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450S in Sweden?

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  1. FastFreddie

    FastFreddie Formula Junior

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    #1 FastFreddie, Dec 13, 2022
    For the next issue of the bulletin of the Swedish Maserati club, we have made an inventory of all Maserati in Sweden. There are websites where you can track all cars. To our surprise there is supposed to exist a 450S from 1957 in Sweden. Can this be true? No one every heard about it or saw it.
     
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  2. wbaeumer

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    #2 wbaeumer, Dec 13, 2022
    One 450S was existing in Sweden, owned by Hans Thulin. It was chassis #4510. Thulin went bancrupt in around 1991 and the car was taken over by Optima Bank which also went bancrupt one year later. A German industrialist took over the car with its broken engine. The car was restored and sold in 1998 to the USA.

    Currently there is -according to my humble knowledge- no genuine (!) 450S located in Sweden.
     
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  3. FastFreddie

    FastFreddie Formula Junior

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    #3 FastFreddie, Dec 13, 2022
    Thank you Walter, that is what I thought
     
  4. Nembo1777

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    #4 Nembo1777, Dec 14, 2022
    Hans Thulin certainly bought iconic cars for a spell at that time.

    Just then, late 80's early 90's, I was visiting family in Sweden walking around Stockholm on a shopping day on Regeringsgatan (street) walking on the block where Akademi book store now is, when my jaw dropped: a totally unexpected sight in the lobby of an upscale office building: a Bugatti Royale.

    Now there are about six in the world, they are Unicorns, they are huge to the point of being gigantic so seeing one is always an experience..and this was so totally unexpected...

    It was the one Thulin owned for a while.

    It would be nice to unearth some photos of 450S #4510 when it was in Sweden: Fredric there is your challenge for the Swedish club old timers:)
     
  5. wbaeumer

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    #5 wbaeumer, Dec 14, 2022
    Yep, would be great to find photos of the car in Sweden. Thulin participated also in the MM where he broke the engine of the car.
     
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  6. Timmmmmmmmmmy

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    #6 Timmmmmmmmmmy, Jan 17, 2023
    Thulin was also behind the Sothebys sale of a GTO for record money which was never paid. The finance only lasted so long!
     
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