Is this the sexiest Maserati coupe ever....?

All 4 cars made came on request by "Mimo" Dei ro Pininfarina. It was a typical matter of Italian behavior of that time: PF was more or less closely connected to Ferrari. "El Drago" hated Maserati and therefor Pininfarina feared to loose the Ferrari-jobs when dealing with Maserati S.p.A. directly. So the order was placed by "Mimo" Dei, who was the main Maserati-dealer in Rome and founder of "Scuderia Centro Sud"! All 4 cars made were sold thru the the Rome-dealership.

Ciao!
Walter

 

In a rush, before leaving, a comment on Mimmo Dei. Yes, Walter is right. At that time Pinin Farina was quickly becoming a sort of official carrozzeria operating for Ferrari and this was not particularly appreciated in Viale Ciro Menotti...
Guglielmo "Mimmo" Dei was the Maserati and Pinin Farina dealer for Rome and it was therefore his own initiative to have four A6GCS chassis bodied in Turin. Maserati was not happy at all!
Sergio Pininfarina told me; "Dei was a good commercial operator at that time and he sold quite a few of our cars, mostly Fiat 1100 TV Pf coupes. It took us a while to get the money, but you know..."
This explain why Mimmo stressed his role in this episode by inserting a script with his name on those four cars. It might even be possible that Maserati suggested their presence.
If you notice, their characters are very much similar to those used in the classic "Pininfarina" script. I tend to believe that they were made in Turin by the same emblem and script supplier of the Turin atelier, or even directly by them.
To the best of my knowledge, no other car sold through Mimmo Dei ever had the same lovely script, but I might be wrong.
Franco Lombardi

 

FRanco,
you are right!

But its a strange perespective on the Ferrari-Maserati-Pininfarina reletionship as PF worked first for Maserati with their A6G-1500. Long before Ferrari got his first GT-car on the wheels. I strongly assume that it was PF that insisted on the "Mimmo" Dei "path" to hold the connection to Maranello. Ferrari had nothing to fear from Enzo....! But for sure all 4 cars were "Mimmo`s" idea!

Ciao!
Walter

 

Walter/Franco,
Many thanks for the replies - a fascinating story which of course (now that you have enlightened me) makes total sense. Much appreciated.

 

Frank,
great shots. Many thanks for posting them. Any more available....???

Ciao!
Walter

 

The Vignale A6G car had his name in a script on the trunk lid. The car won its class at Pebble so I think it is a correct detail.

 

Which one is this?

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Photo Copyright F-Chat member whose name I cannot recall...

 

John,
Yep - correct!

Seen on this pic (sorry - no better shots available!).

Ciao!
Walter
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Nope. You're all wrong. BiTurbo is the sexiest.


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LOL

Glad I checked in. Shes a beaut!

I love the low drag look.

Thanks Walter. I'll bet heat and noise are part of the picture. I'd grin and bear it!

 

Still amases me when I see the reproduction/restored cars with very smooth aluminium panels when the old school ones were just beaten on wood bucks then smoothed with body filler.

Denis

 

Hi Walter
I love these shame the Italians squashed some replicas.
I love the elegance of these I would love to do a replica.
The red car, which Chassis number is it?
Graeme

 

A -partly- non-correct replica made by AUTORESTAURO in Italy. The car belongs to Monsieur I. from Belgium.

Ciao!
Walter

 

Well, heat is ...eh...acceptable, same with noise - but the challenge is to get in ad -more important!!- to get out of the car!

Ciao!
Walter

 

Graeme,
there are 3 cars in red! Which one you prefer???? :)

Ciao!
Walter

 

Walter, this photo shows it better.
Best
Boudewijn
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Thanks Boudewijn. But is a little different from the PF-coupes!

Ciao!
Walter

 

Keeping us with my promise, here is a longer note on the Maserati A6GCS Pininfarina berlinettas.
I am placing it in attachment, being a long document. I hope it might work.
Ciao,
Franco Lombardi
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Yes, I made a mistake and attached a previous article written by my friend David Walmsley. Disregard it, please.
I hope I will be able to place now here the relevant note

Franco Lombardi
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Thank you for sharing the history of these wonderful Cars.

 

Hi Walter
My actual preference is the one with the more rectangular intake which I thought was the very last car
Cheers Graeme

 

Graeme,
you mean #2089?

Ciao!
Walter

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Franco, thanks for the detailed history on these cars. I saw your car first in the Netherlands in 2000.
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For me the other side (Prancing horse) 250 SWB was the sexiest until I saw this A6GCS that totally replaced it by far.... The lines are incredible, makes me shiver, such an incredible beauty....

Cheers
Carlo

 

This photo was taken at Valentino 1954. Was this a carshow or a "concorsa"?
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