A whatzit for the car folks

[kenw]

nearly dark when i passed the shop near home yesterday and saw this. It looks like the regular taillights are missing, or replaced by a glass panel as you can see directly into the car.

---looks Italian.....

[toverman]

I agree it looks Italian.

I've seen a few 1970s Lamborghinis that had a similar cutout at the rear, but a search online didn't turn one up exactly like it. Of course, appears there are some words on the top of the rear deck if you're really curious!

[Mongo]

Interesting. The tail lights are there but in an odd place. Strange that you can see inside the car as well. Kinda looks like a Maserati maybe???

[snidow]

Yeah, I'd have to go with an older Maserati maybe from the 70's guessing, like a Bora or Merak.. don't think it's a Bora though.

[ttusa]

I have no clue what type of car it is, but I just love the license plate!

[SpeedRacerSlots]

I was thinking something out of the Bertone or Giugiaro camps.... but still cant come up with anything.
Ken: Can you post a link to the full size image please.
Thanks
Greg

[thehatguy]

1975 Maserati Khamsin.

A rare sight.

John

[kenw]

ding ding ding...we have a winner.

much thanx John! Now to "drop by" that shop during daylight hours....

[thehatguy]

I've always been a fan of the 1970's Maserati's.

The Ghibli and Indy were stunning.

John

[toverman]

Good call, John.

[mattman]

I was gonna guess a Pinto?!

[kenw]

A side note and followup: a few days later as I passed the shop, they had a crane and a few tow trucks working to fish the car out of a 5’-6’ deep drainage ditch that runs in front of the building. It appeared that they had backed it out of the stall where I shot it, and ran it off of the driveway apron and into the ditch. When I got there the front wheels were on the apron so I don’t know if they had worked to get them there or if the car basically stopped once the rear end fell off. There didn’t appear to be any damage.

I might assume that the infamous brake accumulator was failed: without it properly maintained and charged, you basically have no brakes……