Nice shot Art. You do a grand justice to a very ignored but beautiful car in ways far exceeding it's looks. In that shot it's easy to see why black is a color that best suits the Bora with rubber bumpers and large rear valence.
Bob thanks for posting a great artical on the Bora. Was thinking some kind thoughts of you yesterday as we were driving up Nevada 93 and 318. While I had a Maserati Vignale Spyder it was in a trailer coming from the Las Vegas Concours.
Did you get a chance to swing by the Little A'Le'Inn All those years of driving fast out there and I didn't know how close I was to area 51. Never saw a UFO though!
Brilliant. Now that the K is heading to the Hospital, was thinking the same thing for her sister tomorrow
The "rame twins"! Nearly as rare as winning the lottery, is a meeting of two "rame metallizzato" Maserati Bora build in 72 on the streets. Nicely restored #330 and #336. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Great photos Christof! So you reverted from the big wheelnut to standard I see, understandable. Here is your car with another Bora sometime before my October 2nd 2015 inspection near Marseille -not my photo chassis number unknown- and a photo of the spare -by me- still with the big nut at the time. For those curious as to what this is IIRC a French trucking company owner owned two new Boras and had these big nuts made, the other Bora is still around near Paris owned by an acquaintance of mine. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Too bad one isn't LHD and the other RHD as the two would have made perfect bookends. There are several great colors for the Bora ... just not standard Maserati red.
Thank you gentlemen, for the great comments and for the photos! Marc, I was thinking long and hard about leaving the wheel hub, or restoring the Bora wheels to its "normal" condition. We brushed the wheel hub first, then polished it, then polished the rim outer side too, but it always looked weird. At least, Fabio Collina emailed me, that he can't remember, that a Bora has ever left the Modena factory with a wheel like this. So it was converted by Thepenier on request by the first owner Philippe Stouff. But I wanted it the way, Maserati built it. I am currently writing a book about my Bora and the restauration: "Maserati Bora AM 117 #330 - The History". I commented the story about the wheel hub (in german), but Walter can read that ;-) - we should have a cup of tea or coffee Walter, when the times are quiter!? Image Unavailable, Please Login
You did the right thing, these nuts were definitely truck sized not GT sized! They are nice souvenirs to keep with the car's files though.
This reminds me of the modification I saw on a Jarama I know of. It has the later non (Miura knock off style) wheels instead of those on a Miura which admittedly are a total PITA but oh so beautiful. This guy fabricated some faux knock off caps and the entire assembly bolted on to a standard 5 bolt wheel. Not a great look to me anyway. I think you made the right choice though my preference is this the later Bora wheels. I do like the polished lip of the earlier wheels better. Much more practical for tire changes and weights.
What the chances? With so few made to get 2 of the same color together at the same meet . Outstanding...
