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Maserati Ghibli (1966 - 1973)

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  1. wbaeumer

    wbaeumer F1 Veteran Consultant

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    I can`t see this car eligable for racing other than in the UK, where everything can race today that has 3 wheels....!

    Its a typical butcherd car and I strongly assume that all this modifications came into it less than 15 years ago! Good for track days - but nuttin`mo`!!!

    Ciao!
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    Well any time you make a race car of it it's butchered but what's strange is that they left the AC compressor in place.
    That's a lot of uneeded weight. Surely they could have come up with a mod for that. Even an electric water pump.

    Bob S.
     
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  3. wbaeumer

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    Joe, its not only the electric waterpump or the a/c .....the car is far too heavy to get good results with it in races. Ferrari had their Big Bird Daytona much leightened and finally decided for an alloy body for the Competition version.

    Maserati never did that and kept the heavy steel body and frame with their Ghibli. No race car for sure!!

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    Its the same yellow one that EMILIO have many photos of.
     
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    That just kills me to look at it. So sad.
     
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    Green Maserati Ghibli from Peccati in Famiglia (1975). Image is poor but I think it has big wheels and it looks lower too. Look at the last minute - am I right? Registration is PD16 8497 (if real) - Maybe Walter knows it?

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    Peccati in Famiglia http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073524/
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  8. wbaeumer

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    Thanks for posting! I read PO or BO on the plate???
    Yes, I think it has big wheels fitted.

    Ciao!
    Walter
     
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    See what happens when you leave the headlights in the up position?
     
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  11. italiancars

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    Not really, it is done all the time in the US, although in some cases not legally. But there are so many places in the Western US that are perfect for traveling at those speeds. One of my favorites is from the Nevada State Line to Salt Lake City on RT 80. 100 miles of flat and straight past the Bonnieville Salt Flat. How fast can your car go?


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  12. wbaeumer

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    Joe,
    I meant legally -of course!
    How fast my little Merak goes? Fast! veeery FAST!!!

    Ciao!
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    cool!
    there is a similar 70's italian movie with a red countach LP400 ( not the one with the Terence Hill!)
     
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  14. italiancars

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    For a few years Montana didn't have a daytime speedlimit. Of course now because of the BS fuel prices the safety nazis are back trying to impose 55 mph again. If Obama wins that will surely be one of the first things that signals the begining of a world wide recession that will make the 70's seem like good times.

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    bologna plates BO... PO doesnt exist in Italia
     
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    You say "...a few years...!" Ughhh...we are blessed that we had no speed limitation on 90% of all roads until 1995, doesn`t matter with a conservative or left-wing gouverment. From them on this was changed -from the conservatives (so, please- NO politics here!) Today Germany has a speed limitation on 80% of its roads. But the rest is .......flat out (if possible!).

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    Just curious what is your definition of a conservative? Was that done under Kohl or Schroeder?
     
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    It was with Kohl! Schroeder was from the SPD, the "left/red" party.

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    He referres to the film-sequence on some earlier posts on this thread!

    Ciao!
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    One thing I should make mention of is that I recently did some high speed driving in my (euro spec) Ghibli SS with my new GPS on board. To my amazement the speedometer in the Ghibli was very accurate, only off by about 2 KLM per hour.

    Joe
     
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  23. wbaeumer

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    Giotto,
    nice photo. Any more of this car/event?

    Ciao!
    walter
     
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    I just found it on a French forum... Black & white photos of that period are so familiar, so sometimes it's surprising to discover the colors of those cars.
     
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