A very nice Merak! I do have one question, shouldn't the gas flap be chrome? Yours seems painted with the body colour, but as far as I know, they are supposed to be chromed only.
bundas, you are absolutely correct. The gas flap must be in the body colour. Sorry for my mistake and confusion, I blame old age
All the Meraks i have seen have the gas flap painted in the body color. I am fortunate enough to have just purchased another Merak and it is also body color..
I just bought another one...:0 Can't help it, though I think I bit off MUCH more than I can chew, and I'll probably focus on my other projects, so keep a keen eye out, Merak SS project coming soon haha, and yes, she has 10,709 original miles...
Quick story. I am the third owner apparently. First purchased by an Emirates Prince (it is a Euro car) he bought 4-5 Meraks for his close friends (so the story goes). 2nd owner dropped a valve in 1995, engine rebuilt since, but the block is out of the SS, hence, long road ahead...Still sitting on its original tires too! Image Unavailable, Please Login
Lovely car. I see no real damage, I'm sure it will look great after a nice wash. I suppose it is an early Merak SS with the "square" dashboard and Jaeger dials.
this is heaven!! amazing picts. I hope this is were we go when we die and have been good... Makes me want a merak again...
Hello! After some help in last month also from you guys here in the forum, I would like to show you my car. I bought it in Austria with an "exploded" engine. The Timing chain was broken and smashed out trough the engine block, as you can imagine a real break down and explosion of the engine. However, attached some pics of my restored Merak. Restoring of the car took more than 1 year, the complete (and complicated) engine was overhauled and the interior is also renewed. It is an european SS Model, built in 1977. At the Moment I bed in the engine, havee already 1000km on the speedometer. All works were done by myself, but it is to mention with great support from several friends and local specialists in my near surrounding area.....a great thanks to them. BR from Austria John Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Very impressive work! Some dark colours hide the lines and shape of the car, but your silver (Argento?) really makes the car shine and show its lines perfectly.
Just found out some interesting information. Per MIE, this Merak, #AM122.A.1234 was originally purchased/owned by Hassan II, the King of Morocco (1975). I have yet to confirm with Maserati Histoire, but it makes sense now (especially since it's gold on gold
I have just spotted a Merak in the registry #AM122 207 that is listed as a right-hand drive model based in Italy. However the photo of the interior shows it as a left-hand drive model. What has happened to #207 ?
Was the #66 originally sold in the US? If so, it must be one of the very first to be sold there. ... and one of the oldest Meraks that exist today!
Hi, I bought the car on a whim and a good price, it was from a deceased estate and had been in storage for many years with the engine dismantled!! Did not particularly like the colour when it arrive so have done a small amount of welding and resprayed the car in Rosso Mondiale. The engine is almost finished, had posted a thread about the cams, can't seem to find a difference between the 4 of them, profile is the same as are the toe to heel lengths. Once the engine is running I will get the interior re-upholstered. Chassis no AM.122A.469. Ganimeet You did well to source all your parts if the engine was that badly damaged. Looks really nice. On a random point!! I was at the Classic Car Show in Birmingham at the weekend and came across an old friend. It was a car that I customized with murals, etc back in the late 70's ( I was an art student and it was a big thing back then!) After I sold the car in 1980 I heard it had caught fire, so to this day I assumed it had been scrapped. However someone had stored it and someone else had bought it and are currently restoring it, not with the original paintwork. They had the original magazine article and were hoping someone at the show may have known something about it, they didn't expect to see the person who had actually done it! It is only an old 1968 Vauxhall PC Cresta estate, which is quite rare because the factory didn't make them, a coach builder converted them. What I'm trying to say is that all these enthusiast's out there, no matter what car or make it is are the life blood of keeping all these vehicles on the road, and I take my hat off to all! I never expected to again see a car that I had done 35 odd years ago.
This car was featured in the fall 2012 Motor Trend Classics magazine. They said it was the only legally imported (when new) 1973 Merak in the US, brought over to demo to dealers. That makes it the only one without the US bumpers.
Hello Paul, The exhaust cams are outboard of the centerline. For sure the A-Bank exhaust cam is marked with an upper case R by the chain sprocket. Additionally, it should have a scribed line at cylinder #1. The B-Bank exhaust cam should have a short scribed line 2 cm above the long scribed line at cylinder #6. Here is a link that may be of some limited help. You can double click the photographs to get a very high resolution for details sake. Adjusting the Camshaft Chains on the AM-114 I would think with Bill McGrath and Andy Heywood as resources in your neck od the woods, they could easily tell you which one is which. Ciao, George
