RE: Rare and rather lovely Maserati Merak for sale
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A lovely piece of 70’s exotica, I actually expected it to be more expensive to be honest, and I also like the colour scheme which is very of its time.
That said the Bora is a more beautiful design for me though, the glass tailgate and panels under the buttresses really do make all the difference, to my eyes at any rate.
That said the Bora is a more beautiful design for me though, the glass tailgate and panels under the buttresses really do make all the difference, to my eyes at any rate.
seems indeed rare the RHD here it also says, at least for those SS models.
https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1559715
I also like this sort interior, a bit Porsche (forgot the name for the cloth) also the outside color, not bad, I like the little ducktail and ow, the Lancia Stratos-ish styled doors :-)
not cheap though.
https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id...
personally I like the thick leather interior green-ish leather from this topic start, looks expensive/exclusive , although its a lot green looking back at the pictures :-) and ow, I would also do something about the gearlever, to long and or looks not nice, the handle especially.
said:
Finished in it's Original colour of Blue Sera Metallic with Cream Leather, This Maserati was originally supplied to South Africa and then purchased by a Swiss Collector in 2001 and then came to the UK. The car has been maintained regularly by Bill McGrath Maserati and has all the invoices on file. With a believed genuine 25, 000 miles the car has recently had a full re-paint and full service. In lovely condition throughout. One of 1, 000 Merak SS's built and one of the 300 in Right Hand Drive.
https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1559715
I also like this sort interior, a bit Porsche (forgot the name for the cloth) also the outside color, not bad, I like the little ducktail and ow, the Lancia Stratos-ish styled doors :-)
not cheap though.
https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id...
personally I like the thick leather interior green-ish leather from this topic start, looks expensive/exclusive , although its a lot green looking back at the pictures :-) and ow, I would also do something about the gearlever, to long and or looks not nice, the handle especially.
Edited by GTRene on Saturday 8th July 00:29
GTRene said:
seems indeed rare the RHD here it also says, at least for those SS models.
"From a production of just 231 original right hand drive examples, this rare UK supplied Merak"
said:
Finished in it's Original colour of Blue Sera Metallic with Cream Leather, This Maserati was originally supplied to South Africa and then purchased by a Swiss Collector in 2001 and then came to the UK. The car has been maintained regularly by Bill McGrath Maserati and has all the invoices on file. With a believed genuine 25, 000 miles the car has recently had a full re-paint and full service. In lovely condition throughout. One of 1, 000 Merak SS's built and one of the 300 in Right Hand Drive.
Even rarer according to the advert"From a production of just 231 original right hand drive examples, this rare UK supplied Merak"
Always preferred the Merak and Bora over the rival Ferraris and Lambo’s of this period. Green and yellow are not a good match, yellow with black interior works and the green interior would match with black or brown paintwork.
At 48 grand though wise head would tell me to buy a used Cayman S if i were after a regular driver.
At 48 grand though wise head would tell me to buy a used Cayman S if i were after a regular driver.
BigChiefmuffinAgain said:
Caddyshack said:
Maccmike8 said:
The Topgear one put me off these.
Do not believe everything you seen on an entertainment show. I spoke to the owner of the car that was used and the issues were engineered in.The most Recent grand tour shows the rinse and repeat of taking the bottom hose off to make a break down then half hour later they are putting bottles of water in the rad.
LotusOmega375D said:
Why do so many PHers immediately think this will turn to dust and/or spontaneously combust by the time the new owner gets it home? It’s survived the past 48 years and still looks OK to me. That’s more than you can say for most cars built in 1975.
Because of Top Gear (as illustrated by some of the posts above). The same posters probably parrot the line about having to have owned an Alfa to be a true petrolhead too!
The Bora and Kalyami (sp ? ) were V8 s without the Citroën hydraulic s .
They would be the ones to go for .Ok a notch up in price point .Those Citroën hydraulics would worry me on so many levels .
1- go bang and incapacitated the car .
2- Finding a “ Bill McGrath “ tech that can still get it right …I guess that inc a Citroen mech from the 70 s still breathing capable of holding a spanner and rolling about under the car .
Pretty car no doubt but you can get the true Maser feel in a trad ( more powerful ) V8
As far as “ top gear “ derogatory terms there Italian £10 K “ supercar “ episode was just viewers appetite rammed to get the figures up ….you know the sell on £ .
We could drop to Earth and , we’ll I am dropping Porsche bore scoring , IMS and RMS into a 911 / Boxter pre 9A1 ( 09 ) thread .There’s more than enough to empty a potential owners piggy bank .
Far more than the hydraulics on a Merak , my anxiety.
But the Pork risk seems in a ostrich syndrome of Pork guys continually airbrushed aside by potential new owners .
Odd really .
I am a GT4 owner btw .Came into it from a 86 Testarossa, a ( new 360F1 ) .
As far as driver involvement and reliability I can assure you the only thing that’s gone backwards is the age of the toy , or is it classic , or is it investment .It’s a simple as a wheel barrow to spanner on .
They would be the ones to go for .Ok a notch up in price point .Those Citroën hydraulics would worry me on so many levels .
1- go bang and incapacitated the car .
2- Finding a “ Bill McGrath “ tech that can still get it right …I guess that inc a Citroen mech from the 70 s still breathing capable of holding a spanner and rolling about under the car .
Pretty car no doubt but you can get the true Maser feel in a trad ( more powerful ) V8
As far as “ top gear “ derogatory terms there Italian £10 K “ supercar “ episode was just viewers appetite rammed to get the figures up ….you know the sell on £ .
We could drop to Earth and , we’ll I am dropping Porsche bore scoring , IMS and RMS into a 911 / Boxter pre 9A1 ( 09 ) thread .There’s more than enough to empty a potential owners piggy bank .
Far more than the hydraulics on a Merak , my anxiety.
But the Pork risk seems in a ostrich syndrome of Pork guys continually airbrushed aside by potential new owners .
Odd really .
I am a GT4 owner btw .Came into it from a 86 Testarossa, a ( new 360F1 ) .
As far as driver involvement and reliability I can assure you the only thing that’s gone backwards is the age of the toy , or is it classic , or is it investment .It’s a simple as a wheel barrow to spanner on .
Edited by Fiammetta on Monday 10th July 08:54
Edited by Fiammetta on Monday 10th July 08:55
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