Fleet addition

Hurricane52

Hurricane52

Member
Messages
1,211
Simon1963 said:
Mrs 1963 gives me a free reign on cars as long as I don’t sell the house or any of her kidneys to fund it. But the one stipulation is no green cars. She says it’s unlucky! I asked her once if she’d had bad experience of a green car the answer was “no their just unlucky” I can’t figure it out. But it’s a small price to pay to have any car as long as I can afford it.
Click to expand...
Same here. SWMBO parked a green Peugeot on top of a motorway slip road barrier when she was a nipper. Apparently that’s proof they’re unlucky.
 
Andyk

Andyk

Member
Messages
61,131
Simon1963 said:
Mrs 1963 gives me a free reign on cars as long as I don’t sell the house or any of her kidneys to fund it. But the one stipulation is no green cars. She says it’s unlucky! I asked her once if she’d had bad experience of a green car the answer was “no their just unlucky” I can’t figure it out. But it’s a small price to pay to have any car as long as I can afford it.
Click to expand...

My parents refused to have a green car as well as they said it was unlucky. Then Dad had a Marina that was a bargain and was green....Had it for 3 weeks and someone ran into him. My Mum gave it the ....I told you so.....
 
Twinspark

Twinspark

Member
Messages
460
Lovely motor, green is my favorite colour on the GS like the contemporary classic one they had in shows back when they were new.

Do you have any photos of the interior? Looks like its Britex or a two tone affair.
 
Ewan

Ewan

Member
Messages
6,803
The interior is beige leather throughout, including the optional extra of the full leather roof lining. I’ve no interior pictures yet - sorry - but I’ve been shown an interior video tour.

Being a 2007 car with the leather roof I suspect it may be an LE car, or at least to LE spec, but I’ll discover all that in due course.
 
FIFTY

FIFTY

Member
Messages
3,100
There is a manual classico at Auction with a similar spec. 50k miles on the clock... If I was in the market! Although at this point I do not fancy starting from scratch restoring another manual 4.2 coupe and this looks like it needs a lot of love

themarket.co.uk

2004 Maserati 4200 GT Coupe For Sale by Auction

First registered in March 2004 by HR Owen of South...
themarket.co.uk themarket.co.uk

Not serviced in over a decade... Decade old tyres on the rear, budgets on the front, ruined discs, rusty boot area, drivers seat not working, broken fuel cap, clutch smelling and barely driven in 12 years... Remember to take a barge pole; a very long one at that.
 
Last edited:
zagatoes30

zagatoes30

Member
Messages
20,913
FIFTY said:
There is a manual classico at Auction with a similar spec. 50k miles on the clock... If I was in the market! Although at this point I do not fancy starting from scratch restoring another manual 4.2 coupe and this looks like it needs a lot of love

themarket.co.uk

2004 Maserati 4200 GT Coupe For Sale by Auction

First registered in March 2004 by HR Owen of South...
themarket.co.uk themarket.co.uk

Not serviced in over a decade... Decade old tyres on the rear, budgets on the front, ruined discs, rusty boot area, drivers seat not working, broken fuel cap, clutch smelling and barely driven in 12 years... Remember to take a barge pole; a very long one at that.
Click to expand...

Certainly looks like this one needs some TLC and probably some C.A.S.H. as well
 
FIFTY

FIFTY

Member
Messages
3,100
zagatoes30 said:
Certainly looks like this one needs some TLC and probably some C.A.S.H. as well
Click to expand...

I would bet the heater matrix has been leaking for at least 3 years and probably blocked drains to cause the mildew inside. What a shame.

The estimate is very ambitious - £7.5k is probably what they will get and its still too much.

It costs a lot to bring these back from the brink of being broken for parts. The transition period for these cars is now, the ones that are cared for properly will survive the next decade and become sought after while a large chunk will go to breakers. Some will be picked up by enthusiast who can work on it themselves or make a heart over mind decision on spending out for specialist repairs

In a few years I plan to pick up another 4200 as a donor car to help mine survive the distance.
 
Wack61

Wack61

Member
Messages
8,787
alfatwo said:
That's the way to do it.. keep the house costs down and spend the rest on cars...
Its's been my mantra since the 1970's!

