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That looks pretty good compared to my 2004. I think a lot must depend on where they spent most of their lives. I viewed an 05 that had been on a pig farm from new, although having an mot and a brand new genuine gearbox fitted it had no inner sills whatsoever!

Congratulations, I'd say that's somewhat of a bargain. This time last year the only SC under 3k I could find was a spares or repairs project. It's probably got the rusty rear arch thing going on, but you see that on much later cars too at nearer 10k. I had the HDC inactive warning on my old...

Considering the enjoyment factor, I don't think that's bad in comparison to a TD6 that averages 25 and is actually slower up hills than walking.

They look very smart. You don't happen to have a pair of rear arch repair panels in the garage too by any chance !?

I looked at a few non runners and Spares or repairs cases, but being blessed with more interesting Italian things to take up my time I went for the absolute best I could find in my budget. The problem with L322's is you can pay 3 times what I did and still end up with a project. I know I'm...

That's not sounding so good! They look great in silver though

I was being pressured by a good friend to buy myself a Range Rover before I turned 50. I only like L322's and only allowed myself 3k, so quite a challenge! I looked at everything from spares n repairs supercharged and V8 diesels, to tired high mileage TD6's. It really had to be a TD6 as it's...

My heart would definitely be set on a Cup too if funds allowed! The 222 is a keeper, I've been kicking myself for years for not buying one of several Ghiblis I viewed back when they were in my budget. Anyone remember the turquoise one with bottle green interior for sale at Mansfield many moons...

I'm going to be realistic and be looking at around 5k. There's a few jobs to do before it goes - fitting the new Koni sport struts, springs all round, refurbished rear spring pans.. It's got a full stainless exhaust, a mix of reggazon and Alfaholics, sounds great but not deafening. New...

Update on the troubled treble 2.. Despite the new cap and lead set being a terrible fit ( I think they really do need returning to Eurospares) the misfire on No6 was caused by a knackered injector. Getting the full set professionally cleaned will happen in the future but for now a lightly used...

Thanks for your reply. Yes, it's the lovely dark blue 4v that's been on car & classic and Ebay for months. Luckily he left the old rotor, cap and leads which to be honest apart from one odd lead appear to be better quality than the new ones, which were over £600 from Eurospares. The new leads...

The underbody and rear suspension look ok, surface rust but nothing looks out of line. The bonnet is a bit crusty too underneath, no sound deadening left, but not bent or from what I can tell full of filler. From what I've seen of the bulkhead it's thankfully ok.. The crash damage was o/s rear...

Here we go then.. The troubled 222 was running on 5 pots at low revs when I viewed it, but the seller assured me it wasn't before he changed the rotor arm, cap and leads. I asked him to do a compression check the following day which he did and reported back. As a mechanic I was somewhat...

Thanks for the support, I think I'm going to need it! The plan is to check what parts are needed now, then get it up to a mot-able state, leaving the cosmetics until it's up and running properly. Having said that the first things on the parts list are a new boot lid - with the correct 3 piece...

To be fair it's probably better than it looked in the photos on Ebay. It mainly needs work on the suspension/steering, brakes, interior, engine..

Well someone had to do it.. After much pondering and a couple of visits to view I've decided to take the plunge. As a first time Maserati owner I thought joining up here should be my first step!