Hunting Early Maserati Bora…pics/info

Well wouldn’t you know, it’s for sale here!

https://www.movisti.de/cars/bora-4700-117-008/


Let us know if rejoins the family.

best regards.


Mark

 

Cool colour BTW!

 

The car WAS for sale!! I saw it with that dealer in 2021. No idea where it is today.

 

I think Gallery Aaldering showed it at Retromobile some years ago.

 

Thanks Walter! Apologies for my lack of German expertise.
M

 

No need to apologize anything here!

 

Yes.

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Early square headlight cover.

 

I have a picture of it from 2014 and it was silver then.

 

It is the 1st real production Bora. Great car!

 

Hello Mirek,

I think many people would be happy if you would share your past and futured story with us.
I also saw this vehicle in person at the Techno Classica at the Gallery Aaldering exhibition place in Essen (Germany).
I wondered about the very large side markers, the huge exterior mirror and the unusual green.
It is very nice to see the pictures of the original car condition now.

And Mirek, do you have maybe your roots in Eastern Europe ?

Kind regards

Zdenek

 

And does anybody know something about Bora 002, 004, 006 ?

Kind regards

Zdenek

 

AM117.002
prototype, DESTROYED in crash-tests!

AM117.004
prototype, DESTROYED in crash-tests!

AM117.006
1972, red-m./white, fitted with 4.9-liter engine?
March1972 new to Mr. Menegatti -Bologna/I
Aug.31,1973 with "Linano, Vettura usata dalla casa" ("Used by the house")
later imported to Lebanon, then from there imported into the US and involved in a drug crime.
Confiscated by the US-customs and later auctioned for $$ 7.500, bought by
Kyle Flemming -??/USA and brokered to Oliver Kuttner -Charlottsville/USA for $$ 8.000. Sold again to
198? with A.R.E.S.S. INC. -Clark.WV./USA
1987 with Jonathan Wagen -Madison.WI./USA
1988 (?) with Thomas Coady -Paxton.IL./USA
1995 supposed to be in Virginia/USA

 

I thought the Coady’s still have this car in Paxton? I could have sworn I saw it there but that was some years ago…..about 2000 or 2001

 

Hello Walter,

thank you very much for your very detailed answer.

Do you maybe know the color combination (exterior/interior) of 002 and 004 ?

Kind regards

Zdenek

 

This one you should discuss in the proper forum, the Ferrari vintage section, not here. You will find a lot of expertise there.

 

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One of these 2 prototypes were white!

 

You are correct. They still have the car. I heard from Shawn some years ago thats in the process of restoration.
This isa photo pre-resto.

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Interesting that 006 in the photo has a later vented bonnet. I wonder if it has a modified ‘frunk’as well and will it be back to unvented post resto?
Was there a combination of vented bonnet and rear hinging? Otherwise the conversion must have involved some bodywork
modification.
Best to all.
Mark

 

I'm going to guess that someone(?) fitted that bonnet,as you call it, to that car. I'm not aware of any rear hinged lids with the vents in them but who knows. I have heard of rear lids blowing open which I think is why they went to that design.
It's even worse when the rear hatch blows open. I know of one.

That photo is not of a fully assembled car so it's hard to say what's on the car now.

Radiator airflow and cooling system in general is not a strength of design for the Bora.

 

Bob,
Mine and Peter Perry Sr's Boras are both 1975 US spec - and have vented, rear-hinged front hoods. Peter sold his to a European buyer in 2013.
- Art