Equipment
4136/260hp, four Webers, 5-speed, steel wheels with hub caps, narrow whitewalls, woodrim steering wheel, wood shift knob, later cassette stereo, dash clock, Smiths gauges, power windows, air conditioning.
Condition
#3 Good
Runs and drives well. Flaws not noticeable to passersby. Most common condition.
Tired, scratched chrome, and there are a few dents in the front bumper. An older repaint that looks fine from a distance but has several scratches, orange peel on the rear, and severe blistering on the right rear door and above the right front wheel. Light pitting on the wheels and door handles. Dry weather stripping. The dash and gauges look great, but the leather is dry and cracked. Some of the switchgear is worn as well. Maintained underneath, but a bit grubby. Mostly original and reasonably well kept. A rarely seen example of one of Maserati's first four-doors.
Market commentary
Classic Maseratis typically represent a good value as far as large classic Italian performance cars go, Quattroportes even more so. The Frua-penned body is attractive even if it isn't staggeringly beautiful, and there is a quad-cam V-8 under the hood, plus room for a few friends in the interior and a manual shift 5-speed instead of the Chrysler Torqueflite automatics that were standard in the next QP series. And yet less than 50 grand isn't out of the ordinary for a driver-quality QP like this.