I have always been curious about these… (no affiliation)....
I have always been curious about these… (no affiliation). https://www.ebay.com/itm/275164963106?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5337615457&customid=510024&toolid=10001&mkevt=1 Sent from my iPad using FerrariChat.com mobile app
Why not just show up when there is a local fire? Get to exercise the fire truck genes of this ex Quattroporte. Use it as intended...
Perhaps someone knows how this fire tender came to be? Perhaps it was tired customer car that was going to get scrapped? Though this text indicates the cars speed was the reason: Maserati Quattroporte 1 fire truck CEA This super fast Maserati Quattroporte fire truck was used on the Formula 1 circuit of Monza to get to the burning Formula 1 car as quickly as possible in case of fire. I remember years ago when I was speaking with Ing. Alfieri that back in the day they expected all customers cars to be scrapped after 4-5 years and certainly once newer and better models became available. The only reason I can think of as to why they would take a brand new model is that they wanted promotional value on the track. I bet a partially built car was modified and not a completed car. It would make for an interesting question for Mr. Cozza no?
Several were made very officially in period, used at Monza and other Italian circuits. People who don't know Motorsport don't realise tracks have trackdays and races dozens of times per year and need such safety vehicles. I saw two in person, one at Jean Guikas dealership storage in 2009, one with a friend in Zurich. Then there is this one in Belgium. This was NOT a backstreet job. All of these are properly documented as confirmed by Classiche.
They also had horrific wrecks back then. I'd still like to know if they started with an already fully completed car and then modified them or if they built these chassis/bodies/interiors with this in mind?
I just googled and found this: CEA made these a couple of years after QPI production ended so yes they bought used ones and modified them, they are well known. Obviously water is as heavy as it gets in terms of mass weight ratio so the amount of water they could carry without overwhelming the brakes and suspension was limited. https://www.secret-classics.com/en/maserati-quattroporte-fire-engine/ There was also a white Ghibli safety car you can see it in the photos and footage of Ronnie Peterson's accident at the Monza GP 78, he was my favorite driver at the time....
One of these appears briefly in this short period movie called "Ferrari 75". Skip to 10:23 Image Unavailable, Please Login
As far as I know 5 were built by Carrozzeria Grazia and all of them survived... 1 x Belgium the one for sale 1 x Switzerland 1 x Germany 1 x France 1 x Sold by Coys in 2019, fully restored. https://www.secret-classics.com/en/maserati-quattroporte-fire-engine Image Unavailable, Please Login
