Junkyard Find: 1981 Maserati Biturbo

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Junkyard Find: 1981 Maserati Biturbo

08 - 1981 Maserati Biturbo Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin Your typical Maserati Biturbo isn't worth much these days, which means that the cost/benefit analysis of one sitting under a tarp in the driveway often results in a trip to the nearest wrecking yard. In this series so far, we've seen this super-rare '86 Biturbo Spyder, this not-so-rare '84 Biturbo, and today's first-year '81 Biturbo. All three of these cars were photographed in California, one in Los Angeles and the other two in Oakland, and it's a safe bet than none of them had driven on the street in the decade prior to arriving in the wrecking yard.
03 - 1981 Maserati Biturbo Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin Not even 75,000 miles on the clock.
07 - 1981 Maserati Biturbo Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin The hood-release mechanism was broken and I didn't feel like futzing with it in order to see if some local tuner kid had grabbed the turbochargers.
04 - 1981 Maserati Biturbo Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin There are valuable Maseratis, and then there are cars like this one and the Chrysler TC By Maserati.