BARGAIN OF THE YEAR !!!

A right-hand drive Maserati Ghibli Cup #400203 that sold on eBay for only GB £8,000 !!!

Described as: "This Maserati Ghibli Cup is one of only 24 RHD's remaining to my knowledge.

This model is the most sort after Ghibli produced by Maserati in the late ninties, with black leather interior with carbon trim, Momo alloy pedals, gear knob, and Momo Corsa steering wheel. It's the road going version of the Open Cup. With far superior Brembo brakes, wheels, and rear axle assembly and differential than the standard Ghibli.

Full service history.

I have now owned this car for just over 2 years, in this time it’s been well looked after. I’m the fifth owner.

Since owning it, this Cup has undergone the following modifications.

Brand new front Brembo drilled & vented brake disks & Yellow Stuff pads.

Full set of new W rated SCUDO tyres.

Brand new complete instrument assembly.

New brake master cylinder.

New front grille and front indicator assemblies.

New VARTA battery.

The new speedometer is in kilometres, as all Cups are, and shows Shows 7,230 Kms. In total the car has done 145,667 kilometres.

The car has also had oil and filer changes twice (Selinia Fully Synthetic Oil used both occasions), along with air filters and spark plugs. Since owning the Cup I’ve only covered 5,000 Kms.

The car service history includes a large a file of receipts detailing all the work carried out, during both the services and at other times.

In 2005, the engine was rebuilt using a brand new short engine supplied by Eurospares direct from a race team in Italy. The receipt for this alone was £3,760. The car was then sent to Owen Developments in Oxford. They stripped the engine down completely and replaced anything worn with new parts. Open Cup engine was used with heads from the original engine as they where in excellent condition. All liners were nickel ceramic coated, Motorsport big end bearings fitted, new rings, uprated race spec oil pump fitted, race spec oil sump baffle plates, all new gaskets belts, re-mapped etc. and rev limiter fitted and set to 6,750 RPM. Dyno print out shows engine producing 365.7bhp @ 6,676 rpm and torque figures of 335.7 lbs.ft. @ 5,164 rpm.

I’ve only run the car during the summer months, never ever in the rain. Car was also Dinol corrosion treated when new. It always garaged and is stored in a car air chamber !

This is a good clean example, the best colour and trim combination I think. Engine, interior and body are all good as you can see from the photos. I also had the underside treated with wax oil and the side skirts removed at the same time. Both sills found to be in great condition no rust found.

Car has a full stainless Maserati sports exhaust system fitted and Eibach Springs. CD changer in the boot. Alarm imobiliser is a Meta.

There are a few minor niggles/ faults, one half of the fuel cap key is broke off in the lock, cap still locks with the other half of the key, never got round to fishing the piece out. There are 2 small marks on the OSR lens. Also suspension control always shows level one though I sure it is in the level 2 setting, could be just the control switch. Never investigated it as the suspension is set just right for my style of driving."

ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I'm sorry that the seller didn't get a better price for what looks like a very very nice motor car, that with a little extra tender loving car, could well be a future CLASSIC!