An email from the owner: The car was completely restored in 94'. I only drove it a little bit after that as I also had a 1965 230 SL which I drove most of the time, until I left France during the summer of 95. From that time on the car was kept in a garage in Switzerland. I brought it over here during the summer of 2002, which turned out to be a big mistake as it was out doors out here near the ocean and it was very hard on it.
Actually there's not that much rust on the body, but the underneath floor panels are completely rotten, though the frame is fine. When i stopped driving it, it was mechanically perfect except for one windshield wiper, which was frozen. I put a battery in it and it started today within 15 seconds and the engine ran perfectly. As you can see from the photo, the suspension, which is pneumatic "air suspension" goes down in front when it is not being run regularly.
When it was running today it came right up and was high after 5 minutes; so there is no problem with the suspension. Let me tell you a little more about the car mechanically. The only thing I changed on the car after it came here was the exhaust system, (muffler and tail pipe all the way to the manifold). It is stainless steel, so should be fine. The motor was rebuilt in France, from the bottom up), by expert Masserati mechanics at a cost of close to $7,000. It has less than 22,000 miles on it since then. At the same time I also rebuilt the entire 4 speed manual transmission, also from the bottom up, (another $2,000). The engine fuel injection ($2,000) was purchased brand new at the same time too, and the clutch was also replaced completely, ($1800). The suspension has been extensively repaired, and all the pressure valves changed, also costing about $6,000; and was working perfectly when I stopped driving it three years ago. The list also includes complete new brakes, and an approximate add'l $5K for general maintenance and repairs.
The body too was completely restored and painted, and that was when I decided to make it two tone. That cost $8,000 at the time, but as you can see, EVERYTHING metal below the rocker panels needs to be re-done, as well at most of the interior leather (but not all, some of the interior can just be refurbished, especially in back)? Most of the rust above the rocker panels is just surface rust under the paint and doesn't need any repair, just sanding and cleaning. I got it started yesterday and the motor was fine and running perfectly, but I don't want to run it too much as there are two gas line leaks where it is pressurized and it is dangerous to run it without changing those! I can tell you that when I stopped driving it, it was running perfectly and VERY TIGHT, with almost no rattles or looseness. Now a lot of the rubber will probably have to be changed too, but this is a really good car and if you do it right you will have a great time driving it! By the way, it is a BIG six cylinder engine and there were VERY FEW of the 300 series made, and there are very few left. You see lots of 220's and there were over 25,000 3.5 series, but these with the European instruments and 4 speed on the floor are rare! And the car is POWERFUL, with that 4 speed there is a lot of torque!

I have pictures but no way to post if you are interested email me.