dickyb
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I’m in discussions with a view to potentially purchasing this car and wondered if anyone knew anything about it?
I know this was sold by Dicky Grace a few years ago and was a very nice example at the time, but several years and a few ownership changes on, things may have changed.
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The seller sent me a few additional photos showing the underside before and after being treated with Lanoguard. Apart from a couple of rusty brackets it all looks ok to me but if anyone can spot anything untoward or out of place I’d be grateful for any observations:
My only observations from the photos in the sales adverts are that there’s a bit of a gap in the service history but very few miles covered during that period so not too concerning; a little gravel rash on the rear of the front arches but this is commensurate with mileage and I suppose it shows that everything is original and not crash damaged; the tyres a getting a little old (dated 2015 on the rear, and 2018 on the front); and there’s a colour discrepancy on the driver’s seat. I asked for a close up photo of the seat and the seller tells me it has been refurbished. Whilst it looks ok, you can see that the stitching has worn away on the left side and the remainder of the stitching has been dyed to the same colour of the seat, whereas the rest of the interior has contrasting stitching (Bordeaux according to the description). To me the driver’s seat colour looks much whiter than the rest of the interior and has a kind of flat appearance, whereas the rest of the interior has a kind of warm glow. It may be that the camera picks up the discrepancy that may not be seen with the naked eye.
I think this photo shows the colour difference very clearly (you may need to zoom):
If you compare the driver’s seat to the rear seat behind and the passenger seat beside it you can also see a difference in colour, and the fact that the stitching on the driver’s seat now doesn’t match the rest of the interior.
Overall it looks to be a fairly decent example in an unusual spec and reasonably priced but does anyone have any thoughts? Am I likely to find anything much better without searching for years? I’m not specifically looking for a facelift but I’d prefer something post 2003 without the ugly radio aerial. It must be manual. There’s a similarly priced silver pre-facelift car on Autotrader with lower miles and on the face of it looks quite nice but looking at some photos from an auction where it was previously sold, the underside and subframe don’t look too clever and for some reason, all of the coating has been removed from the buttons leaving behind the bare plastic:
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I know this was sold by Dicky Grace a few years ago and was a very nice example at the time, but several years and a few ownership changes on, things may have changed.
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The seller sent me a few additional photos showing the underside before and after being treated with Lanoguard. Apart from a couple of rusty brackets it all looks ok to me but if anyone can spot anything untoward or out of place I’d be grateful for any observations:
My only observations from the photos in the sales adverts are that there’s a bit of a gap in the service history but very few miles covered during that period so not too concerning; a little gravel rash on the rear of the front arches but this is commensurate with mileage and I suppose it shows that everything is original and not crash damaged; the tyres a getting a little old (dated 2015 on the rear, and 2018 on the front); and there’s a colour discrepancy on the driver’s seat. I asked for a close up photo of the seat and the seller tells me it has been refurbished. Whilst it looks ok, you can see that the stitching has worn away on the left side and the remainder of the stitching has been dyed to the same colour of the seat, whereas the rest of the interior has contrasting stitching (Bordeaux according to the description). To me the driver’s seat colour looks much whiter than the rest of the interior and has a kind of flat appearance, whereas the rest of the interior has a kind of warm glow. It may be that the camera picks up the discrepancy that may not be seen with the naked eye.
I think this photo shows the colour difference very clearly (you may need to zoom):
If you compare the driver’s seat to the rear seat behind and the passenger seat beside it you can also see a difference in colour, and the fact that the stitching on the driver’s seat now doesn’t match the rest of the interior.
Overall it looks to be a fairly decent example in an unusual spec and reasonably priced but does anyone have any thoughts? Am I likely to find anything much better without searching for years? I’m not specifically looking for a facelift but I’d prefer something post 2003 without the ugly radio aerial. It must be manual. There’s a similarly priced silver pre-facelift car on Autotrader with lower miles and on the face of it looks quite nice but looking at some photos from an auction where it was previously sold, the underside and subframe don’t look too clever and for some reason, all of the coating has been removed from the buttons leaving behind the bare plastic:
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2004 Maserati 4200 Coupe For Sale by Auction
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