and without recurring to expensive Ferrari OEM parts. .. Apologies to the purists ;-)

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree.

Home Depot black Powdercoat chicken wire for the engine clamshell grille inserts

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Hmm. I’ll go look at it. Thanks.

Loved that little bit of machining work. Do you guys in Canada use metric more or imperial? I had the impression you were more of a metric country. Thanks.

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Canada converted to metric on the 70's when I was in grade school, so I got to learn both. But primarily Canada is metric.

What about a Deleon bushing. Grainier has all kinds.

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Craig.

Lights for the grill? Hella

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Can’t see to find any Hellas in that size.

Hey Lou...the "turn buckle" for the headlight lifter is exactly the same as the Fiat X19 and therefore a fracion of the price....I am just catching up on your channel and fully realise that you may have already sorted your yours ....soz.......but this may help any other 308 ers who have siezed turn buckles.

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Great tip. Thank you. I made the parts I needed and got myself out of trouble that way.

There is a company that will cad cut repetitive parts that assembled together from your info. If you needed to build a new one. DeBoss Garage used them I believe. If you need info I will try and located.this opening reminds me of an Avanti.

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry Craig. Not sure what you are referring to?

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

I only needed two, so I guess no reason to repeat the process.

Hey Lou, love the vids. Quick question if I may. The temporary protection film you're using on the paint, what is it, product name/code, and where can I get it ? Thank you 🙂

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Wurth. # 0818 770 54

@anthonygnapp7495

2 жыл бұрын

@@LouTrottier Thank you kindly sir 👍

That blue plastic, where do you get that? Durable?

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Wurth

Whats the name/type of the protective film you use?

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Wurth paint protection film.

Why not just weld a small 90° tab on the bottom of the grille supports?

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

Thought of that but was trying to sort of follow the original factory ideas.

When I say siezed turnbuckles they were stuck rock solid...didn't see on your vid if you actually tried to adjust them.....Another possible gotcha ?

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

The bushings were worn out on mine but not seized.

@steveshepherd7605

2 жыл бұрын

@@LouTrottier I was referring to the threaded adjustment which has the lock nut in the end. Mine looked fine until I tried to adjust the the length slightly. on the it was these items that were seized. Was just wondering if you had tried to adjust yours and it may be worthwhile just trying to make sure they move ok now.

@steveshepherd7605

2 жыл бұрын

P S. Love your work… you have the patience of a saint

🇬🇧🇬🇧🌟🌟🌟🍺🍺👏👏👍

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

👌👍🏻🍷🍶🍻🇨🇦🇨🇦

I’m guessing, from what you have shown us, that your method is a duplicate of Enzo’s Crew.

@LouTrottier

2 жыл бұрын

you may very well be correct.