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  1. mamamia

    mamamia Karting

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    #1 mamamia, Sep 22, 2015
    A friend of mine in Japan needed a windscreen frame for his 3200GT, and this is the reply he received from his local official Maserati dealer:

    "Sorry, I can’t help you, Maserati have stopped making them, and there is no stock left at the factory or at any dealer in the world."

    He will now have to search the world for a used one !!!!
     
  2. staatsof

    staatsof Nine Time F1 World Champ
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    #2 staatsof, Sep 22, 2015
    Well it is a Biturbo and it's also pretty damn old now ...

    We all become worldwide dumpster divers out of sheer necessity.
     
  3. red27

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    #3 red27, Sep 22, 2015
    eBay or Eurospares would be my first port of call for a windscreen frame. So many of these lovely beasts have been crashed or scrapped over the years that one should be relatively easy to find.
    The really fatal flaw apparently is the suspect crank thrust washers. They can wear prematurely and allow excessive end float which then wrecks the crank journals - and guess what...no new crankshafts available anymore. OUCH.

    Would still like one though!
     
  4. staatsof

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    #4 staatsof, Sep 22, 2015
    They use the same thrust washer as the old 4.9L V8 and all of the other Biturbo engines.

    I had one fail due to a catastrophic oiling system failure but that's hardly the bearings fault.
     
  5. Merak1974

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    #5 Merak1974, Sep 22, 2015
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    #6 F1tommy, Sep 22, 2015
    Won't a 4200 GT windscreen also fit? There are a lot more of them being parted out around the world.
     
  7. Charles456

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    #7 Charles456, Sep 22, 2015
    It happens all the time.
    Call some local fabrication shops, especially aircraft machine and fab shops. They make replacement parts for antique aircraft from scratch, and they can make car parts too.
    I just had a set of custom pistons made, and also some titanium shifter linkages which will never rust.
     
  8. mamamia

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    #8 mamamia, Sep 23, 2015
    I'm afraid it wouldn’t fit as the 4200 screen has humps in the bottom of it to clear the wiper mechanism, the 3200 has a straight lower edge.
     
  9. mamamia

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    #9 mamamia, Sep 23, 2015
  10. cwcmaser

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    #10 cwcmaser, Sep 28, 2015
    Try Candini in Modena. They have NOS parts for the 3200 GT series.
    Regards,
    Colin
     
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    #11 cwcmaser, Sep 28, 2015
    Correction - my typing got ahead of my brain - I meant to say Campana not Candini on the last post !
     

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