| Author | Message | ||
| Jeff B. (Miltonian)
Member Username: Miltonian Post Number: 655 Registered: 12-2002 |
The "healthy looking guy" is Guerino Bertocchi, Maserati's famous tester/technician. It is generally regarded that Zagato screwed up Costin's design for the body on the Le Mans car. But in this picture, "Workmen have just finished assembling the aluminum body of the Maserati 4500. Happy with the result, they pose for the souvenir photo." Hey, who cares about winning?  | ||
| James Lee (Aventino)
Junior Member Username: Aventino Post Number: 141 Registered: 6-2003 |
Cool. This is the picture I saw about 20 years ago. Isn't the healthy looking guy on the right one of the Maserati brothers? Doesn't seem like, in any of the advertising I see for the 4200, that they use their illustrious history as much as they could. | ||
| Boudewijn Berkhoff (Boudewijn)
Member Username: Boudewijn Post Number: 264 Registered: 5-2003 |
Already shortly after Le Mans 4501 had a different body. This is a pic some years after Le Mans with Ferrari writer Hans Tanner on the left.  | ||
| Thomas I (Wax)
Member Username: Wax Post Number: 695 Registered: 7-2003 |
Drool | ||
| Matt Bradley (Ghostridr)
Junior Member Username: Ghostridr Post Number: 136 Registered: 12-2002 |
If the pic of the star-flared headlight-area-car, is how it orginally looked in it's day, and the Pebble Beach is how it looks now, then I call that Blesphemy, otherwise incredible (not sure what I'm looking at). | ||
| James Lee (Aventino)
Junior Member Username: Aventino Post Number: 137 Registered: 6-2003 |
Thanks Boudewijn, I didn't know it had gone through a complete restoration. Looks stunning. | ||
| Boudewijn Berkhoff (Boudewijn)
Member Username: Boudewijn Post Number: 262 Registered: 5-2003 |
Here is a pic of 4512 when it raced Le Mans in 1957 and was still 4501. The second is from Pebble this year where it stood after a complete restoration by the present owner Alfredo Brener.   | ||
| James Lee (Aventino)
Junior Member Username: Aventino Post Number: 135 Registered: 6-2003 |
Anyone got a picture of #4512 in Zagato bodywork? Man, that was beautiful. | ||
| Boudewijn Berkhoff (Boudewijn)
Member Username: Boudewijn Post Number: 259 Registered: 5-2003 |
You might be right James. | ||
| James Glickenhaus (Napolis)
Advanced Member Username: Napolis Post Number: 2925 Registered: 10-2002 |
Boudewijn I bet that's where a birdcage would be. I bet a 450 would be 2-3. | ||
| Boudewijn Berkhoff (Boudewijn)
Member Username: Boudewijn Post Number: 258 Registered: 5-2003 |
Andrew, 10 were made: #4501 through #4510, with chassisno's 4511 and 4512 assigned to engines only. #4501 was the Costin-Zagato car, later renumbered 4512. #4507 was heavily crashed in the Caracas GP of 1957 as well and was written off. So of the original 450's the Costin car included 9 survive. 10 years ago a 450 was sold for $1.1 million. I guess today they would go for $1-2. | ||
| Andrew Menasce (Amenasce)
Intermediate Member Username: Amenasce Post Number: 1782 Registered: 10-2001 |
How much is one of those worth ? how many remaining ? | ||
| Boudewijn Berkhoff (Boudewijn)
Member Username: Boudewijn Post Number: 257 Registered: 5-2003 |
BTW the Behra car is #4503 again. | ||
| Boudewijn Berkhoff (Boudewijn)
Member Username: Boudewijn Post Number: 256 Registered: 5-2003 |
My pleasure Jeff. | ||
| Jeff B. (Miltonian)
Member Username: Miltonian Post Number: 646 Registered: 12-2002 |
Excellent job, Boudewijn! It's like having a front row seat at every Italian Car Show when you post your pictures - thank you for sharing! | ||
| Boudewijn Berkhoff (Boudewijn)
Member Username: Boudewijn Post Number: 255 Registered: 5-2003 |
I will show you a pic of most of the chassisno's that is 4502, 4503, 4504, 4505, 4506, 4508, 4509, 4510 and 4511. The last one is a replica.          | ||
| Jeff B. (Miltonian)
Member Username: Miltonian Post Number: 645 Registered: 12-2002 |
The 450S driven by Jean Behra, winning the Swedish GP in August 1957.  | ||
| Andrew Menasce (Amenasce)
Intermediate Member Username: Amenasce Post Number: 1764 Registered: 10-2001 |
this car is soo beautiful. | ||
| Jeff B. (Miltonian)
Member Username: Miltonian Post Number: 644 Registered: 12-2002 |
Thank you, Vincent! I have a room full of old books and magazines, I love digging up material like this, even though I should be asleep at this hour. | ||
| Vincent (Vincent348)
Intermediate Member Username: Vincent348 Post Number: 1111 Registered: 4-2003 |
Jeff, you rule! when you're in Napa dinner is on me. Vincent. | ||
| Jeff B. (Miltonian)
Member Username: Miltonian Post Number: 642 Registered: 12-2002 |
Here is the famous ending of 450S #4503, Caracas GP, November 3, 1957. Driver Harry Schell survived with burns on his arms.  | ||
| Thomas I (Wax)
Member Username: Wax Post Number: 677 Registered: 7-2003 |
Oh, my... that's motoring right along, isn't it? | ||
| Michael Bradley (Kafugelum308)
New member Username: Kafugelum308 Post Number: 7 Registered: 6-2003 |
Try http://members.lycos.nl/alfaromeos/maserati13.html | ||
| SaF (S4f355)
New member Username: S4f355 Post Number: 2 Registered: 10-2003 |
ANYONE HAVE ANY PICS ON THE MASERATI 450S ? IF SO PLEASE POST THEM... REGARDS SAF |