In exchange for my Locost, I've been offered a rusty old Maserati Indy 4200 in need of much TLC. It hasn't been used for a long time. It
was the owner's late dad's car. Allegedly, apart from the rust mainly in door bottoms and sills, the engine and transmission is good (well
supported by the multiple photos the owner sent me plus videos of engine starting and running).
There's a small selection of photos in my archive
Following my heart - I'm a bit tempted and I'm going to to France to have a look at it next weekend.
My head is screaming alarm bells and financial disaster.
What do we think? Good/Bad idea?
Any wise advice?
tia D 
alert alert alert
cash black hole on the horizon!
getting spares for that should be fun :p
That could reduce a 50k bank balance to overdraft in a month!
Unless you can remake the metal work yourself I would run away
Sound like Question aimed fairly and squarely at TrevD. But only hypothetically in ball park figures not as any kind of definite quote. If anyone should know ball parfigures it could be TrevD.
An old guy I know repaired and resprayed a similar car some time back. He had a lot of metalwork to replace. You need to do your sums first to see what it may be worth when finished. But what a car when its done.
Dont do it!!
Giant money pit
This one is up for £16,950.
Does it move under its own power without making worrying noises?
Do you have enough spare time to do all the work yourself?
Can you afford to buy rare and expensive parts that you can't make yourself?
It is a nice looking car and would be awesome when complete. If you can answer yes to all the above and are fully aware of the size of the project
you're taking on, do it. But make sure first.
Disappointed.
Thought you'd decided on a more interesting project, combining this:
Engine Maserati Quattroporte 4.2 V8 Great condition | eBay UK
and one of these:-
Might be cheaper!
quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
This one is up for £16,950.
Hmm,
Well, I couldn't do the job and sell
it for a profit at this rate: (linky)...
nor could I sell it as is and hope to make ends meet at
THIS rate: (linky)
Mr. Ashurst seems to have provided the definative answer.
quote:
Originally posted by Confused but excited.
Mr. Ashurst seems to have provided the definative answer.
On the other hand this...
and
this
...are a bit more encouraging. 
So there's still scope for exploration perhaps?
Incidentally my correspondent has offered me the choice of either his Maserati Indy or his Fulvia Zagato, both need restoration.
He also sent photos of two sevens and a Lotus Elan. I looked up his address on google maps and it looks amazing.
I will go on Sunday I think to see for myself. At the start of June he leaves the country house to live on the boat..
I blame our school careers advisor 
If his boat is anything like his cars, he'll be taking a wetsuit, so maybe your career advisor didn't do a bad job.....
Phil
arf arf
Thanks for all the advice, guys - very helpful !!
I will NOT be getting this Maserati.
hooray!
D
Dave
Some 20 plus years ago, i sold a 3.8 flat floor e-type
It is still not even close to being on the road, and when i last saw the car 3 ish years ago, it had cost in excess of 20k
on top of the 6.5k i sold it for
A very deep money pit !!
quote:
Originally posted by Guinness
Disappointed.
Thought you'd decided on a more interesting project, combining this:
Engine Maserati Quattroporte 4.2 V8 Great condition | eBay UK
and one of these:-
Might be cheaper!
If you do decide to go down that route, i have one of those under my bench, with half the mileage and all the ancilliaries including the dry sump tank, headers & ecu.....for less than half the money they want.
Al
Humbug - 24/5/11 at 09:02 PMquote:
Originally posted by Dave Ashurst
In exchange for my Locost, I've been offered a rusty old Maserati Indy 4200 in need of much TLC. It hasn't been used for a long time. It was the owner's late dad's car. Allegedly, apart from the rust mainly in door bottoms and sills, the engine and transmission is good (well supported by the multiple photos the owner sent me plus videos of engine starting and running).
There's a small selection of photos in my archive
Following my heart - I'm a bit tempted and I'm going to to France to have a look at it next weekend.
My head is screaming alarm bells and financial disaster.
What do we think? Good/Bad idea?
Any wise advice?
tia D
Now there's a coincidence - I have just been offered a Maserati Indy 4200 by a guy in France as well, in response to my Pistonheads ad. He must be desperate to get shot of it!