That green A6-1500 is stunning! Walter, are you sure that the green A6-1500 is s/n 089? If so, that is a very important car with period race history. What more do you know about the car and its owners. I need to really dig deep but somewhere I have the cancelled registration documents stating that 089 was scrapped after a road accident circa 1953. Also, Frank Mandarano offered for sale or was selling for the owner at one time the engine block and some other engine parts for 089. I think Paul Merrigan may have ended up with some of the pieces Frank had for sale. Cheers, Bill
Bill, currently I am not in my office as we have a bank holiday in The Fatherland. Will check and respond to you on tuesday. Ciao! Walter
I doubt that this car is #089, one of just five A6 1500s fitted with triple carbs and other sporting mods. The true s/n should be easy to determine, however, as this car was restored not long ago at the Candini workshop in Modena. Below are other photos of the car taken from the workshop's website at http://www.candinimodena.net/gallery.htm. A single-carburetor engine and back seat are clearly visible, both indications that this is not one of the five. There are other photos on Candini's webpages of two single-cam A6 engines fitted with triple carbs of different configurations, at least one of which I would presume to be a retrofit. Surely Candini would not have installed a single-carb engine if this car was truly #089. My guess is that this is either #080, 081 or 082. Don Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
PS - Too bad that they removed the trafficators. Also the upholstery does not seem to follow original patterns. But the engine compartment sure looks nice.
Two more shots of s/n 2124 in Brescia. Photos: Cris Bertschi. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
has anyone seen THIS a6g 1500 reently.. Here is a pic a friend of mine took in Modena 1977.. for sale very cheap... I was 14 :-( Telaio 052 ? Did Zagato make one Panoramica or two? ciaoo Niklas Image Unavailable, Please Login
Terrific photo, Niklas. It is indeed #052, apparently the only Zagato. Restored around 2001, but reportedly many details were simplified. Source of photos is unknown to me. Best, Don Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Bill, here we go: s/n089 registered in ITaly on plate PD 210339 From original copy of sheet n° 36920, book n° 370, Series I from Reggio Emilias PRA, on date 28/2/1948. 10/6/1949 sold new to Principe Arturo Pignatelli with residence in Torino. 12/3/1953 sold to Ditta Immobiliare Elvo Torino. 4/6/1954 sold to Giovanni Coni Castellamare di Stabia (NA) 8/7/1954 Re-inscription at Giovanni Coni at number: NA 54569. 1/8/1958 sold to Emilio Storchi Fermi S. Martino in Rio (RE) 27/8/1958 Re-inscription at Emilio Storchi Fermi at number: RE 36920. 26/2/1968 sold to Giulio Dubbini (Padova) (declaration of sale, registered in Bologna). 10/7/1968 New licence of circulation n° PD 210339 (issued at 21/6/1968) to: Giulio Dubbini, born in Padoa at 13/9/1929, Principal of Industry Toasting (Coffee), Via Euganea, 21 Padoa. Price: Lire 200.000. 16/3/1979 sold to: Giuseppe Strippoli, born in Rome at 16/6/1938 Via Duchessa di Galliera, n°6-Rome. 16/3/1979 Issued copy of this sheet to Romas PRA for the new immatriculation plate (but the car never had a Roma- plate). 9/9/1982 sale authenticate by notary Mr. Colombi at 14/6/1982, from Giuseppe Strippoli to: Edoardo Bertola, born in Lonato (BS) at 21/3/1945 and with residence in Via Rassica n° 5 Lonato (Brescia) 9/9/1982 Issued copy of this sheet to Brescias PRA for the new immatriculation plate 29/10/1986 declaration of sale authenticate by notary Mr. Rotondo at 7/8/1986, from Edoardo Bertola to: ANTARES Import-Export Srl Via Marx 95/C , Carpi (Modena). 29/10/1986 Issued copy of this sheet to Modenas PRA for the new immatriculation Supplettivo, book N° 3683: 10/4/1987 Sold (15/12/1986) from ANTARES Import-Export Srl to Golden car of Bertola Edoardo & C., Via lechi n° 1 Brescia, Price: Lire 30.000.000. Writen in the complementary sheet and NOT in the paper of circulation. (for not change the immatriculation plates and to preserve the old number: PD 210339) 10/4/1987 Issued copy of this sheet to Brescias PRA for the new immatriculation plate 26/2/1988 sold to Anita Emma Rosa Friedlander (Wife of collector Alberto Procovio), born in Milan at 25/3/193... Via T.Taramelli n° 60, Milan. Price: Lire 20.000.000. 24/7/1990 sold to Procovio`s company OSCRA S.R.L. Via del Caravaggio n° 4 Milan Price: Lire 27.000.000 2009 still with Procovio -near Florence, ITaly You see, the car was always in Italy, and yep, even as a late car it had only a singe-carb. Ciao! Walter
Don, on the middle-photo you see the 200S/250S #2409 when it was owned by Corrado Cuppelini in the mid-90ies! So, the car was in Italy in the 90ies ...and until today (see my previous post on this thread!). Ciao! Walter
