'62 Maserati 5000GT

OK, that clearifies it! Thanks for the info.

Ciao!
Walter

 

Here are 2 images from the car when exhibited in Turin in the mid-60ies.

© Walter Bäumer Collection

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Walter
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I have the autosprint issue where the" 5000 Vignale" was presented and, yes cleary specified is a 4700cc Maser engine...

 

Here are a few photos of marine 450S engines I bought back in mid 80's. There were 7 blocks in total ranging from std 450 up to 6.7 litres as part of package used by a well known hydroplane racer in Australia in late 50' early 60's. I sold them on to Us & I believe some ended with Kaus & replica 151 & with another car in US.
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Can you recall WHEN you sold those engines?

But this pics are better placed in a 450S-thread rather than in this 5000GT-section!

Ciao!
Walter

 

Do you have the serial numbers on the engines?

 

I am thinking I bought all seven of them when I owned MIE.
Check one of your VCM's.
I sold all those engines and one went to the Honorable Lord Brocket. So we know where it is now. One day I need to write a book on the great law suit with his Lordship, which we won.
But when the detective went to the Channel Islands to have a peek at his bank account we found a measly 1300 pounds, hardly worth the effort to go after it.
His Lordship was a high brow con man way before Madoff.
He ultimately spent time in the big house and got married to the guy with the most cigarets and became someones, rimes with snitch only with a B.
Ciao,
FGM

 

I remember that episode Frank. Yes a book! And a classy story it would be! Could I suggest a title?

From Maserati's to Butt Boy, A Trial By Fire.

 

Love the title.

 

I read from earlier posts that the belief is that 022 is really a mexico - has this car now been sold?

 

I saw the car 4 months ago in L.A.It was still available at the time.I don't know if it's sold or not.It's definitely a mexico with the 5000gt vin tag.
jacques

 

Dear God! As a hard-core boat engine guy (a little late to the party tho), those pix are enough to make a grown boy cry.....sigh....

Frank; are any of them still in marine guise do you think? Or likely all stripped back to land motors.....

Tritone

 

Has anyone seen a 5000gt with power steering? I checked and a Ghibli power steering unit would bolt directly to the chassis without mods.Would that devalue the car if it had power steering assuming that all the original parts are retained?
Just thinking out loud!
Jacques

 

I really don't know where they all ended up. I did sell one to the Dis-Honorable Lord Brocket who made a fuss. The others I suspect are in various condition, either being used or waiting to be used.
Ciao,
FGM

 

Bad Idea. Shame on you Jacques.
Putting PS on a 5000 GT would be like putting PS on a 450S.

My $0.02.
Ciao,
FGM

 

Jacques,
...you are joking, eh??????

Ciao!
Walter

 

would like to get in touch with owner if possible?

 

A 450s probably can't be driven on the street on regular bases. I intend to drive the 5000gt and in the treacherous mountains where I live it sounds enticing. So you're all saying that I have to suffer and keep it pureUnderstand!
Jacques

 

Jacques,
The whole point of owning a vintage car, besides being the caretaker of History, is experiencing how things were at the time they were built, not making the car into something it never was.

So what if the A/C is anemic by todays standards, put down the windows. Remember power steering was not something that was unknown when the 5000S was built. It was common place, but Maserati choose not to put it on their most expensive and exclusive road car they ever built. Improving a 5000GT with power steering is really something that would be only beneficial when parking

Now if you want an area where the 5000GT really needs improvement, its the BRAKES or lack there of, but then again it wouldn't be a 5000GT without terrifying brakes.

Joe

 

Welcome back Jacques. I thought you had gone over to the dark side.
Ciao,
FGM

 

Hasanybody more old photos of #008, the 5000GT made by Pininfarina.

I like that one as it has quite muscular lines.
The car is currently with a German Collector.

Ciao!
Walter
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Cool car!
Almost identical to this Ferrari 400 SuperAmerica.
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Wow, these two are quite the pair. More info on these babies would be exciting!
Thanks, RF.

 

....almost, but the Maserati is obviously more pleasing to the eye

 

Here are some pics of 008 at Monterey in 2001
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