It’s one thing to attempt to revive a complicated, poorly engineered car; it’s another thing entirely to revive a half-finished show car project built from a complicated, poorly engineered car. Such is our subject today: a 1987 Maserati Biturbo Si that, some time ago, was capable of 500hp and a 3.7s 0-60 time courtesy of ported/polished heads, bigger turbos, a new ECU and a raft of typical performance add-ons. To complement those audacious performance numbers, the exterior’s been treated with a widebody aero kit and the interior sports both leopard and alligator skin surfaces.

Those glory days are gone, because as it sits, the interior (particularly the dash) is partially disassembled, looking like it’s in the middle of a complete re-wire. Thankfully, it looks to be a pretty straightforward generic aftermarket fusebox and harness labeled in English. Honestly, at this point the best thing would be to get it mechanically sorted and functional without worrying about fixing up the early-90s aesthetics. Remove all the badges and leave people wondering how they just got dusted by a suped-up Scirocco.

1987 Maserati Biturbo hopeless project for sale – $3995 – eBay Motors