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Maserati Quattroporte (1982)
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Price: US $4,999.00

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Hello and thank you for visiting my auction,
I have up for sale a rare 1983 Maserati Quattorporte ( 200 made) that is a true sleeper car with a little something extra under the hood. Keep in mind this is not for the purist and I do appreciate a Concur original restored car, but rarely are these seen roadable with the original motor. This has been an enjoyable exotic family car, and offers the best of all worlds. Car gets appreciation from enthusiasts, the Concourse Italiano, local hotrod shows, and modern euro coffee meets. This was purchased for a weekend car for the family to ride in style to car shows, and to act as a spare for when down a car. It can accommodate five adults comfortably in the Lazy-Boy like original Italian leather covered seats. I feel confident in its reliability, and although the car has never met AAA, keep in mind being 35 years old, this is not a late model Honda.
This unusually striking color combo and the factory ride height from Italy, really accentuate the lines of the car and bring it to a new level of attraction. If you have never seen one of these in person, they are prominent cars with chiseled Giorgetto Giugiaro styling, and polished stainless steel moldings and bumpers ( no chrome).
From collected research, this car was created for a stereo shop by a team of renowned builders in Southern California for Sema. It has a built 302ci 5.0 Supper Charged engine by Kenne Bell, with a nicely matched auto built tranny. HP estimates at 450HP. I dont know exact miles on car but would guess it less than 20k since conversion. Car will easily break loose both its 11 inch wide tires at a rolling stop and chirps through 2nd, 3rd.
There are two sets of wheels included. The first are the original factory Magnesium Campagnolo wheels, which are currently mounted on the car. The second set are custom built, 3 piece Enkei wheels. Not my taste, but these wheels look nicer in person with the 3 inch deep lip.
People will recognize the whine from modestly loud supercharged v8 sound without the motorboat dissonance, that produces smiles and dirty looks all at the same time. Lots of effort and engineering went into this car to make it right. This is evident with the way the car drives. A healthy stack of literature comes with the car including original sales tag brochures, and another nice stack documenting the conversion with a no expense spared budget. For California buyers, I have taken this to the ref, and fortunately the car’s engine and supercharger are Carb tagged, and with very little work will pass smog. This includes replacing with OEM exhaust or CARB tagged exhaust, intake elbow, check engine light. The ref printed out the diagram for CEL, and will be included. All documentation for what was needed at the appointment will go to CA buyers. The ref ran an emissions test on the exhaust which he said would pass no problem. This was my next step, but with limited time, and I need the room for a newer car.
Pros
Starts well and idles perfectly like a fuel injected car should.
No smoke
Approx 18 mpg combined low RPM at 65
Engine runs perfectly smooth
No leaks
No rust
Body lines are razor sharp, no signs of accidents
Original color, but has been repainted (personal rating, 8 out of 10)
Interior is all original with the exception of front door map pockets. wood is in decent shape slight peeling in varnish.
All 7 of 8 analog gauges work smoothly, even fuel consumption gauge works (speedo does not work)
Good tread on both sets of tires
Car stops reasonably well
The Auto 700R4Tranny shifts perfectly, up and down.
Power seats and windows work.
Nakamichi stereo, with who knows how many 1000s of watts.
Clear title in hand
Interior 8 out of 10
Cons
AC is present, but untested
Speedo not working
The worse part of the car is the very light hail damage mostly on the trunk lid. I have been unsuccessful in obtaining good photo representation. That said, not a single person has noticed without it being pointing it out. Three ways to tackle the problem: Dent pro or similar paint-less dent removal service, repaint, or leave it be. Again it’s not very noticeable.
Power locks are untested.
Please ask all questions early, and also please place your bids early. The car is advertised in multiple places, and may sell out side auction at any point. A walk around while on the phone with interested bidders is possible, please email me a number I can contact you with. Any one local is welcome to come buy and view in person. I'm hoping to get a YouTube video up in the next day or so.
The Transaction
$250 dollar non-refundable deposit within the first 24 hours close of auction, payable via PayPal or wire transfer. Remaining balance to be paid via wire transfer within 1 week of close of auction. As Is Sale.
Will ship overseas, which is 100% the responsibility of buyer. I can help with coordinating and loading of the car with your transport.
On Nov-20-15 at 23:24:06 PST, seller added the following information:
Just to answer a few questions that Ive seen off and on Ebay.
Not interested in trades unless it’s for a Citroen 6.3 300sel similar types.
Are you absolutely sure there’s no rust on the car? Sills or underneath?
I’m not a 100% sure as I never stripped it down to bare metal myself. The car has been garaged stored by me and previous owner. I don’t see any evidence and I can take some pictures of the under carriage.
Any idea why the AC doesn’t work? Did it ever work?
Never tried it but just assume that it doesn’t work. I live in an area that doesn’t require much of any climate control year round. I’ve spent all of 30 seconds playing with the switches to get it working. It’s all there. It may be as simple as knowing what buttons to push, recharge or complete overhaul.
Are brakes, suspension and exhaust all original Maserati?
Brakes and suspension yes. Exhaust no. Rear diff is a built up Dana with custom drive shaft
Was the paintjob a windows out or mask with windows in? Why is it an 8 out of 10?
I say 8 because it does have very minor scratch I got from the water hose when washing and mostly because of the hail.
Would the car make a cross country drive?
There’s no reason I foresee why it wouldn’t, but I would always recommend a transport just due to the nature of it being close to a 35 year old Italian American hybrid. It should be inspected by yourself or a mechanic before a cross country drive, this car or any other car in my opinion.
Any idea why speedo doesn’t work?
The detail of how this car was built would lend me to believe the speedo is present and connected and by what I’ve read the gears in the speedo from the Maserati very commonly strip, which are out of a Porsche 944 from what I gather.
Are there ANY other issues, electrical, wipers, brakes, etc. that the car will need addressed?
Yes, it will need a rear driver’s side door handle, and a front driver’s door key mechanism. Doors are commonly finicky on the Quattroporte. Brakes stop, but it does not stop like a modern performance car, it stops more like 40 year old Italian technology, Wipers work, original air horns work. I have spent no time looking at the power locks, I have never needed to lock it. I’ve turned the stereo on once to see if it works and that was it.
More about the smog. The only thing I have ever done with this car was take it the ref once just to see if it was even a possibility to smog this in CA. I bought it taking a chance, or was going to register it in Alaska. I was pleasantly surprised that the ref thought it would be no problem. He gave me a list of what needed to be done and said come back and he’d give me a CARB tag for the door. I simply did not have time to do this with my very hectic life.
Your guess is as good as mine with the skull medallion on the rear. It could be there because they were on sale at Pep boys or it could be hiding a blemish.
Yes this car runs cool with dual electric fans.
I do have the quattroporte rear trunk badge, Just haven’t figured out a way to mount the heavy chunk of solid stainless.
How long have you had it? About a 1.5 years.
What would you do or change on the car if you were going to keep it?
I would try and burn this motor up so I could put an SC Coyote motor in it just for the sound alone. Don’t get me wrong the current motor sounds amazing too.
I would probably replace the Original Maserati Brake master with a nice billet style master with new larger disc brakes up front, for stopping power.
I’d leave the paint alone and maybe deal with it in a few years
Remove the Tint although it does a good job preserving the dash and keeping it cool with the slanted windshields.
I would find an original stereo to put back in it although the Nakamichi is Almost period correct for this car.

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