I like the green A6-1500. Lots of updates / changed features but most of the surviving example have gotten these over the years. Not so sure but the car may have taken on the identity of 089 sometime around 1953. Possibly as a tax savings replacement after a road / racing accident. Does anyone have actual access to this car to confirm the chassis number, how it is stamped and where it is stamped? Is the engine alloy or magnesium block? How and where are the engine numbers stamped? If it is 089 as originally built, I believe it to be one of the few A6-1500s built primarily for racing and one with some early race history. I used to keep card files before computer days but having an impossible time finding my early post-war and pre-war Maserati stuff at the moment. I love the mysteries that surround some of these magnificent machines! Many thanks to all who continue to contribute. Cheers, Bill
WOW thats a cool photo. 086 was originally owned by ISAbella Quarantotti Ipollito. Very interesting the names on the plate attached to the front! Cheers, Bill
Also, 086 was originally painted light gray which was rare for the limited production run of these cars. Is the driver a woman wearing a scarf around her head??? Cheers, Bill
Bill, I wish your hunch was right. But I just happen to have a registry stating that on 3 March 1954, #070 was registered to Franco Croci, retaining the registration Roma 181021. Later that year he drove it with Isa Pola under race number 84 in the Rallye Autom. del Cinema, taking 54th overall. The registry also states that #070 was "cancell' d'ufficio" as of 1989. Perhaps still somewhere in Rome looking like Niklas' photo ? The only anomaly is that in the original delivery records compiled by E. Hofer and printed in Vol 5, No 2 of Viale Ciro Menotti, the color is listed as "dark". Maybe a repaint after four years ? Many thanks for the photo, Boudewijn. I agree with Bill, great fun. And here's a photo of Isabella Quarantotti de Filippo, without scarf. Don PS - She became de Filippo after divorcing Ippolito, with Alec Smith in between Image Unavailable, Please Login
According to my records, s/n070 was completed on April 8, 1950 and sold new to SILP (Stabilimenti Industriale Laloraz Piombo) -Firenze, I. Does your registration papers state any prior registration from that city? Ciao! Walter
This is s/n067 in the movie "Domenica d`Agosto (1950), directed by Luciano Emmer. I like this atmosphere of Italy in that period. The car at that time was owned by Carla Cavanna. She was from Genoa but had the car always registered on Roman-plates. Anybody more infos about her in connection to this movie? Ciao! Walter Image Unavailable, Please Login
Walter, what I see is that #070 was completed sometime in 1949, given an "anno fabbricaz." of 1950 and first sold on the date you mention to Stabilimento Industriale Lavorazione Piombo under an FI?????? plate. Around May 1952 it was changed to plate Roma163???, and then on 19 June 1953 to plate Roma181021. In Rome one owner (perhaps not the first) was Mario Perri di Gaetano, then on 3 March 1954 to Croci. Don
...in 1981! New to Guislio Sorgato -Milan/I Much later the car belonged for many years to the collection of Alberto Riverbi, the Swiss Maserati importer. Original color was green. Riverbi let it restored and repainted in the typical "Amaranto"It was sold on May 1, 1999 in an auction in Toffen/CH. Ciao! Walter Image Unavailable, Please Login
Hi Walter, you might want to check this against Hofer's Record of Original Delivery, which indicates #064 sold new to Luigi Bressani in Milano on 1 August 1949, color Amaranth (through dealer Franco Cortese). Sorgati purchased #065. This car was then in California during the '70s and '80s. The '81 photo was taken after acquisition by David Paynter, who traded a Ferrari 250 GTE plus cash for it. #064 was among various Maseratis sold by Simon Kidston at Bonhams & Brooks' Monaco auction in May 2001 (officially it was NS at Toffen in '99), price FF 1,005,000 including buyer's premium. Photos attached here are from the catalog. Issues I see are: color is more red than Amaranth; dash should be exterior color; upholstery pattern is not original; trafficators removed (and signal lights added); and Pininfarina badges missing. The front bumper and chromed rims are anomalous, but seem to match a very early photo of the car. Best, Don Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Walter, sorry to seem like your nemesis but Carla Cavanna Ceranesi acquired #067 on 9 February 1950 and re-registered it in Genova under GE48???. While registered under MO20060 (and filmed in the movie) the car was owned by Alessandro Bonacini of Modena, the original purchaser. Don
....ooooops! Huh ...I made a typo here! Sorry for the confusion! Don, of course you are right here! Ciao! Walter
Don, correct! Bonacini purchased the car on 15. Jan 1949 and paid 1,700,000 Lira for it! In May 1961 it was registered with its 3rd owner Giorgio Legnailoi in Florence, Italy. Ciao! Walter
