In recent years, the classic-car market has looked broadly flat: less hype, more selectivity, and more attention to total cost (purchase price plus recommissioning and restoration). That matters only up to a point for us. We publish these cars anyway because, regardless of market cycles, they capture modern automotive history in a direct way—style, technology, industrial compromises, and the way cars actually lived.

This Maserati Mistral 4000 Coupe, chassis 109/A1732, is a clear example. Factory records show completion on May 7, 1966, originally finished in Rosso Capannelle, the color of a nice red wine. Consistent with that build date, it carries the 4.0-liter version of Maserati’s classic twin-cam inline-six: Lucas mechanical fuel injection, twin-plug ignition, 255 bhp, and a ZF five-speed manual gearbox. Delivered new in Modena, it later made its way to the United States, where it was reportedly repainted blue and registered in New York around 1976.

Today the car is offered in as-found condition after decades in static storage: tired blue paint with primer showing in places and visible wear along the body, a complete but aged interior, and an engine bay that still shows the Lucas injection equipment and other correct details. It is important to be precise: the car appears largely intact, but not complete—photos suggest the front grille and the headlights are missing, and the grille is not always easy to source. Overall, this Mistral should be viewed as a full restoration project, not a car to bring back with targeted work. In that context, what still matters are the fundamentals it retains: the matching-numbers engine, the Lucas fuel-injection system, and the original data tags—the kind of base that makes a serious restoration meaningful if one decides to do it properly. Find it for sale at $67,500 here in Astoria, NY.