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Solved - NEH 1964: Maserati 150GT Spyder Fantuzzi - 1957
« on: August 01, 2012, 12:04:51 PM »
And for my last easy Rookie point for today, what's this, by whom and from when?

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Re: NEH 1964
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2012, 12:50:41 PM »
Daimler?
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Re: NEH 1964
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2012, 03:05:03 PM »
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Re: NEH 1964
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2012, 06:12:32 AM »
Italian ?
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Re: NEH 1964
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2012, 06:27:56 AM »
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Re: NEH 1964
« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2012, 06:55:59 AM »
Touring bodied?
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Re: NEH 1964
« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2012, 07:34:44 AM »
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Re: NEH 1964
« Reply #7 on: August 02, 2012, 03:03:06 PM »
Maserati ?
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Re: NEH 1964
« Reply #8 on: August 02, 2012, 03:15:10 PM »
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Re: NEH 1964
« Reply #9 on: August 02, 2012, 04:16:12 PM »
Maserati 3500 GT Vignale Spyder from 1959 (went into production in 1960 I think)
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Re: NEH 1964
« Reply #10 on: August 02, 2012, 06:22:11 PM »
Quote from: mekubb on August 02, 2012, 04:16:12 PM
Maserati 3500 GT Vignale Spyder from 1959 (went into production in 1960 I think)

One of my top all-time favourite cars (pictured below)!
But that's not what it is...

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Re: NEH 1964
« Reply #11 on: August 03, 2012, 09:48:35 AM »
It looks pretty much like a Vignale, but is it a Ghia body ?
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Re: NEH 1964
« Reply #12 on: August 03, 2012, 09:52:31 AM »
Quote from: mekubb on August 03, 2012, 09:48:35 AM
It looks pretty much like a Vignale, but is it a Ghia body ?

Similar era of course.
It's neither by Vignale nor Ghia.
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Re: NEH 1964
« Reply #13 on: August 03, 2012, 05:48:22 PM »
I was focussing on the wrong model, it is a Maserati 1500 GT Fantuzzi Spider from 1956
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Re: NEH 1964
« Reply #14 on: August 03, 2012, 06:39:42 PM »
Quote from: mekubb on August 03, 2012, 05:48:22 PM
I was focussing on the wrong model, it is a Maserati 1500 GT Fantuzzi Spider from 1956

Almost but not quite accurate.
Although it's a Fantuzzi-bodied Maserati with a 1500cc 4-cylinder engine what model is it again?!
Locked for you to have another look and just get that final bit right so you can have your point!
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Re: NEH 1964
« Reply #15 on: August 03, 2012, 07:51:38 PM »
I assume that you mean Maserati 150 S Spider as right answer.

In literature the same car is also referred to as 1500 GT as far as I have been able to find out. But what's the difference, it's a strikingly beautiful car !
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Re: NEH 1964
« Reply #16 on: August 04, 2012, 07:58:16 AM »
Quote from: mekubb on August 03, 2012, 07:51:38 PM
I assume that you mean Maserati 150 S Spider as right answer.

In literature the same car is also referred to as 1500 GT as far as I have been able to find out. But what's the difference, it's a strikingly beautiful car !

150 GT Spyder it is.
It's called that because it was based on the 150S sports/racer, in fact the only road car to be so, so it's one of a kind.

Here are a couple more pictures of it:


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Re: Solved - NEH 1964: Maserati 150GT Spyder - 1957
« Reply #17 on: August 04, 2012, 08:09:24 AM »
May be even better looking than the 3500 Vinale Spyder ?
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Re: Solved - NEH 1964: Maserati 150GT Spyder - 1957
« Reply #18 on: August 04, 2012, 08:14:06 AM »
Quote from: mekubb on August 04, 2012, 08:09:24 AM
May be even better looking than the 3500 Vinale Spyder ?

Ooh - not sure!
But it is a beauty and probably smaller than it might appear in pictures.
Not enough cylinders though!
It's RHD and appears in other photos with a Jersey registration number (where I think they have an overall speed limit of 30 mph...) so I wonder if it spent its whole life there?
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Re: Solved - NEH 1964: Maserati 150GT Spyder Fantuzzi - 1957
« Reply #19 on: October 16, 2012, 07:38:46 AM »
Here's a colour photo of the car now, as it heads for auction:

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Re: Solved - NEH 1964: Maserati 150GT Spyder Fantuzzi - 1957
« Reply #20 on: October 16, 2012, 04:39:58 PM »
A true beauty !
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Re: Solved - NEH 1964: Maserati 150GT Spyder Fantuzzi - 1957
« Reply #21 on: October 27, 2012, 03:14:32 AM »
Lovely car :)
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Re: Solved - NEH 1964: Maserati 150GT Spyder Fantuzzi - 1957
« Reply #22 on: December 14, 2012, 06:51:11 AM »
It's being described by the Auctioneers as being originally built as an A6 GCS sports-racer in 1953, but it was sent back to the factory in 1954 to be converted into the prototype for the 300S.  In 1957 this Fantuzzi body was fitted, and they say this car is known as "Little Rocket"..  News to me!
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