450S #4509 to RM - Monterey 2022

Resto was done many years ago andin still non-restored condition with a total lesser resto-standard than today. The car very original when it came to Europe after Hayashi had sold it. It was exhibited in by dealer Klaus Werner in Germany at a car show in 1996 where I saw it. When sold to the USA it received a resto that was not correct in all details. If you think different, OK, you may do so...
No doubts about Oscar`s taste for cars and his sources but the absolute majority of his other cars -particular the Bugatti and the Ferrari 375MM- had a "story"...

 

It was Dragone who restored the car not correctly in all aspects.

 

The car was offered to me 3 months ago. Discussed it with a potential buyer but at the end it was a wise decision not to buy it.
However, the car is not a simple 450S-replika fitted with the common Ghibli engine like so many wanna-be`s. Its technically 100% correct to the real thing.

 

Walter, thank you for the info.
This car looks to me to be indeed a very nice re-creation and race car.
I am not a potential buyer (no such money available!) but curious anyway why it would not be a good buy.
Could you say a little bit more about the technicalities that inhibited the purchase by your customer?

 

It was simply the fact that it is not a real 450S. Its a very good replica, nothing less - but also nothing more!

 

Thank you Walter

 

The A6G-2000 Spider by Zagato, chassis #2101, a one-off, was sold post auction to a collector in the USA.

 

This reminds me of that huge English Maserati enthusiast Anthony Hartley's (rip) magnificent recreation of Maserati's majestic Tipo V4 16 cylinder engine and chassis by himself from factory drawings.
An incredible feat for a single individual

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The car resides now in Germany since about 7 or 8 years! Another 16-cyl.-V5 replica -but with an original motor!!- is in Italy!

 

That's a shame. The recreation engine deserves recognition for the effort. How could it possibly be original to the car when the car is not?

 

Walter,

Where did they ever find a second motor? That must be quite a story. Can you give any background on the search and successful sourcing of the second original motor?

 

The 2nd 16-cyl.-engine have been found in a boat many years ago. My friend bought it and got the approval by the factory and Cozza to make a replica. Anthony Hartley did an extensive research about the 16 and so did my friend in Italy.
I arranged a meeting between both enthusiasts on a Maserati Club meeting in Germany and I never forget seeing both chaps sitting on the ground like little boys, discussing the technical problems and sollutions, surrounded by tons of drawings and other paper work.
I remember that Anthony once mentioned to me that the entire 16-cyl.-motor has about 3,500 parts...
The engine itsself is a piece of Art.
In the early 1930s, the car was very, very fast. But made fastest lap on the Avus race circuit in Berlin, Germany. But the tyres....
They were the weak point of the car.

 

I'm guessing that the engine was based on joining two straight eight cylinder engine or maybe not. But Maserati had a history of doing that as the V-8 engines had a connection to the straight four cylinder engine used in the 150, 200 and 250 engines used for racing.

 

YEs, they combined 2 V8 engines. It was a huge attempt by that small company in the very late 20s/early 30s. But what a machine!!!!

 

Look to my post #65

 

450S, chassis #4509 is now owned in Germany.