More Old Maserati Photos

Just one person?
Same here now and I lost 20 lbs last year ... only 30 more to go but it's also flexibility and strength that become an issue with age. I was in the process of installing a removebale steering wheel when I stopped.
Winding your way through the roll cage becomes a lot more difficult and then there's the cramping. I'm done with all that.
While I was still tracking my race car at The Glen with the Ferrari Club there was this rather rotund and very wealth guy who was fettling and setting up some vintage Ferrari race car that was too damn small for him.
His mechanic had to put him in and pull him out every time. They were there for two days while his mechanic worked on rearranging the pedals for a bit more legroom. They had already put a bubble in the roof. He wasn't just heavy, he was also tall.

 

Artisan Makes facebook posted these unattributed shots from the factory.


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Interesting picture of these chassis.
Which cars' are they?

 

I would assume they are QPI's.

 

Interesting to see all those frames sitting outside where they will certainly got rained on. I recall seeing at one time a photo with bodies stacked up outside. I believe they were Ghiblis. These cars started to rust before they left the factory.

Ivan

 

I believe they are khamsin chassis on the left side, they clearly appear to have the mounting point for the citroen brake spheres.

 

Look carefully there are at least two different kinds of chassis.

This could in fact be during the May 23 1975 to 1976 closure period ot transition between Peugeot 's closure of the factory and de Tomaso's take over.

 

Interesting page, scroll down to the vintage Maserati's and OSCA's. These were all taken at the USGP at the Glen in 1979.


1979 USGP - GLADIATOR ROAD RACING

 

Good find thanks.

 

And they mixed a Ferrari 335 with a 450S....

 

Isn't quite a car...but felt it cool to add as it is from the 70's...and of old Maseratis

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does the clock work?

It's a famous marketing photo from that time period.

 

I don’t think it does

old as heck guys!




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guts*

 

I have to believe that there are substitute clock motors out there or ... take it to a good watch repair shop.

 

Hmmm...this part is about old Maserati photos and not about clocks.....

 

You'll survive.

My good friend George sadly passed away last year.

He was one of the good ones and he was very proud of his 4.9SS

Had great taste in cars in general. Here he is in the 80's with GG

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True, I can survive - but danger should be prevented...! So, please stay at the subject, thanks. And: great photo!

 

You and Marc are like two peas in a pod, very German ...
You could always petition a moderator to split the posts into a Maserati Dealership clock sign thread.

 

Robert please FYI I am no more German than you are Uzbek.

I am half Swedish, half French.

Now you can go to the smorgasbord and have a croissant;-)

It is not about nationality but about being rigorous and on topic.

Otherwise a thread becomes a sewer. Let's not go that route.

 

Here is some sewage...

I forget what year I took this. Quite a while ago though.

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Right on topic Where was that and what's the story?

 

Looked. Spring 2012. Western MA.

I went to buy a 3500GT motor.

His wife nudged him to "show him the old Maserati"

Chassis #2165

 

He's got the right wife!

 

It was a bit surreal...

We were on their deck eating sandwiches and I'm staring over his shoulder into this tiny garage window...and see the outline of "something". My jaw dropped.

Summer of 2014 I went to Hohenfels for a training mission, and while I was there, my business bought the Allemano from him.

I was on FaceTime when they told me the news. My jaw dropped again.

He found that car walking around at Hershey in the mid 1970's with a sign strapped to his chest saying "Wanted Old Maserati Parts"

Some old guy grabbed him and said he had an old car in his garage a few miles away....so they went, and he paid $7500 for it! Didn't do an ounce of work to it all of those years until he showed it to me that day.