Coupe prices - what's happening?

Nibby said:
Give credit to Maserati as every 4200 in Coupe or Spyder guise always look good for a 20 + year old car.
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Yes, I agree. My 3200 was 25 years old when I sold it and the paint - which I think was mostly original - was exceptionally good for the age of the car. Maserati certainly applied an excellent paint system to these cars. It's something they really did get right IMHO ...
 
williamsmix said:
Yes, I agree. My 3200 was 25 years old when I sold it and the paint - which I think was mostly original - was exceptionally good for the age of the car. Maserati certainly applied an excellent paint system to these cars. It's something they really did get right IMHO ...
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Agreed, my 360 is now 26 years old and still on the original paint apart from front bumper resprays. Paint still in excellent condition.
 
Bebs said:
Agreed, my 360 is now 26 years old and still on the original paint apart from front bumper resprays. Paint still in excellent condition.
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Also, I thought the undersides were very good too. OK, the front sub-frame on mine had been replaced so that didn't do well but, apart from that, the rest of it was excellent. The floor pans and rear sub frame were in fine condition for a 25 year old car with just light surface rust that was easy to deal with. I crawled around underneath it when I first bought it, half expecting to find something horrible but I was pleasantly surprised.
 
williamsmix said:
Also, I thought the undersides were very good too. OK, the front sub-frame on mine had been replaced so that didn't do well but, apart from that, the rest of it was excellent. The floor pans and rear sub frame were in fine condition for a 25 year old car with just light surface rust that was easy to deal with. I crawled around underneath it when I first bought it, half expecting to find something horrible but I was pleasantly surprised.
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Mine was the same, surface rust only. Subframes also good on mine, 24 years old and 80 od thousand miles. Brake pipes were shot though!! lol
 
williamsmix said:
Also, I thought the undersides were very good too. OK, the front sub-frame on mine had been replaced so that didn't do well but, apart from that, the rest of it was excellent. The floor pans and rear sub frame were in fine condition for a 25 year old car with just light surface rust that was easy to deal with. I crawled around underneath it when I first bought it, half expecting to find something horrible but I was pleasantly surprised.
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I get away slightly easier on the 360 being all aluminium chassis and body.
But my GT had plenty of surface rust and needed a complete sand down and multiple protective coats by AV Engineering. In fact when I was there today, they were sanding down the underside of the black 2 seater Stradale they had in.8648900a-4d0c-401f-b6ff-1e9dc535f200.jpeg256d2093-65ee-40f0-8e1d-810495dc03a7.jpeg57403a93-508c-40e3-aea4-c68a730c1382.jpeg26886894-3285-48b8-9ae4-6496db9d04a9.jpeg
 
zagatoes30 said:
Suspected I knew what a wet belt was but had to double check online, basically it's going back to an internal timing chain but making it out of cheap rubber? So the worst of both worlds, you have a belt inside the engine made out of cheap material that wears?

I thought the whole point of an external cam belt was to reduce costs by allowing it to be changed without opening the engine.
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To be fair modern timing chain assemblies are very cheap and poor quality causing so many issues compared to the quality from the 60's
70's
80's in my opinion having fitted a few.
 
The AC style wheels were standard on the 4200 up-to the 2003 MY. These were available in silver or anthracite.

Post 2003 MY the seven spokes came out as a no cost option. These were available is silver or ball-polished, the latter a cost option.

You could also buy the split rim racing wheels.

In the 2005 MY when the GS was launched you could also spec the GS wheels as a cost option.

The ball-polished 7 spokes were also standard on the vintage pack and also on the anniversary spyder as standard.
 
safrane said:
Looking at recent prices it is almost worth buying a 4200 just for the spare parts.
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At current GS prices if I had space I think I would buy another. One would probably always be working and one day these are going to be worth lots of money, I'm convinced.
 
philgarner said:
At current GS prices if I had space I think I would buy another. One would probably always be working and one day these are going to be worth lots of money, I'm convinced.
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They’re starting to climb again. Loads have sold over the last 6 months or so, to the point that there were only two for sale in the UK, one being the Lichfield car that’s been up for about 5 years now. I’ll be listing one of the very best as soon as the rain abates.
 
dickygrace said:
They’re starting to climb again. Loads have sold over the last 6 months or so, to the point that there were only two for sale in the UK, one being the Lichfield car that’s been up for about 5 years now. I’ll be listing one of the very best as soon as the rain abates.
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I'd only be interested in a GS spyder but for the extra £20+k not sure if it's worth it - especially as I'd put miles on it
 
dickygrace said:
They’re starting to climb again. Loads have sold over the last 6 months or so, to the point that there were only two for sale in the UK, one being the Lichfield car that’s been up for about 5 years now. I’ll be listing one of the very best as soon as the rain abates.
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Yes, I've noticed that asking prices seem to have risen recently. Few cars are being advertised below £10,000 with some over £20,000. I don't know what they are selling for, mind you.
 
Crazymind said:
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I hope they both make a decent price, but both are pre OBDII, which we all know can be a problem. I'm sure the market will tread cautiously.
 
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