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  1. Fan512bbi

    Fan512bbi Two Time F1 World Champ BANNED

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    Whats with those rear tail lights? I like...
     
  3. 01bee

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    Those are the lights from the 3200.
     
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    absent F1 Veteran Lifetime Rossa

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    That's the way that car was designed and was always supposed to look like (pic of a Euro 3200 GT),until stupid "consumer clinics" in US decided they liked a more "traditional" look like we have in the V8 model.
     
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    Shoot, that's only about two day's dust accumulation, out west of Houston! LOL!

    Remember all the trouble the LAST time we started the "Abandoned Car" thread! :D :D :D :D
     
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    amenasce Three Time F1 World Champ Silver Subscribed

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    Nice. The 3200 is a beast.
     
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    This is Estonia? Looks like it to me. More info about that car? Those are quite rare there.
     
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    ryalex Two Time F1 World Champ Consultant Owner

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    Funny the Maser has the Plate starting "911."

    Any car in Barstow, CA yesterday is going to look like that after only one afternoon - they had a massive dust storm that took an hour to drive through.
     
  11. wbaeumer

    wbaeumer F1 Veteran Consultant

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    A Maserati dealer here in Germany converted at least 5 cars to that "Boomerang"-specs! Looks much nicer.

    btw, there is another reason for the change of that design as the "official" US-version - but nobody in Modena would tell you and speak out the name of the person who was responsible for this "tastefull" modification...!

    Today everybody in Modena -and the rest of this planet!!- knows that this conversion was a major mistake! Typical Italy: 2 steps forward - and then 1 step back!

    Ciao!
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    I would leave it like this and untouched for the next 30 years! And then: Hip-Hip-Hurrayyyy -- "a barn find!!!!"

    Ciao!
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    If you know the name Walter, then please tell. :)

    One of the reasons I heard of the light change was due to U.S.A. Department Of Transportation regulations - which includes the additional required Center Mounted Brake Light or "cyclops" light. However, from the above conversion pictures, the Boomerang lights work quite well with the CMBL.
     
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    Anyone in the states that are doing this conversion?
     
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    Why is "wash me" written in English?
     
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    estonian youths like to use english language...

    Got some insight from another forum
    Basically yes, Estonia's capital, Tallinn.. It has pre-2004 plates on... but it doesn't mean it's abandoned...

    Steve, where u got these pics?

    edit i might dig another pic of a dusty car from an underground parking there that will show you local youths' english proficiency.... :D
     
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    Steve came up with that pics from abandoned exotics thread...

    got a little more info
    OK... somebody comes with me to pick it up...?
     
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    Am I the only one bothered by the people writing in the dust?
    That is going to scratch the paint for sure.
     
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    No, me too. Here's another one - Abu Dhabi, UAE. Just look at that colour... never seen a more beautiful paintjob on a Maserati!!

    http://www.*************/pitlane/pics/134288/3306127d.jpg
     
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    needs final inspection.
     
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    I much prefer the boomerang tail lights !

    as a 1:18 scale collector I noticed this :

    the Bburago model features the boomerang

    whereas the Maisto have the US version tail lights

    needless to say I traded my Maisto Spider in on for a Bburago Coupe :)
     
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