I know this car fairly well and can comment on it a bit. It was originally in NC and was damaged in a rollover accident. Some of the worst damage was to a quarter panel and that is not shown in the included photos. It was sold to a person in OK City that I know and was I offered the car for a very low price. The original sale included some custom parts like a dash, two transmissions, and a few other items. I tried to help him sell the car but a couple of potential sales for less than $2k fell through at the last moment and the vehicle was eventually sold to someone on the West Coast. It looks as if he has given up on the rebuild and is offering it for sale once again (at a price considerably higher than what he paid). There appear to be some parts included for a DOHC engine, but looks unassembled and I have no idea if everything is even there.
This car can be restored but it will take a person who is good with fiberglass, detail oriented, and has a lot of time for the work. My estimate is that it may take 300 + man hours of fiberglass work and additional time for interior and engine/transmission work. If you are not local there is also the transportation cost to get the roller to its new home. I have a trailer and a tow vehicle but it was not worth my while to drive from the East Coast to OK and bring it back. If it had stayed in NC, that vehicle might be sitting in my basement now as a new project.
Having worked on a body in not as bad condition, I'd say scrap it. that's a ridiculous amount of work.
Bob
That is basically why I said no thanks. To do the work properly will be extremely time consuming/expensive ($ and time). The best Idea that I could come up with to minimize the repair process is to get a replica body or body parts and graft them to the damaged Mera sections. That would at least minimize hand building quarter panels and some patching. The following is one of the images that was not posted in the ad. Most certainly a candidate for a kit car (F308/328) quarter pane. I also have a few other photos but will not post them unless I get a specific request to do so.
Nelson
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Personally, I would rather just grab a real Ferrari 308 or 328 than buy this thing and spend 2 years of my life trying to make it look like a Ferrari.... but it's just me.
Looks like way too much work to make it worthwhile..
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Personally, I would rather just grab a real Ferrari 308 or 328 than buy this thing and spend 2 years of my life trying to make it look like a Ferrari.... but it's just me.
Looks like way too much work to make it worthwhile..
One of the fun things about having a Mera is hardly anyone knows what they are and fewer have actually seen one. I have seen more 308/328 Ferraris than Meras.
This car is pretty far gone. The skill set required to bring it back is pretty vast!!!!
My thoughts are two fold on it. First, the motor and the vehicle should be separate issues. No idea what a 3.4 sells for but sell that thing separately. The second issue is the vehicle. Where are all the little MERA bits like brake lights? The black side louvers? so many broken or missing parts I am not sure if it could be made right. With that said, it may be salvageable or stripped/used so that others may live. The price? No idea. For me the car is a write off without the MERA bits and the engine isn't worth anything as it is not the original. Might be worth it to someone looking for an engine though.