Dave
Click to expand...
It'd be mine if I was allowed

**** knows what's happened to my life, 12 months ago I had a Mustang and holidays in Europe planned

Yesterday I'm sat waiting for my wife reading this
82455

I'd say pass the slippers but I couldn't be arsed to put my shoes on so I was wearing them.
 
dgmx5

dgmx5

Member
Messages
1,142
FIFTY said:
I would bet the heater matrix has been leaking for at least 3 years and probably blocked drains to cause the mildew inside. What a shame.

The estimate is very ambitious - £7.5k is probably what they will get and its still too much.

It costs a lot to bring these back from the brink of being broken for parts. The transition period for these cars is now, the ones that are cared for properly will survive the next decade and become sought after while a large chunk will go to breakers. Some will be picked up by enthusiast who can work on it themselves or make a heart over mind decision on spending out for specialist repairs

In a few years I plan to pick up another 4200 as a donor car to help mine survive the distance.
Click to expand...

It was previously sold for £9,000 by H&H Classics at Duxford in March 2019.

www.handh.co.uk

Lot 3 - 2004 Maserati 4200 GT

Lot 3 - 2004 Maserati 4200 GT
www.handh.co.uk www.handh.co.uk

Such a shame to see this car in such a state. A real project car probably requiring heater matrix, clutch and an overhaul of brakes at the very least.

I hope a true enthusiast takes this on.

Based on the above, I feel £5,000 is probably all its worth and then a lot of time and money to bring this up to scratch.
 
azapa

azapa

Member
Messages
1,300
Simon1963 said:
have any car as long as I can afford it.
Click to expand...

Ahh such a relative term! Man-maths! What % of ones net worth is it OK to spend on cars that are used twice a month? No answer required.

Congratulations Ewan, that car looks lovely. I drove a metalic blue one (GS) here about 10 years ago that was for sale, tan interior. It looked fantastic and such a nice size, I was too chicken to go through though, back then... Enjoy it!
 
Ewan

Ewan

Member
Messages
6,803
outrun said:
Nice. I guess you didn't spot this which would be a nice daily...

Click to expand...
I know that car. I turned it down several years ago at £13,500. Since then its had a fair bit of work and is, apparently, a nice car now. But still, it's not a £40k car when compared to an equivalent 911 or Maserati (for example). You are paying a big premium for the rarity, and the the feeling you get from driving something a bit different.

But that is only the single turbo version. The one I sold a year or so back was 1 of the only 2 twin-turbo cars, so I don't think I'd now downgrade to that. Nice though it is.
There's a silver one for sale also. High miles (about 100k) but good history, reliable, and "only" about £23k (from memory).
And the chap with the other twin-turbo car would sell that as well. Its light blue, and would be available, I suspect, at high 30's.
So that's at least 3 RHD Venturi Atlantiques available now.
 
dgmx5

dgmx5

Member
Messages
1,142
outrun said:
Nice. I guess you didn't spot this which would be a nice daily...

Click to expand...

I looked at this car in Bermondsey in 2011 and it indeed needed a lot of work and if Ewan turned it down, with his knowledge of the marque, it tells me I was right to walk away although I was tempted.

If it fetches that money then it shows that the right car with work can, in time, realise its value.

But that is always easiest to say after the event. How many ropey £5k RX-7s will in time be worth £20k+ and £12k Clio V6s are now on a seemingly endless upward trajectory?
 
dgmx5

dgmx5

Member
Messages
1,142
CatmanV2 said:
I thought he was the only person that knew the marque at all ;). Certainly I had never heard of it at all!

C
Click to expand...

True petrolheads know of Venturi... oh and Ewan, old school Gran Turismo gamers and followers of GT racing in the mid 90s.

The sort of marque that if you know this, you know about Panoz and Marcos and Helem V6.
 
Ewan

Ewan

Member
Messages
6,803
Called my insurance company today about adding the GS to the policy. The additional premium?
Zero!

What a result. A 400bhp Maserati with free insurance!

All I need now is for Autoshield, Emblem, Meridien, SportsItalia, etc to tell me the servicing is free also. Any takers...?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.