Chrysler Maserati TC

Bugger! It's an '89 not '87.

Sorry!

I suspect that the availability of body parts would be almost nil. I'm in the USA and could perhaps could check with local Chrysler dealers for you. However, I suspect that they might not be too cooperative.

This was a VERY limited production car and I'm sure that few spares are stocked.

On the other hand, the mechanical parts are almost surely available.

Have you checked with Maserati in Italy to see if they might have something?

Doug

Thanks for all the input guys, but the whole thing is moot. The guy I was buying it from withdrew it from sale JUST before I did the deal.

The annoying part is, I'd spent all morning trying to arrange insurance for the beast here in the UK, only to have the rug pulled out from under me at the last second, as I found an underwriter willing to carry the risk

I suspect it is the ONLY example of the car in this country too!

Damn my luck.........

I'd say your luck is excellent indeed.

Unless you were anxious to spend US$3,000 on a headlamp assembly, US$1800 on a brake master cylinder, etc.

Get a LeBaron Cabrio instead. Almost as scarce/exclusive in your part of the world as a TC, several orders of magnitude more dependable and several MORE orders of magnitude cheaper to keep running. You can find them on the continent, e.g. via

DS

Thanks for the sage advice Daniel (As ever in this group). I'll take a look for a cabrio as suggested. However, the cachet of driving around in a car BADGED as a Maserati, with the reliability of Chrysler running gear was sooooo tempting :-)

Dave

Buy or make the badges!

They weren't Chrysler's best years. I like the styling, & the turbo models have good power, but I would find another car. If a TC came along, I'd want it to since it *is* a rare, good-looking machine. :-) But it would have to be as a collector machine (not a daily driver), & I would expect to have to make or repair the unavailable parts. ~ Paul aka "Tha Driver"

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