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This is Auction Week in Scottsdale, AZ and I've seen more wonderful old cars than I could possibly describe to you. I'll try to post pictures and/or links as I get around to downloading them. I would like to mention one because I've admired pictures and descriptions of it for a very long time. I still have the Road & Track 1962 Road Test Annual with their road test of the Maserati 3500GT Vignale Spider where I first saw a photograph of the car that was similar to this one (except in B&W)>  I even recall the subhead of the article "A Modenese Masterpiece for the Touring Enthusiast". Today I saw one for the first time and I was not disappointed, it's every bit as pretty as a Ferrari 250 California and a little more agressive looking. Pix of the black beauty I saw in a few days. I still have two or three more auctions to do but I doubt I'll see anything more impressive to me than that Maser.
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Replying to: andys120 (Jan 14, 2009 4:47 pm)
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Replying to: andys120 (Jan 14, 2009 4:47 pm) buyer registry; $500, seller's commisson 8%, buyers commission 10%. |
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jan 14, 2009 5:00 pm) That's Ferrari money isn't it? The car did have chromed wires which I have not seen before, except on the car pictured above. I don't recall if it had 5-speeds but the placard said the car was a pre-production prototype, MY 1960. I didn't notice any details that were different from the production version but then again I've never seen an actual production Vignale Spider and as you know production versions of these high zoot Italian jobs often had different details even within a given model year. While we're on the subject, I wish I could've gotten a look at the DOHC 3.5L I-6>  Now that's a MOTOR!
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Replying to: andys120 (Jan 14, 2009 8:44 pm) A man would want to throw that Lucas injection over the back fence and get hisself 3 Weber carburetors. Early cars are also less desirable because they have drum brakes and 4-speeds. They only made 88 Vignale convertibles, though, so the car is rare. Whether it is correct or not, is another matter.
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jan 14, 2009 10:53 pm)  I'm nostalgic for the days when engines weren't hidden behind plastic shrouding. 
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Replying to: andys120 (Jan 15, 2009 9:11 am) aha! So you went photo-picking, did you? Well that explains the Lucas injection. Your latest photo way mo' bettah. |
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an omni/horizon. it looked new. what caught my eye in the first place was that it was clean! pretty rare to see on the street around here lately!
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Replying to: explorerx4 (Jan 16, 2009 6:06 pm) |
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