Sixties Maseratis, Things Of Great Beauty
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https://carsonline.bonhams.com/en/listings/maserat...
I have had a few rides in a 1966 Quattroporte back in the Seventies courtesy of a local Farmer . A V8 engine , body designed by Frua and built by Vignale it was a wonderful thing and even now 50 years later I still have a love of Sixties Maseratis .
Perhaps someone will pop up with some experience of the car above which although not a Quattroporte typifies the sort of beauty that Maserati excelled in back then . Have any of their modern cars ever come close ? Probably not .
I have had a few rides in a 1966 Quattroporte back in the Seventies courtesy of a local Farmer . A V8 engine , body designed by Frua and built by Vignale it was a wonderful thing and even now 50 years later I still have a love of Sixties Maseratis .
Perhaps someone will pop up with some experience of the car above which although not a Quattroporte typifies the sort of beauty that Maserati excelled in back then . Have any of their modern cars ever come close ? Probably not .
vixen1700 said:
Yep, that popped up on my Bonhams email the other day and it was floating round my head for a few hours.
A Mexico is also one that always pops up in my fantasy garage when I drift off into lottery win land.
Duke Of London have a RHD Mexico for sale at £80k on carandclassic.com (one of six or nine right hookers built, depending on who you ask).A Mexico is also one that always pops up in my fantasy garage when I drift off into lottery win land.
Edited by vixen1700 on Sunday 10th March 12:52
Any of the ‘60s Maseratis would do me - a late 3500GT, Sebring, Quattroporte 1, Mexico, Mistral or Ghibli
reddiesel said:
https://carsonline.bonhams.com/en/listings/maserat...
I have had a few rides in a 1966 Quattroporte back in the Seventies courtesy of a local Farmer . A V8 engine , body designed by Frua and built by Vignale it was a wonderful thing and even now 50 years later I still have a love of Sixties Maseratis .
Perhaps someone will pop up with some experience of the car above which although not a Quattroporte typifies the sort of beauty that Maserati excelled in back then . Have any of their modern cars ever come close ? Probably not .
Lovely thing indeed.I have had a few rides in a 1966 Quattroporte back in the Seventies courtesy of a local Farmer . A V8 engine , body designed by Frua and built by Vignale it was a wonderful thing and even now 50 years later I still have a love of Sixties Maseratis .
Perhaps someone will pop up with some experience of the car above which although not a Quattroporte typifies the sort of beauty that Maserati excelled in back then . Have any of their modern cars ever come close ? Probably not .
Only one drawback with that car, is its got the Prince of Darkness FI system.
P5BNij said:
vixen1700 said:
Yep, that popped up on my Bonhams email the other day and it was floating round my head for a few hours.
A Mexico is also one that always pops up in my fantasy garage when I drift off into lottery win land.
Duke Of London have a RHD Mexico for sale at £80k on carandclassic.com (one of six or nine right hookers built, depending on who you ask).A Mexico is also one that always pops up in my fantasy garage when I drift off into lottery win land.
Edited by vixen1700 on Sunday 10th March 12:52
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304968115007?itmmeta=01...
Currently on Ebay this 3500 GT Superleggera with a Body by Touring . Beautiful little touch the way the Door allows access to the rear seat
Currently on Ebay this 3500 GT Superleggera with a Body by Touring . Beautiful little touch the way the Door allows access to the rear seat
Edited by reddiesel on Sunday 10th March 14:20
Beautiful, aren't they? Peter Ustinov liked his. He says he'd had five by this stage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cj_f__fwq4
I’ve just had a whizz through the Sebring photos in the Bonhams ad, oh my giddy aunt what a thing of beauty it is.
There’s a dealer in Northamptonshire who has a gorgeous burgundy RHD Indy for sale at £80k, and there are currently two silver LHD examples for sale up north at around £50k each, gorgeous looking grand tourers each one of them. (and they fit in my garage… I’ve checked!)
There’s a dealer in Northamptonshire who has a gorgeous burgundy RHD Indy for sale at £80k, and there are currently two silver LHD examples for sale up north at around £50k each, gorgeous looking grand tourers each one of them. (and they fit in my garage… I’ve checked!)
Edited by P5BNij on Sunday 10th March 14:47
I also love most 60-70 Maserati's, although some look (are) a bit big (for my liking), but still elegant.
my 2 younger sisters have a nice dark blue Maserati Mistral 4000 as a when free drive car, but they are almost never free enough to use it...
so they pay lots of money to the garage were it is maintained and stored.
sometimes I think of say such Merak (ok not a Bora V8 but.., cheaper) nicely shaped and some with the better Bora dash.
ok the V6 of those are not really powerful, but what if you give such an engine swap with say a modern V6 (or if it fits? a small V8) but a good V6 with say supercharger in the banks could be fun, Restomod a bit.
my 2 younger sisters have a nice dark blue Maserati Mistral 4000 as a when free drive car, but they are almost never free enough to use it...
so they pay lots of money to the garage were it is maintained and stored.
sometimes I think of say such Merak (ok not a Bora V8 but.., cheaper) nicely shaped and some with the better Bora dash.
ok the V6 of those are not really powerful, but what if you give such an engine swap with say a modern V6 (or if it fits? a small V8) but a good V6 with say supercharger in the banks could be fun, Restomod a bit.
I had a very early 1963 LHD Sebring I in the same colour as the Bonhams car for a few years. I bought it at an Artcurial auction in Paris and sold it the same way in 2020.
