Maserati Khamsin

mine is 445[





QUOTE=f308jack;142908185]The last Khamsin, chassis 439, resides with a collector in Johannesburg. Solid bright red with biscuit/light tan interior.
Mine, chassis 435, was 3rd last, there must have been 437, no idea if it survives or where it might be.

Best,

Jack.[/QUOTE]

 

Paul, perhaps a special order, I don't know, Marc Sonnery will be able to tell you.

Best,

Jack.

 

Well, by that admission you may have just tanked the value of your Khamsin!

 

Good one Joe!!!!

 

Bart,
Thanks for the info.


BR,

Carsten

 

Hi Carsten,

Its been a long time since I had to remove the headlight cylinder. I seem to remember it was bumper and headlight plastic trim that needed to be removed. I then worked with a 1/4" ratchet in the small area available to you. The hydraulic lines are held in place with little wire circlips.

There may have been some access from the spare wheel cover side too when open.

Regards

Bal

 

just got word back from fabio collina that the maserati name for VM 3498, as used in my car was 'Fungo'.
Connolly can, as i mentioned, recreate some (at around £550 per hide) but will only do a minimum of three, which does not make much sense to me because the leather is a bit discoloured in places but not worn.it was never my intention to tear it all out.so i'll try and get some dye made up. unless there is somebody out there (very unlikely) who wants to share.

 

Hi all,

there is an electric vacuum valve operating the air outlets to the windscreen. Mine cuts in but if you turn the switch on the dash to off it stays on. Has anybody ever taken this valve apart and repaired or can it only be replaced?

Thanks and best

Rolf

 

Hi Jack
Yes I am still hanging around. Sun visors... originals are horrible things only fitted as they were an Safety requirement at the time.
I made my own using the original Volvo frames.
Strip them back to the wire frame
There is a plastic trimmers use for stiffening Soft tops its a black pliable material that can be covered and stitched around the edges.
Put the frame back in the car and Make a template out of cardboard that is the shape.
This will in effect be a for want of a better description a Butterflies wings.
The idea is to make a piece that wraps over the front of the frame so it goes over the
wire and can be glued along the edge.
I finished up cutting and re-welding the frame as the wire was about an inch to wide to look correct and allow the plastic to be joined.
the plastic stiffener needs the be heated so it is just soft enough to bend over the frame so it holds it shape.
Have the trimmer cover the outer side and roll the trim over the edge. stitch right around the outer edge about half a boot stitch from the edge, the trimmer will know what i mean.
Fold the whole lot back over the frame and glue the edges and you will have a finish that looks just like its been boot stitched along the out edge.
This is a very quick out line and you may want to add some more thin stiff foam max 3mm onto the wire frame.
Some pictures will help
Graeme
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Hi all,

Paul 437 is indeed in the UK, owned by Michael B but not very active. No data on which the first Lim Khamsin was.

In recent weeks a new one appeared, AM120US1168, it had been seen by an acquaintance in Geneva in a garage in July 2007 but I never got further information.

It was sold a few weeks ago within 24 hours of coming on the market off a very minor website where a friend noticed the ad.
I was frustrated because the garage would not give me the chassis number...our Swiss friends do like their secrecy as is well known...but then I almost fell off my chair when a Parisian friend called me earlier this week saying he'd bought the car!

It has lived in Geneva since the 1980's had the bumper conversion done long ago, has only 33000kms.

Here are some snapshots I was sent, I get to see it early March. This is one of those tucked away cars not seen at events and it is always great to see them come out of the woodwork.

Best regards,

Marc
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thanks marc. i was simply intrigued to know whether mr Lim's first Khamsin was still with us.
it must be quite rare that one person buys two new Khamsins during its relatively short production run.
best
P

 

Hi Graeme,

Nice to see you're hanging around

Those visors look a lot better indeed, and since I'm missing one, I may go that route. I don't know of any '70-ies Volvo's with black visors, and yes, they can be painted, but it'll still be an under-par item in an otherwise great quality car.

Best,

Jack.

 

Hi Rolf,

Just drove my K on the nice salt free sunny south Netherlands country roads and remembered your question when parking the K in my garage.
I tried to find out what you are referring to?
To cut the dash top air vents in and out I have a toggle switch left of the aerial switch. This electrical switch operates one of the electro pneumatic valves under the hood on the inner mud guard. This electro pneumatic valve operates the pneumatic actuator that opens and closes the valve to the dash top vents.
To check:
turn on the ignition and operate the toggle switch: do you hear the electro pneumatic valve clicking?
Start the engine to get some vacuum: do you hear the actuator moving?
If I remeber well the actuator is spring loaded and the "rest" position is with the dash top vents active. If the air flow does not stop there may be a leak in the circuit or disconnected tube. Those white colored ones under the hood. All pretty straight forward but like normal at Maserati: you can see the components but you cannot get to them.

Gimmy a call when you need further assistance!

