MASERATI ROYAL Mid 1980s celebration car
Discussion
Can anyone offer up price guides/estimates on good/reasonable/rough condition Maserati Royal?
For those who don't know it was a quatroporte v8 to celebrate a milestone in Maserati's history. Limited edition, maybe 50-60+ made. I have a feeling it might be S class Merc sized. If your price evaluation could be put in comparison to biturbo and spider, quatroporte 2/3 and quatroporte evolution v8 turbo, that would be more use.
Any help much appreciated.
For those who don't know it was a quatroporte v8 to celebrate a milestone in Maserati's history. Limited edition, maybe 50-60+ made. I have a feeling it might be S class Merc sized. If your price evaluation could be put in comparison to biturbo and spider, quatroporte 2/3 and quatroporte evolution v8 turbo, that would be more use.
Any help much appreciated.
There's one for sale in Germany. A 1990 for 21k£.
Here's the link:
www.classicdriver.co.uk/uk/find/4100_results.asp?bsubmit=true&lmodelflag=10387&lmanufacturer=10080&whatbutton.x=0&page=0&lCarID=1719182
Here's the link:
www.classicdriver.co.uk/uk/find/4100_results.asp?bsubmit=true&lmodelflag=10387&lmanufacturer=10080&whatbutton.x=0&page=0&lCarID=1719182
I’m not sure that I have ever seen one for sale in the UK but essential what we are talking about is Quatty III with some picnic tables in the back with a different set of wheels and a liberal splashing of gold plate around the cabin.
A Quatty III is based on the same chassis as a DeTomaso Deauville I think you’ll find (see my profile) and also shares the same interior bits and bobs as well. To the best of my knowledge there has only ever been one RHD car which was sold by Justin Banks a year or so ago for around the ten grand mark. The car in question was I gather as clean an example as you will find.
There are other cars for sale and is certainly worth keeping a look on the classified section of the drivers club website as you ought to be able to find a reasonably clean runner for seven or eight grand.
That though is only the tip of the iceberg as in all likely hood rust will be a major issue, my own Deauville was a good clean car but none the less with a bare metal re-spray it has still taken sixteen grand to get it back to a perfect condition. Of course the other factor is the Maserati V8 which will require regular looking after at somebody like Bill McGrath and again will cost a considerable amount to keep straight. Then we have the electrics which will require a fully operational rosary to keep reliable.
Other Quatty’s such at the I are extremely rare and will cost well over £30k if ever you can find one. The Quatty II was pretty much a still born project that ran on Citroen SM type running gear with both hydro elastics and the same V6. The only known cars was sold last year for about £30k but it needed some major fettling.
My advice would be to think about the IV which is far more plentiful and could be looked after at a regular Maserati dealer, the best would cost you £15k and to my mind are a real bargain if you can live with the bills
Have a look at the back editions of Auto Italia magazine as they ran a number of features on the cars last year.
Good luck
A Quatty III is based on the same chassis as a DeTomaso Deauville I think you’ll find (see my profile) and also shares the same interior bits and bobs as well. To the best of my knowledge there has only ever been one RHD car which was sold by Justin Banks a year or so ago for around the ten grand mark. The car in question was I gather as clean an example as you will find.
There are other cars for sale and is certainly worth keeping a look on the classified section of the drivers club website as you ought to be able to find a reasonably clean runner for seven or eight grand.
That though is only the tip of the iceberg as in all likely hood rust will be a major issue, my own Deauville was a good clean car but none the less with a bare metal re-spray it has still taken sixteen grand to get it back to a perfect condition. Of course the other factor is the Maserati V8 which will require regular looking after at somebody like Bill McGrath and again will cost a considerable amount to keep straight. Then we have the electrics which will require a fully operational rosary to keep reliable.
Other Quatty’s such at the I are extremely rare and will cost well over £30k if ever you can find one. The Quatty II was pretty much a still born project that ran on Citroen SM type running gear with both hydro elastics and the same V6. The only known cars was sold last year for about £30k but it needed some major fettling.
My advice would be to think about the IV which is far more plentiful and could be looked after at a regular Maserati dealer, the best would cost you £15k and to my mind are a real bargain if you can live with the bills
Have a look at the back editions of Auto Italia magazine as they ran a number of features on the cars last year.
Good luck
Thanks to both for responses. Further questions:
So it's dimensions really are no bigger than a standard quatroporte 3?
Does that mean if I stuffed picnic tables in the back of a 3 and had a badge made for the boot I'd have a Royal for less?
If I bought a left hooker Royal is the dash identicle to a 3 so that I can swap it over to right hand drive? The instrument binacle in the pictures from the above car for sale web link looks unimaginative and possibly a stock part widely circulated. Any chance of saving money here?
So it's dimensions really are no bigger than a standard quatroporte 3?
Does that mean if I stuffed picnic tables in the back of a 3 and had a badge made for the boot I'd have a Royal for less?
If I bought a left hooker Royal is the dash identicle to a 3 so that I can swap it over to right hand drive? The instrument binacle in the pictures from the above car for sale web link looks unimaginative and possibly a stock part widely circulated. Any chance of saving money here?
After having taken another look at the Quatty III in the reference library what amazes me is how long the things were made, 1976 to 1990 and during this time 2100 of the brutes were made.
From 1986 there was indeed a long wheel base version but the Royale was a more comprehensive exercise with more rounded body work and as I mentioned before a raft of interior enhancements that even included a cocktail cabinet!
There was indeed only one RHD car which was converted after having left the factory using a range of Kyalami parts to do so and I would guess massively expensive to convert. Also consider that all this was done under DeTomaso’s stewardship so I’m not sure how easy obtaining the necessary parts would be today but you really would need deep pockets to take on a project of that magnitude.
My best advice on sourcing a good clean car would be to drop Bill McGrath a line and take advise from him, few people know more about Maserati’s of this period than him.
From 1986 there was indeed a long wheel base version but the Royale was a more comprehensive exercise with more rounded body work and as I mentioned before a raft of interior enhancements that even included a cocktail cabinet!
There was indeed only one RHD car which was converted after having left the factory using a range of Kyalami parts to do so and I would guess massively expensive to convert. Also consider that all this was done under DeTomaso’s stewardship so I’m not sure how easy obtaining the necessary parts would be today but you really would need deep pockets to take on a project of that magnitude.
My best advice on sourcing a good clean car would be to drop Bill McGrath a line and take advise from him, few people know more about Maserati’s of this period than him.
Gassing Station | Supercar General | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff