Plastic surgery: 1962 Maserati Sebring “A6GCS Recreation” by Giordanengo

The original Maserati A6GCS was built by Fantuzzi while this one has been built by Giordanengo, a known Italian coachworks specialized in building replicas (or recreations) of Italian sport cars of the fifties and sixties. This barchetta has been built on a modified Maserati Sebring chassis, along with 3500cc, six-inline, twin cam and twin spark… Read More Plastic surgery: 1962 Maserati Sebring “A6GCS Recreation” by Giordanengo

April 13, 2016April 10, 2016 ClassicvirusLeave a comment

Car and crates: 1969 Maserati Quattroporte

The seller of this silver Quattroporte says that the restoratin of the car has already started but, actually, the only beginning that we can see is about some parts removed and nothing else. The car is painted in an elegant – although boring – silver shade mated to a black leather interiors which don’t look… Read More Car and crates: 1969 Maserati Quattroporte

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Primed and swapped: 1966 Maserati Mistral Coupé

This car shares the same destiny which affected a lot of Italian cars in the U.S: a broken engine often implied a swap with a Ford/Chevy V8. That’s even more odd for a car originally equipped with a magnificent DOHC, inline-six engine with a twin spark ignition setup. The strange thing is that this swap… Read More Primed and swapped: 1966 Maserati Mistral Coupé

February 5, 2016February 4, 2016 Classicvirus1 Comment

Four Borranis and one bumper: 1967 Maserati Quattroporte

This Maserati Quattroporte (#AM107/1420) should be what is generally considered a a typical good basis for a full restoration job as it is quite complete: it misses the front bumper like many other projects we’ve seen so far and, actually, we still an’t understand why so many cars miss at least one. And for sure… Read More Four Borranis and one bumper: 1967 Maserati Quattroporte

January 6, 2016January 4, 2016 ClassicvirusLeave a comment

A restoration tale: 1967 Maserati Ghibli 4.7 Coupé (update #15 – December 31)

December 31, 2015 – 28 months later In the last update of this article I wrote that “the car is almost ready”: indeed that “almost” was heavier than I could ever thought. Actually I’m not surprised at all about the follow up activities of a restoration job, but this is a complex car, more complex than… Read More A restoration tale: 1967 Maserati Ghibli 4.7 Coupé (update #15 – December 31)

December 31, 2015December 30, 2015 Classicvirus23 Comments

Trans-continental: 1964 Maserati Mistral Coupé

This Mistral belongs to one of the first batch of these cars which were equipped with the same engine of their predecessor, the 3500 GT series, although increased of 200 c.c. It was sold new in Italy, in a region which has snow during the winter: snow means salt on the tarmac and indeed this car… Read More Trans-continental: 1964 Maserati Mistral Coupé

December 14, 2015December 15, 2015 ClassicvirusLeave a comment

12,000 photos: 1967 Maserati Ghibli 4.7 Coupé

The seller says to have more than 12,000 photos done on this Ghibli under restoration: they’re a lot but still they don’t explain everything. The first thing is the chassis number: on eBay the car is listed with the chassis number 115/132 but stangely this car looks the same under restoration here which indeed has… Read More 12,000 photos: 1967 Maserati Ghibli 4.7 Coupé

December 1, 2015December 1, 2015 Classicvirus1 Comment

Outboard engine: 1966 Maserati Mistral 4.0 Coupé

The last series of the Mistral is the only to have the biggest inline-six engine ever produced by Maserati: it’s a 4.0 litre unit which, in this case, is not into the car. The seller doesn’t say much about this car: basically he says that although the body is in nice shape (and actually it seems… Read More Outboard engine: 1966 Maserati Mistral 4.0 Coupé

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The trident underdog: 1972 Maserati Indy 4.7

This is a 4.7, not a 4.9: the seller says this as the two models had different production numbers and the 4.9 is the scarcer of the Indy family built by Vignale. That, of course, doesn’t mean that you will find this Maserati behind the corner: it stills is a maserati produced in few specimens:… Read More The trident underdog: 1972 Maserati Indy 4.7

November 18, 2015November 18, 2015 ClassicvirusLeave a comment

Faded star: 1973 Maserati Merak 3000

Differently from the Maserati tradition, this car was given the name of a star belonging to the Ursa Major constellation. And, differently from its predecessors, this car had not a tubular chassis but an unibody. Of course if you know the Maserati family it’s clear that this car has been designed to be the smaller sister… Read More Faded star: 1973 Maserati Merak 3000

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