from the movie The Swimming Pool (La Piscine) . That's Alain Delon driving, a lovey Jane Birkin also seen.
Yep, But there are more footage with the Ghibli. The first when the car appeared and Romy Schneider gently thouches the lines of the front fender....! The car was AM115.554 1968, "verde gemma"/tan, July 12., 1968 new to a Mr. Kaalfunder -Carinzia/A later to THEPENIER -Paris/F, re-painted d.-red/black, featured in a famous car-sequence in the movie "La piscine/The Swimmingpool" with Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet and Romy Schneider in 1968 (reg. TY 15-75) sold after the film in August 1968 to Mr Real del SARTE -??/F 2001/2 supposed to be destroyed. The engine was recently sold seperately. Ciao! Walter
And since this year, the movie is available on Blu-ray with better video-quality (colour, solution). Regards, Hendrik
Fantastic film - fantastic car! There is a reason why the real connoisseurs had Ghiblis that time - no F (or even L -) cars. Currently more on www.alfieri-maserati.co.uk Some great documents from the time about the car and the film.
I loved the film. That's right Enrico's site is the reference for every Maserati Enthusiasth The #115.554 seems to have been rosso rubino from the begining from what Enrico says in the story, and not repainted in France ? Where did you get the information ?
Because the original delivery papers from THEPENIER are still existing! Yes, Erico`s (Henry Peder) site is very interesting and he is a very warm and charming character. I really like him. He is GREAT on everything Biturbo - but with the classic- and racing cars his site contains a lot (!!) of errors! Ciao! Walter
I understand your answer Walter, you have the right information from the initial "source". So if the car was green, why is it mentionned in his article that it came directly from the factory in rosso rubino . Maybe another "officine" mystery...
Perhaps it was painted first in green and was later repainted in Rosso Rubino! It was sold to THEPENIER as a "used car". Very often a common practice to repaint a car when delivered to its 2nd owner. Ciao! Walter
Thanks Walter for your Answer. In that case could you give me the name of a forum of a site for the "Classic" Maserati, with reliable informations. Thanks
What is your definition of "reliable"? You find quite reliable infos here on this forum. Biggest mistake of most Maserati forums is that they forgot that the history of Maserati contains cars, worth millions to cars that are crap! To establish a "Maserati-Site" means -In my humble opinion!- that is has to contain ALL types. In this case the infos should be correct with all cars -from the $$$$$$$$$-450s to the ct-Biturbos! Enrico is strong on the Biturbo issue, but with the rest and particular the race cars he has not much knowledge! His site is great but its more for the owners of common cars, who treat their Maseratis -the cars of the Kings!- enthusiasticly like the common Triumph while the folks on the Ferrari section are really (!) discussing the histories of their cars and sort a lot on discrepancies. Our forum here is strong on all sorts of GT-cars, modern and old - but here enthusiasts of the racing cars see all the dozends of "Hey-look-how-I-paint-my-QPIII"-photos and -perpaps- say "Bye-Bye!" then. I am interested in EVERYTHING Maserati (Ok, the QPIII and all this Biturbos don`t rule my world) - but also make mistakes. We are all humans so we all are making mistakes. Ciao! Walter
Walter You have to update your files, a friend of mine just send me a confimation : The #115.554 was originally built for the dealer in Palermo in Rosso rubino/black leather. It was finshed on 8/8/1968 and, on the same date, it was shipped and invoiced to Agence Maserati in Paris for the film "La Piscine". I hope this will help. Angus.
You need a translator on this one Walter. It's unclear what you're trying to say in some parts of this?
Checked out the film on Netflix, loved the car, thought the film was pretty lame and I am a fan of Romy and Alain and Italian/French films in general
I liked the film very much as it shows the athmosphere of the late 60s/early70s in Southern France. Ciao! Walter
