This A6G-1500, chassis #068, was exhibited by dealer Jan Lühn at the TECHNO CLASSICA Show late in March 2008. The legendary Chief-mechanic Guerino Bertocchi bought the car from Maserati S.p.A. in 1949 and registered it in his hometown Modena. In 1950 he sold the car to someone in Italy who took it to Argentina. After that Bertocchi went to the ACI-registration office and declared #068 as "demolita" (demolished!)! (I have copies of the ACI-registration!) Another very "creative" Italian way to make money without paying either for custom-carnée nor for taxes! I luuuve the Italians....! The very complete car came recently from Argentina to Germany and is now for sale but in need of a total restoration. Ciao! Walter Image Unavailable, Please Login
Doesnt look demolished to me... Seemed very authentic when I looked... hehe.. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Walter first off love your posts as you are an expert in the maserati section, but why should this car be totally restored? from these pics it appears like it is not in bad shape. Erik
Erik, the car gor a "fresh" paint job in Argentina that was done not good. Then the engine bay looks horrible. The car is complete (despite the missing wheels-caps!) -and thats a BIG plus!- but #068 needs a lot of work. I don`t talk here the silly Pebble-Beach restorations which might impress jugdes with strange hats and red trousers on. The interior is in fantastic condition and the leather needs only a intensive cleaning, thats all. But under the carpets you see that it needs work to avoid upcoming rust. IMO chassis #068 is not the prettiest 1500 but it should deserve a good presentation. Ciao! Walter
Thanks Walter for responding. From the pics it looked decent, but I am still trying to learn what decent means when looking at a Maserati. Erik
This little article from Classic & Sportscar from November 2006 explains how it was in storage for 30 years. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Boudewijn, ...unfortunately the car was not correctly "restored" when in Argentina after that C&SC-feature!! Ciao! Walter
Walter, I believed the first A6 1500 was #051, shown in 1946, this one being the third: #053. Best Boudewijn Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Boudewijn, yep, you are right. But as you can see I correct myself in the previous post! The early A6G-1500`s are a bit mysterious (as so many Maseratis!): we know that at least one Cabriolet was existing. Nobody knows what happened to it and which chassis it was. Most likely is, that it was rebodied to Coupé-version. I believe it was #052 that was later fitted with a Zagato-coachwork. Then we have the early car that came first with covered headlamps. It would be interesting to investigate #049 a little closer on the inner front section. But it could also possible that it was -again- #052 before it went to Zagato. Ciao! Walter
Walter, by saying the first A6 1500 was numbered #051 I indirectly said #049 never existed. Best Boudewijn
Boudewijn, to my knowledge #041 existed. The car was in Amaranto-colour. Perhaps another Maser-mystery! Ciao! Walter
