Refurbishment of my Maserati Mexico

[The Surveyor]

Thanks guys, can't wait to get it running now.... Then the rest of the exterior trim, then the boot & bonnet back on, then the carpets, then the interior..... Crumbs!

[The Surveyor]

A small dilemma on the Mexico today, front fog lights or not? When I had the new bumpers made, I had some brackets included for front driving lights but I'm not convinced........

With:-


Or without:-


Oh, and any opinion on the gold badge?

Paul

[LHRFlightman]

For me, no fogs and certainly no gold badge.

Congratulations, the car is stunning!

[neilbauer]

No definitely no extra lights the front end is beautiful the fogs put it off balance IMO. And silver badge unless you are going to deal £10 bags from car

[oliverb205]

Looking gorgeous Paul. For me no fog lamps, the original styling just looks so pure it seems a shame to add bits to it.

But it's your car...

Oliver.

[RichB]

neilbauer said:

No definitely no extra lights the front end is beautiful the fogs put it off balance IMO. And silver badge unless you are going to deal £10 bags from car

Agreed...

[craigjm]

No fog lights and no gold badge. Looks gorgeous otherwise

[imagineifyeswill]

I actually quite like the gold badge but lose the fog lights definately.

[The Surveyor]

Thanks guys, you've convinced me to ditch the driving lights.

I'll have a think about the gold badge as I've seen gold badges with red highlights on quite a few older Maseratis, or maybe I'll just stop farting around and get the thing started.....

[arguti]

craigjm said:

No fog lights and no gold badge. Looks gorgeous otherwise

Have to agree..... The original design is so clean and pure . ...no need for anything else

[williamp]

The Surveyor said:

Thanks guys, you've convinced me to ditch the driving lights.

I'll have a think about the gold badge as I've seen gold badges with red highlights on quite a few older Maseratis, or maybe I'll just stop farting around and get the thing started.....

Oh if they are driving lights then keep them. But not if they are fog lights...

[DonkeyApple]

It doesn't look balanced with the fogs.

Gold badge is perfect as it is an Italian car, not English. Would argue it was wrong if it were an English car but a tiny bit of bling is correct for this.

[DoubleSix]

No fogs. Chrome badge.

[peteA]

I called in to see Paul yesterday and was asked my preference - definitely no fogs / driving lights in my opinion but I'm not sure about the badge?

It gets lost when its silver or chrome and the gold looks good...and as Paul suggests, it appears that this is the colour it should be - gold or gold with a red border? (I think)

We also thought that having the bonnet on with the chrome trim in place might make things look different again!

Either way, the car looks stunning in photos but absolutely amazing in the flesh - effortless style made all the better for the good job Paul has done restoring the car.

Next step - take a brave pill and fire up the V8!!!

[The Surveyor]

peteA said:

Next step - take a brave pill and fire up the V8!!!

Cheers Pete, I'll let you know once the exhaust is on and there is fuel in the tank.....

[Lost soul]

Really elegant looking car

love the long tail

[The Surveyor]

Due to my inability to upload a video, you'll just have to take my word for it....

It lives..... It blooming lives..... Checked that fuel was getting through turned the key and after an initial splutter that wonderful 4.2 Quad-cam V8 burst into wonderful noisy life.

A happy day and big step forward

[AW111]

Congratulations. A major milestone

[The Surveyor]

Despite the best efforts of Google and BT Broadband, I've been able to set up a YouTube account and here is the video, noisy as there is no exhaust and ticking over too fast as the accelerator cable was too tight, but jolly exciting:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDA-6K8-yCs

Paul

[bstark]

Nice! And what a great noise