Success,

Ciao,

Bart

 

Khamsinisti,

I am looking for the European front bumper mounted translucent white Carello position light lens reference number and/or the actual lenses. The Carello ref nr is casted vertically and is a 8 digit number. The orange one is 16.460.717. See picture/sketch. Who has the number for the white one for me?
Who can help me what other car make and model used these lenses/lights?

Actually I know 3 versions: orange, white and orange/white. The first two have a single 5/21Watt bulb the third one 2 bulbs, I only want (2)white lenses.

Appreciating your reply,

Ciao,

Bart
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I was to for another wee blast in the K on Sunday. A new Maserati garage has opened up in Hamilton Scotland Uk as in the original one! Maserati are determined to have 35000 sales of ghibilis per annum and are setting up new dealerships everywhere to get these sales. That is approx 3500 in the UK and therefore about 350 in Scotland per annum.
I have offered the K to the garage for their 'official' opening. When i was at the dealership, it attracted more attention than the new cars in the showroom! My non car person passenger noted that and it was true! The reaction in seeing the car in a dealership context was incredible.

Anyway after a nice local lunch we decided to head into Glasgow for coffee. We met a new Jag F series coupe on the road. After overtaking him a few times, always under the speed limit of course, he decided to blast past us. Sadly for him the noise compared to my K with a stainless system wasn't comparable!

The F coupe was beautiful. Better in every respect other than charisma.

Great day.

Paul

 

My white one has number 11.344.716 (Made in Italy SAE IP 70)

Search in Google: http://www.alfa-onlineshop.de/artikel.php?id=12761

 

AMLC,

Dank u wel

Bart

 

Bart,

Wjy the white lenses?
I imported an Alfa spider into Holland from Belgium many, many moons ago, which had totally white front lenses, and if I remember correctly I had to change them to white/amber for the car to pass.

Not important, just wondering

Best,

Jack.

 

I believe the dog clutch is meant to cut assistance to the steering at 90mph. I haven't noticed too much of a difference between the feel above and below 90mph. Is the cut out progressive over a range of MPH or is it fixed at that speed?
Anyone else feel the same?

 

Hi Paul,

There is a pulley and belt on your left side rear axle driving a hydraulic pump that provides the signal to the power steering circuit to gradually reduce the assistance. Normally around 30mph it is completely unassisted as from this speed up the steering wheel provides a very good feel of the road and direct action (with the 2 turns lock to lock).

What happens a lot is that the belt breaks or slips because the pump clogs up due to road dirt packing up on the pump. When new there used to be a shield but most cars lost that over time because of mechanics that did not want to cut their hands open on it.

When the rear axle pump is not working the assistance stays on I would describe that as a pretty dangerous situation. No feel on the steering and at higher speeds, you risk to change lanes when a fly lands on your hands.

To repair you are in for a few hours of fun since one needs to take of the left rear wheel off. Take part of the exhaust pipes and left rear muffler off. Take the drive shaft out to put the new belt around it and put everything back in place and tension the belt. The belt itself is not a high volume item so you need to pre order it before breaking loose.

I always carry some spare ones with me in the car (like the industrial 2 belts driving the high pressure pump). If you need it I can check if I have the original wrapping with the specs on it in my trunk.

It is a bit of a hassle but it will improve the handling a lot! (The picture is from before I started working on my car, it is all nice and black now but it does no longer show the details on the picture.)

Success,

Saluti,

Bart
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Thanks for that. I didn't realise there was a belt there to drive it and to be honest have never looked. I think the steering does weight up with speed, but understood it cut completely by 90mph. I didn't realise it was variable from 30mph. the steering isn't that sudden, but I will go underneath and check. If you have the part number that would be very useful I carry a set of spares in the car, but possibly had not included that one.
Thanks
Paul

 

Hello Bart..

Please let us know the details of the belt, if you have them...

Thanks in advance...

Mike

 

Khamsinisti,

V-Belt references:

High pressure pump: 2x CTR 70527 or Gates 7M650 (8903-650) (an industrial belt)

Alternator: 1x CTR 76293 or Gates 11M710 (8904-0710)

Aircon & W/P: 2x CTR 55480 or Gates 6465EXL (VSR AVX 13x875La)

Rear axle pump: 1x CTR 76244 available at Franco Tralli and René at Partscollector

There must be Gates ref nr for CTR 76244 but I got mine at Franco Tralli. If anybody has the Gates Ref Nr, please advise?

Ciao,

Bart

 

Hi Paul,

The steering is assisted up till about 30MPH after that it pretty much cuts out. At speed you do not need or even want it, when parking you certainly do!
With a lock to lock of 2 turns it is very direct all the time (relative to the cars turning circle, ofcourse).
Part numbers are listed above.

Saluti,

Bart

 

No, steering is assisted full power in any speed, only thing what differ is centering force (pressure of self-centering device, controlled by steering governor at drice shaft).

More speed -> higher pressure on centering system -> need more force to turn the steering wheel

And, it is variable regarding to the speed, no "cut-out"...