The 'Mazzer' roadster is Wil de Groot's unique, custom built dream car. An 'after hours' labor of love of the automotive variety. Based on a Maserati Quattroporte donor car and loosely designed in the spirit of a Maserati 450s, our blog details the entire process of building a car from scratch. This is NOT a replica and does not pretend to be a Maserati, rather a deliberate union of vintage and modern elements and style.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Some history of this project
1st picture: The nearly complete chassis hanging sideways to finish tack-welding the floor panels in place. The center of the chassis has removable aluminum panels so that the bottom of the car is completely flat and fairly smooth. The wheels, 19" in front and 18" in back, were custom made by HRE.
2nd picture: Test fitting the engine and trans. The chassis still had the earlier roll bars here. After a while I didn't like them any more and cut them off to install smaller, more discreet roll bars.
3rd picture: Complete but unpainted chassis with drive-train, suspension, etc, fitted.
4th picture: Chassis in rotisserie just after priming it.
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