Hi, I have long admired Maserati Mistrals and have been thinking about getting one, so I thought I would join the club to see what I could find out. It seems there are some technical resources to download. Has anyone got any advice for this new member on Mistral purchasing and ownership? (even if it’s “don’t do it!”)
As you have not had a response I thought I would chip in. I have never owned a Mistral but have owned a Sebring S2 for more than 20 years which is mechanically pretty much the same. They are not particularly complicated cars and in my experience are reasonably reliable. The mechanical fuel injection is an achilles heel, it can be made to work but the people who know how to do it are few and far between. Many cars have been converted to Weber carbs for this reason, my own car is on modern EFI which the purists will not approve of but it means I can fix it myself! As with any classic car the advice is buy the best one you can find, someone else will have spent all the money and it will always cost more than it is worth to restore a bad one. There will be at least one Mistral at the concours next month and lots of people with more knowledge than me there so if you can make it to that there should be lots of advice available.
thanks for the reply. Your words sound reasonably encouraging. Was your car at the Goodwood Revival last year by any chance? A friend spotted one that had very discretely been converted to modern EFI. It sounds like a good idea, and at least keeps to fuel injection rather than going the triple Webers route. I wonder if it improved the mpg at all, although that is not a prime consideration running this type of car.
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