Quattroporte III catch-all thread

Amazingly, there is. It's called a "direction acoustic repeater" and is #27 in the wiring diagram. They say it's located in region B6, which is shown as the dash pod area. It will have two wires, light blue and light blue w/black stripe. I haven't yet found it in the parts book, but the schematic drawing makes it look like a metal or plastic can with two terminals and a mounting tab that is grounded to a "safety belt timer" box, whatever that looks like. If I find a picture, I'll post it.

 

After all the money spent and the years putting up with no foot shops. I must sell most of my cars. This car has a camo rap so no paint shown $ 15,000 spent getting the thing right open to offers

 

Hi I think it is totally original. The cars were handmade and nothing really fits perfectly on another car unless it is fettled. I would expect they just grabbed one and put it in or they were overstocked in one at that moment. In a later car I had bits from earlier cars which made for quite a puzzle.

 

Hi if it is clicking faster it could mean a bulb is out. It is one of the standard items in the footwell fuse box area. Don't have a picture handy.

 

Sorry to hear that Bundas, good luck !

 

Bundas,
do you not have a number of Q-Portes.
What are you selling and for what prices??

 

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'80 MASERATI QUATROPORTE

 

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Scrapped six. No one wanted anything until all were gone. Typically. Stuff. Solid for $50 a ton in the end. Saved running gear for now. All motors were sold for $2,000 ea. All complete good runners.

 

Very nice one that I may have to sell. That will wait until Aug one.

 

Maserratty for sale, no affiliation, I swear.


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No pictures of the interior, wanna bet there are fuzzy dice hanging on the rearview mirror?

 

Scrapped six. Ask $1,000 Ea. Without motors. Some were very nice.

 

So this happened last Sunday! The Benz boys (and girls) were kind enough to let us join their autocross event. It was a lot of fun, certainly didn't set any time records, but nothing broke on the car. That I consider a success.
There is video footage, but i don't think it will upload.
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Congrats Nick... She is up and running.. Very good to hear!!!
I will look for the video...

Mike

 

I uploaded to YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=268HD6xHz68

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Good for you. That was a lot of work. Having owned/own 2 1982s I know the "power" steering really isn't very powerful.
The biggest thing I ever autocrossed was my 1978 Jaguar XJ-S. I'm sure the QPIII is longer and w i d e r.

 

There was a lot of "rowing" back and forth, I'm surprised I didn't get sea sick!

 

Seems like a lot of fun

I confirm the power steering is relatively weak but that's also part of the italian experience in comparison to the english where the steering is much lighter.
Things feels more mechanical, a bit harder, and the same for the ZF manual gearbox.
Although pedals are not as hard as in some sports car. It gives you a typical italian feeling with the car.



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A long post on the design.

The width is an interesting part because the proportions are one of the secret of the design of the Quattorporte 3 imho (same for the Kyalami) .

Honestly when I first saw it in photos, I was not impressed by look of the QP3. But in real life, it totally changed, these things might not be defined as "gorgeous" or "beautiful" in a classic way, but they have ton of style and that's what makes it actually beautiful. The more I look at it, the more I love its design.

I first could'nt explain why it was so nice in real and failed to impress in photos.
Taking some times to study it, there are some ihnts, Giugiaro is a master and it shows in the details.

1-the proportions: it's wide, a bit low, and not that long.
(from wiki)
Length 4,910 mm (193 in)
Width 1,890 mm (74 in)
Height 1,385 mm (55 in)

compared to a standard Mercedes S class (W126)
Length (SWB): 4,995 (196.7 in)
Width : 1,820 mm (71.7 in)
Height Sedan (SWB): 1,430 (56.3 in)

It is one of the widest european car of its era and relatively low for a sedan, only an AM Lagonda is much lower, an XJ is similar but not that wide, and both are much longer.

2-the dynamic details
-asymetric wheel arches: a typical italian gimmick ihmo, front round, rear horizontal, it gives some dynamism
-the chrome surrounding around the windows, thin in the front window, doubled and thicker in the rear window, it also increase the impression of dynamism
-the classic double exhaust going out, typical of sports car in the 60s/70s.

3- the pyramid roof
The biggest detail imho: if you are in front of the car you can see that the angle done by the windows is more important than in other sedan. This detail is like in a sports coupe, making a pyramid over the main body. (Relatively speaking, like in a Countach)
The same detail in a Rolls Royce or a Jag XJ looks more vertical in comparison.
And in the QP3 because the bodyline is relatively high, all concure to a make it look even lower, like a very discrete "top chop".

Even if it's not extravagant and seems simple in photos, the design is truly great and it oozes style in real.