I thought it was a gorgeous looking car and, when new, rather more expensive to the UK buyer than a DB5. It was an early adopter of fuel injection. The early cars (like mine) had the Lucas Mk1 'wet' mechanical injection which few people these days can set up and adjust. It proved entirely reliable although I could never completely banish fumes in the cabin.
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I thought it was a gorgeous looking car and, when new, rather more expensive to the UK buyer than a DB5. It was an early adopter of fuel injection. The early cars (like mine) had the Lucas Mk1 'wet' mechanical injection which few people these days can set up and adjust. It proved entirely reliable although I could never completely banish fumes in the cabin.
Some decent books on classic Masers worth having - my copies are rather well thumbed...!
This one is easy to pick quite cheap on ebay etc and has some great period photos of rare prototypes, the companion volume on the racing cars by the same authors is also worth a punt...
These two are particularly nice (they're part of a series which also includes the early racing cars), the Coupes one covers the early A6G series, 3500GT, 5000GT, 450S, Sebring, Mistral, Mexico, Ghibli, Indy, Khamsin, Bora, Simun, Biturbo, Karif, Shamal, 3200GT and 4200GT, while the Quattroporte one covers the QPI to QPV including the two Frua and thirteen Bertone QPIIs...
These two Osprey volumes are very good, the Heritage one has some lovely interior shots but the Bora / Merak one isn't cheap...
I've posted this 1971 ad from Motorsport magazine before elsewhere on PH but it always makes me smile and dream a little...
I started a Maserati classics thread a while back...
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
This one is easy to pick quite cheap on ebay etc and has some great period photos of rare prototypes, the companion volume on the racing cars by the same authors is also worth a punt...
These two are particularly nice (they're part of a series which also includes the early racing cars), the Coupes one covers the early A6G series, 3500GT, 5000GT, 450S, Sebring, Mistral, Mexico, Ghibli, Indy, Khamsin, Bora, Simun, Biturbo, Karif, Shamal, 3200GT and 4200GT, while the Quattroporte one covers the QPI to QPV including the two Frua and thirteen Bertone QPIIs...
These two Osprey volumes are very good, the Heritage one has some lovely interior shots but the Bora / Merak one isn't cheap...
I've posted this 1971 ad from Motorsport magazine before elsewhere on PH but it always makes me smile and dream a little...
I started a Maserati classics thread a while back...
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Edited by P5BNij on Sunday 10th March 18:20
P5BNij said:
I’ve just had a whizz through the Sebring photos in the Bonhams ad, oh my giddy aunt what a thing of beauty it is.
There’s a dealer in Northamptonshire who has a gorgeous burgundy RHD Indy for sale at £80k, and there are currently two silver LHD examples for sale up north at around £50k each, gorgeous looking grand tourers each one of them. (and they fit in my garage… I’ve checked!)
Where can i find details of the 2 LHD cars?There’s a dealer in Northamptonshire who has a gorgeous burgundy RHD Indy for sale at £80k, and there are currently two silver LHD examples for sale up north at around £50k each, gorgeous looking grand tourers each one of them. (and they fit in my garage… I’ve checked!)
Edited by P5BNij on Sunday 10th March 14:47
zzrman said:
P5BNij said:
I’ve just had a whizz through the Sebring photos in the Bonhams ad, oh my giddy aunt what a thing of beauty it is.
There’s a dealer in Northamptonshire who has a gorgeous burgundy RHD Indy for sale at £80k, and there are currently two silver LHD examples for sale up north at around £50k each, gorgeous looking grand tourers each one of them. (and they fit in my garage… I’ve checked!)
Where can i find details of the 2 LHD cars?There’s a dealer in Northamptonshire who has a gorgeous burgundy RHD Indy for sale at £80k, and there are currently two silver LHD examples for sale up north at around £50k each, gorgeous looking grand tourers each one of them. (and they fit in my garage… I’ve checked!)
Edited by P5BNij on Sunday 10th March 14:47
https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1578254
https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1467875
OLDBENZ said:
I had a very early 1963 LHD Sebring I in the same colour as the Bonhams car for a few years. I bought it at an Artcurial auction in Paris and sold it the same way in 2020.
I thought it was a gorgeous looking car and, when new, rather more expensive to the UK buyer than a DB5. It was an early adopter of fuel injection. The early cars (like mine) had the Lucas Mk1 'wet' mechanical injection which few people these days can set up and adjust. It proved entirely reliable although I could never completely banish fumes in the cabin.
Lovely . I am hoping you made a slight profit when you sold her ?I thought it was a gorgeous looking car and, when new, rather more expensive to the UK buyer than a DB5. It was an early adopter of fuel injection. The early cars (like mine) had the Lucas Mk1 'wet' mechanical injection which few people these days can set up and adjust. It proved entirely reliable although I could never completely banish fumes in the cabin.
OLDBENZ said:
I had a very early 1963 LHD Sebring I in the same colour as the Bonhams car for a few years. I bought it at an Artcurial auction in Paris and sold it the same way in 2020.
I thought it was a gorgeous looking car and, when new, rather more expensive to the UK buyer than a DB5. It was an early adopter of fuel injection. The early cars (like mine) had the Lucas Mk1 'wet' mechanical injection which few people these days can set up and adjust. It proved entirely reliable although I could never completely banish fumes in the cabin.
Lovely . I am hoping you made a slight profit when you sold her ?I thought it was a gorgeous looking car and, when new, rather more expensive to the UK buyer than a DB5. It was an early adopter of fuel injection. The early cars (like mine) had the Lucas Mk1 'wet' mechanical injection which few people these days can set up and adjust. It proved entirely reliable although I could never completely banish fumes in the cabin.
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