Unfortunately Australian society suffers a dreadful ‘Tall Poppy’ syndrome. The commercial news media would delight in seeing a ‘Tall Poppy’ cut down to size.
The 3200's automatic transmission was manufactured by BTR in Albury, New South Wales, Australia. Such transmissions are very very cheap to buy used and are also cheap to recondition. The BTR transmissions ordered by Maserati and used in the 3200 was the very same transmission fitted to Ford...
G'day Rodders70
My apologies for not responding to your question sooner. I have spoken to the owner of this GranSport and he has very little knowledge of the car prior to its importation to Australia. There are members on this forum who are familiar with this car. In particular forum members...
G'day, Mr. Paul Placzek is a very friendly and incredibly well accomplished in the global classic and sports car scene. His labour costs are very favourable compared to Melbourne's main Maserati dealership. He actually 'fixes' things, not just simply swaps or replaces parts. Cheers mate, Ron...
G'day Steve, Here's the eBay link. Cheers mate, Ron
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/MASERATI-3200gt-ASSETTO-CORSA-INNER-DOOR-HANDLES-100-CARBON-FIBRE-/152170340335