Maserati Ghibli Cup

[Malcolm Pearce]

Having stumbled across this I guess driving a Maserati could make you famous on a (minor) web site - well one person liked it and at least the aging body described was not the cup or even me.

http://www.autogespot.co.uk/maserati-ghibli-cup/2012/10/01

 

[JDM]

Good find! How did it come to your attention?

 

[Andyk]

Nice find...Car looks great...

 

[Arfa]

Belongs to a guy called John Connor who lives close to Leeds.

 

[Malcolm Pearce]

Arfa,

I hope it does not belong to John Conner as it has been in my garage since 2001 and costing me a few pounds each year

Belongs to a guy called John Connor who lives clsoe to Leeds.

I just found the pictures by chance when seeing if the blue racing cup for sale in Europe had been sold.

Best wishes guys

Malcolm

 

[Andyk]

That did confuse me Arfa....Thought it was Malcolms.....

 

[Arfa]

Easy mistake for me to make. This is a photo by John Connor in an article by John Connor in Summer 2012 Trident magazine which is captioned "The Authors Ghibli Cup "somewhere in Italy"

 

[Andyk]

Still a great looking car the Ghibli Cup .... Especially in red...

 

[Pibbow]

Soon my Open cup dream will be a reality...................... well when I sell the AC.

 

[ZAM400209]

is that right? are you going all the way, Peter??!!!

Ha! Malcolm- you're famous!!

Fabulous pictures actually....

 

[Malcolm Pearce]

is that right? are you going all the way, Peter??!!!

Ha! Malcolm- you're famous!!

Fabulous pictures actually....

Jim

Good to hear from you mate - the pictures were good and was just a fluke I came across them. Had a major leak above the garage and just found it also by fluke when I looked under the sink and found a pool of water that was ending up above the car with a rather large bulge in the roof that was going to end up on the bonnet.

Do tell me how your wheel refurb went ?


Best wishes

Malcolm

 

[Happy Man]

Malcolm, I've seen your CUP at Auto Italia, it gave me a smile as at the time I was also driving a CUP

 

[Malcolm Pearce]

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Malcolm, I've seen your CUP at Auto Italia, it gave me a smile as at the time I was also driving a CUP

I had a blue GTV v 3.0 for many years. It was apparently the first RHD GTV in the UK having been converted by Bell & Colville. It was a great car although I nearly crashed it on the test drive as the pedals were so close together.

I remember seeing my first GTV Cup and shaking my piggy bank until I realised it really was a lot of money new !

Hope you enjoy it and thanks for the picture

 

[Happy Man]

Sadly CUP 120 and I parted company about 4 years ago

Still get to see her during the summer show season

 

[Ambient69]

Interesting link. Another couple of maserati cars this morning on main page.

 

[Andyk]

T40 CUP....Seen that plate before somewhere.....

Always loved the Cup but when I was looking for a GTV V6 again a few years back I really didn't think they were worth the extra over a standard GTV of the same age........In fact I bought a standard one which some tasty aftermarket stuff and it was a better car than the standard Cup.............The Cup does look great though...

 

[ZAM400209]

I love that intake in the wing though- it rarely fits being added to established car shapes- there's some overblown Rover/MG saloon with that kind of stuff on it and it looks "Halfords" in my opinion.

But the GTV Cup looks great with that detail...

 

[Ewan]

Malcolm - what seats do you have in your Cup, as they don't appear to be the standard items?

 

[Andyk]

Ah, yes looking at them they look thinner...Sort of a sports seat...

 

[ZAM400209]

that's not all that's not standard about that car....!

Malcolm's very lucky to have quite a unique example- but I'll let him flesh it out...