"OFFICIAL" 3500 GTIS/Sebring series I & II photo thread.

It's not my car, but it looks about right to me. Not as high as the other pictures posted, nor a lowrider. The tires fill the wheel arches perfectly, with enough clearance for twisty roads, and the car sits nicely, not too close or far from the ground.

All IMHO, etc, YMMV.

Beautiful ride, btw!

 

Ok great..
Thank you..

 

Anyone have any idea where to get one for a Sebring II?

 

For sale a Sebring Serie I with 2 chassis nrs 1327 or 1827 a typo ??

The Gallery Brummen

 

Most definitely/most likely 1827, as on the factory-stamped numbers. The id-plate stating 1327 is a german(?) plate, rather badly made. It´s easy to imagine how an 8 can become a 3.
Kind regards,
Jan

 

it has also painted from original factory yellow sebring?
bp

 

Back home again after a long Sunday roadtrip late yesterday afternoon. The car is still quite "new" for me so it´s a little unfamiliar but so exciting to drive. Torque engine with a wonderful song between 3-4K rpm. Fine gearbox. Beautiful driver enviroment. Brakes more than ok for a car that´s nearly 50. Next time I drive it I´m going to increase the tire pressure a little.
Kind regards,
Jan
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Wow Pieter, what a beautiful car.
You are doing a great job.
Does the car have A/C?
I have a 1968 Sebring II..

 

Hi Mike,
Pieter Noordman completed the renovation of the black Sebring which I now own.
When he took over the ownership of the car a lof of work had already been carried out. Pieter N.s work took about 3-4 years and was very comprehensive/expensive.
As it not unusual with a recent renovation there are still some issues, though relatively minor, to sort out. I hope to complete these during the coming cold and snowy winter here in Sweden.
Living in California is altogether something really different. I´m envious about the fact that you can use your car at all seasons without worrying about road-salt.
Thanks again for the short film you made for me about the seatbelt fixing points.
Kind regards,
Jan
PS-Yes my car does have an A/C. It has been completely renovated and works really fine. But it is very, very noicy on full blast!
I think that most Sebring were actually spec. with A/C.
It was, by the way, also possible to spec. your Sebring with automatic tranmission.
I have never seen one of these installations. Would be interesting.

 

My Sebring was with an automatic transmission ! but is 1year later converted to a manual
ZF- gearbox.
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Rudy,
Do you have any documentation that shows how this installation looked like?

"completa di n.5 ruote gommate e borsa attrezzi
ruote a raggi"

How wonderful is the Italian language!!
Kind regards,
Jan

 

No Jan, the importer H.Maasland had gone bankrupt 2 years ago, there is no documentation left anymore.

Saluti Rudy.
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Hi Jan,
I was thinking of purchasing the original A/C unit and having it rebuilt with new specs to install..
Maybe it wouldn't be so loud..
Best of luck..
Mike

 

You could replace the fan motor with a modern unit.

My GITS has factory Air Conditioning, but I've never run it.

 

Really it is beautiful to see a Sebring driving on a highway, among the moderns, a speciat sight. Didn't expect it so had no camera but I saw a light blue in Austria a few days ago. Apparently there was a gathering of Maserati Club Austria south of Graz. A QP III and a few moderns passed by too.

 

I spotted this one at the Hemmings Concours in Saratoga NY last Sunday.
I didn't realize this till getting home but I had several water spots on my lens so I apologize for the defects in the photos. It screwed up the entire set!

I think I have some more of this one from the next day when I met the owner.

Most of you will no doubt recognize it from the big layout in the MIE annual magazine.
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Hi Bob,
Nice photos of a very fine Series I.
Waterspots forgiven, at least by me.
More photos? yes please.
Do you know the VIN?
Kind regards,
Jan

 

That's all I have but he's in the "Sebring special" MIE magazine so everything you're asking for is there.

He had a water pump failure less than a week ago but emergency parts from MIE got it back on the road in time for the show.

 

Nice photos. But you missed to take a pic of the VIN-plate (....and the bonnet was open!)!

 

Now this comment mystifies me Walter. The chassis number is well documented elsewhere but here we have a nice driver in the hands of a long term very enthusiastic owner but it's hard to miss how unoriginal this car is yet you say nothing?

 

Does this explain why you did not show the VIN? Hmmm.....you get mystify too fast....

 

If it was a big mystery for a very rare car I might have bothered to shoot the chassis plate.
Pick up your copy of the MIE magazine and it's there for all to see.

 

What an answer.....! Are we discussing classic Maserati here...or in VCM?

 

[.QUOTE=staatsof;142633400]
Pick up your copy of the MIE magazine and it's there for all to see.[/QUOTE]
Subscribing to MIE´s VCM seems mandatory to qualifying as genuinely interested in classic Maseratis from the late 50s to the late 60s.
I will have to seriously consider this fact.
Forgive my query about the VIN plate, dear staatsof.
It was never my intension to kick up so much dust.
Friends, please stop squabbling about such relatively unimportant matter.
Kind regards,
fidjeland

 

Subscribing to MIE´s VCM seems mandatory to qualifying as genuinely interested in classic Maseratis from the late 50s to the late 60s.
I will have to seriously consider this fact.
Forgive my query about the VIN plate, dear staatsof.
It was never my intension to kick up so much dust.
Friends, please stop squabbling about such relatively unimportant matter.
Kind regards,
fidjeland[/QUOTE]

You're not causing any problem at all so don't worry.
Walter has an obsession about chassis numbers, always has.
I think the doctors must have forgotten to write his down during childbirth ...

He wants everyone to help with his registry and that's fine.

This one is easily identified as long as you can open a book and are a member of MCI.
You are a member right Walter?

I did provide it for the other rather rare early racing Maserati I photographed at the Museum.