Monteverdi

[vario-rob]

Do any of my fellow Pistonheaders have any much knowledge or experience of a Monteverdi?

Now the Deauville and its container are almost into view I am thinking about the next import project as realistically I am not sure if they were ever sold in RHD in the UK? I’ve seen the odd one at Le Mans over the years but never have I seen one at any of the normal shows or meets back here in the UK.

I’ve found this site with a few cars for sale and the one which seems as though it might be in reach is one of these little beauties



You’ll see one of these for 30,000 Swiss francs which seems reasonable mindful that you won’t have all the agro you get from importing from down under

www.tobiasullrich.de/monteverdi/market/

Monteverdi do not figure large in Pistonhead discussions, lets change it! Or not as the case may be

[Balmoral Green]

Oh yes, I just love big seventies GT coupes.

Will post more later.



The more...



The better.

[zaktoo]

This may be of interest - I have no affiliation or anything, just found it looking around the Ullrich site linked to above.

http://ullrichs.info/tinc?key=yDw1g3xN&start=0

"I have a friend in the UK that is considering selling his Monteverdi. That should be MonteverdiS actually - as well as his roadgoing one, he also has another in pieces for rebuilding or spares (I believe it is complete). If anybody in interested in buying either or both of these get in touch with me and I'll put you on to my friend."

HTH

Ciao

Zak

[Mark-Holland]

Hi,

Good choice, HighSpeed !! For your interest: look at this link www.alexanderscarcollection.com under collection. You'll see a stunning dark Monteverdi. On the swiss site you mentioned I noticed that his High Speed is for sale. As far as I know, Mr Oet is a car collector from Belgium but I do not know him personally.
Cheers from Holland,
mark

[Registro Frua]

Hello,

you can find the history of some Frua bodied Monteverdis om my website (It is in German, but you can get a machine translation with the link in the upper right corner):

1967 Monteverdi 375 S
www.pietro-frua.de/1967_monteverdi.htm
1968 Monteverdi 375 L
www.pietro-frua.de/1968_monteverdi.htm
1968 Monteverdi 2000 GTI
www.pietro-frua.de/1968_monteverdi2000.htm

and the Dodge Challenger Frua (1970) with a Monteverdi-375S-derived coachwork:
www.pietro-frua.de/1970_dodge.htm

Stefan

[Balmoral Green]

Registro Frua said:

and the Dodge Challenger Frua (1970) with a Monteverdi-375S-derived coachwork: www.pietro-frua.de/1970_dodge.htm Stefan

That I like

[Registro Frua]

Mark-Holland said:

www.alexanderscarcollection.com [...] As far as I know, Mr Oet is a car collector from Belgium but I do not know him personally.

Do you know the full name of this collector? (I found that the site is registered to a Mevr. S. Buis in Antwerpen, NL).

Stefan

[Marki]

Balmoral Green said:

Oh yes, I just love big seventies GT coupes. The better.

funny i grew up in Hastings Sussex for my sinns and Jason lived in the old town part of Hastings i remember he used to own some sort of American muscle car (Gold of course) in these days this sort of motor was extremely exotic me and my mates used to go and look for where he had parked it just to look at it , some sort ot GTO type thing ,hahah its all come flooding back ot me , totally forgot all about this until i saw that pic of Jason luvvie the model for Austin Powers, Thanks Mate

>> Edited by Marki on Thursday 31st March 20:01

[Mark-Holland]

Stefan,

Sorry, I just know him as Mr Oet, probably Alexander Oet. I think he is based near Brussels.
Mark

Registro Frua said:

Mark-Holland said: <a href="http://www.alexanderscarcollection.com">www.alexanderscarcollection.com</a> [...] As far as I know, Mr Oet is a car collector from Belgium but I do not know him personally. Do you know the full name of this collector? (I found that the site is registered to a Mevr. S. Buis in Antwerpen, NL). Stefan

[vario-rob]

As far as car collections go this one has got to represent the ultimate, the Big Kahuna, the knee of the Bee. You get the impression.

A Pantera Si, not just any old Pantera, an Si! There are more Harrison Watches than Pantera Si’s.

And then the equally tantalising titbit that is a Montervedi. Not just one but two of the brutes. Hell it’s not even the Toyota Crown clone that was the Monteverdi Sierra but the 375 and two of them. I wonder what the collective noun is?

An Iso Grifo and Rivolta, greedy damn greedy. And the Rivolta is not just a Rivolta unless I’m mistaken; it’s a Fidia…... If ever a car could knock the Deauville off its Tony Soprano perch then it’s got to be a Fidia.

And on the last page the car with the question mark next to, it’s a Ghia 450SS. As Dean Martin drove one I need say no more, even the Fonze wasn’t that cool

Many thank for bringing all these tasty morsels to our attention I am starting to think that our mainland European neighbours have got this motoring business well in hand.

The Frau bodied car looks brilliant there is a Frau bodied Monteverdi for sale in the US and if I recall correctly is priced about £50k. On the money I think.

Brilliant stuff people!



A Ghia 450

[toppstuff]

That is just gorgeous ! Are they really that cheap ???

Are there still spares available or are these beauties in the " too rare and lovely to drive in case something breaks" category?

[vario-rob]

The old Ghia 450SS did the EBay rounds for a while for very modest loot. Bear in mind that at least with something like that your not even going to walk into the customs and Excise problems I did with the De T being over 30 years old!

Talking of EBay I bought a 1969 copy of ‘Fast Car’ which if you haven’t picked up a really aged car magazine in a while is well worth it. What drew me to it the Monteverdi 375 article which provided fascinating reading. Asides from the changes from Frau to Fissore body work, the heinous reliability issues it also dealt with the really thorny subject of price.

How does £10,500 in 1969 sound? I reckon that equates to about £200k by today’s standards! 12 were allocated to the UK for that year, I have a sneaking feeling this may be why the Monterverdi is a rare site these days!

[weatherboard]

Thanks for awakening some memories of top trumps in the 70s, with the 375 and the incredible "Hai" (shark in German I believe) being particular faves.

Bloody beautiful motors and with Detroit iron quite reliable but not sure about the bodies!!

Jon

[gt5s_1985]

vario-rob said:

As far as car collections go this one has got to represent the ultimate, the Big Kahuna, the knee of the Bee. You get the impression. A Pantera Si, not just any old Pantera, an Si! There are more Harrison Watches than Pantera Si’s.

Want to be even greener with envy? Not just any Si, of which there are precious few, as you mention, but an Si targa, of which there are even precious fewer!

They sold 39 Si's in all, so there aren't very many. And I think there are only 6 or so targas... Very lucky man indeed - there are some absolutely stunning cars in that collection...