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Many thanks, Nik! What a beautiful car, remarkably similar to Ferrari 212 Export #0128. It really deserves to be finished.
I believe the Maserati brothers created OSCA after they left Maserati ... thus which is really more a Maserati? Pete
This OSCA - the ex Gig Villoresi Vignale re-bodied car, has surfaced about 9 months ago, and has since been shopped around. Its for sale. I received 3 different offers from three different dealers. Its pretty complete, although to date i have not seen the engine compartment. As a side note, they is a period re-body on a Morreli Spyder body (arguably more significant) and has a body remarkably similar to the Vignale bodied Cunningham C3. On the face an interesting car, but not Vignale's finest. It does appear in the Zagari OSCA book with a period picture (look at the MT4 section) rgds elad
Yes .. tHIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST CARS AND HAD A SILURO BODY, AND WAS REBODIED IN 53 ?? For sale sale in firenze as is FOR A LOT OF EUROS
It is definitely not the question which or what is more a Maserati! The OSCA`s are fantastic cars - but non of them are bearing the name Maserati on it!!! And...there is an OSCA-tread on this Forum. So...? Ciao! Walter
Thanks very much for the insights. Perhaps not the very finest of Vignale's efforts (compared with, for example, an Abarth 205 . . .), but with both Vignale and Zagato I find character more interesting then beauty. Don
Walter, greatly enjoyed spending the evening with you at Pocono. Sorry the weather caused us to bail out early (literally and figuratively). It has taken until this past week for the inside of the car to dry out. Didn't know Crump ever had an A6 1500 (he writes so disparagingly about them in Maserati Road Cars). Absence of a hood scoop suggests a s/n lower than #090, but that looks like peeling original paint. According to the Hofer record of original delivery, it appears that no light-colored cars were sold until #098. So I'm stumped. Best, Don
Don, yep, it was a very nice evening with you and your son at Skytop Lodge! The weather on Saturday was more for the Andrea Doria who also sunk in misty weather....! Back to this 1500: Did you notice the the side indicator near the door in the front fender? Ciao! Walter
Sure, it is a proper trafficator like they all once had. This one hasn't fallen completely back into the fender however, perhaps it is jammed by some debris. The clearances are relatively narrow. The car seems quite original, which actually makes it more difficult to identify. It is subsequent modifications such as front signal lights that make certain cars easier to identify. The front vent grills and absence of a hood scoop are somewhat indicative, but it could still be any one of at least thirty cars, most of which became lost during the '50s leaving no photographic record.
You're asking me ? I've not had the pleasure, only seen his books. Having just recently come back to cars of this era after more than thirty years doing other things, I'm just a neophyte who happened to acquire some interesting files along with a few cars. Don
Magnus, whom do you ask? If you meant me - no, I never met Crump. I spoke to him twice by phone regarding a restoration-project I had at that time. Ciao! Walter
