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Something about the nose just doesn't look right even as a replica. It looks like a lot of fun to drive anyway but you might end up killing...
Walter, Many modern cars no longer fasten logos or script with studs and nuts through holes in the body of the car due to concerns of providing...
All the models have lower horsepower than cited by the factory. A really good engine in Euro trim has about 295 horsepower, just about 60...
Is that good rep or a bad rep?
Speaking of the 4450 engine, how many were redone for marine racing. I seem to remember that the marine engine came in different displacements...
I've got to say that this discussion is so important because it is so educational for lay people like myself. Differentiating between the real and...
Boy, I asked a few questions and I've gotten some wonderful information about an area that has so many different answers. I really appreciate...
Walter, Just how much of a vintage maserati is needed to be reasonably, I repeat, reasonably consider to have provenance? What happens to car,...
I remember that but it is still awesome that nose to tail racing like that was even attempted. I fully understand why these priceless cars need...
Later, let me add another "WOW" to the list after seeing an epic battle. There were some many iconic cars i that race and to see the Ferrari and...
Whatever the history, there is enough of Maserati in it to be part of the history of the company and it is one scary beast to look at and perhaps...
There is a company in California which does an outstanding job of repairing the Vitaloni stalk switches. They have done some for me and they are...
That is really interesting as I imagine that the adding of head rest must have been a very rare request. I wonder what the factory charged for...
I have a car just like the maroon Mistral. I see head rests but mine doesn't have them. Are the headrests original to the Mistral at the Swedish...
It's be said that gear driven camshaft units create more noise than chain driven units. I personally have not been in a car with gear driven cams...
Obviously, it's not you or me paying the freight but when you think of the car the improved engine is going into, it might be worth every penny....
Unfortunately often times the beset doesn't come cheap.
I also seem to remember a 5000 engine that had a revised crankshaft from Capricorn because the factory didn't get the specification for a V-8...
Walter, Would you be kind enough to give the readers a brief summary of the 5000 engine history?
I'm guessing that the engine was based on joining two straight eight cylinder engine or maybe not. But Maserati had a history of doing that as...