Maserati A6 1500 Pininfarina

After the factory had moved to Modena in 1940, the relationship between owner Adolfo Orsi and the Maserati brothers had quickly deteriorated, but they were bound by contract to work for the company they founded in until 1947. Fortunately their enthusiasm and dedication made sure their work did not suffer from the difficulties. While most of the Orsi family's factories were virtually destroyed in the second World War, the Maserati works suffered only minor damage, so production could begin shortly after the violence was over.

During the War the Maserati brothers continued the development work, which concentrated around a new six cylinder engine. In remembrance of their late brother Alfieri, the new engine was known internally as the A6. Simplicity of the design was key, as the engine was intended for a production car; the initial fixed cylinder head was quickly discarded because the performance advantage did not make up for the increased complexity. A novel feature was the valvetrain, which used rockers to actuate the valves and allowed for easy valve adjustments. In 1946 two conventional oval-tube frames were constructed for the new 1500 cc engine. The chassis were suspended by wishbones at the front and a live axle at the rear.

Pinin Farina was commissioned to body the first chassis while Zagato was responsible for the second chassis. Dubbed the '1500 Gran Turismo', the new car debuted at the 1947 Geneva Motorshow with the Pinin Farina Berlinetta body. Similar in design to the legendary Cisitalia coupes, the new Maserati was an obvious highlight of the show. A year later at the Turin show, a slightly more civilized, but equally appealing Pinin Farina design was debuted, which would form the basis of the production cars.

In late 1949 the factory debuted a more powerful engine. Triple Webers, higher compression, a more aggressive camshaft and an adjusted timing increased the power to 90 bhp. Four more cars were equipped by the factory with the '3C' package and a large number of the other cars were later retrofitted with the package. Overall performance was definitely increased, but at the end of 1950 the Maserati brother's last design was replaced by a more powerful 2-litre version of the 'six'.

Specific history of this car: Chassis 068 has been delivered new on the 9th February 1949 by Officine Maserati, painted in amaranth red. It was sold to a Mr Bayres who registered the car in Modena, Italy under “MO 20112”. In 1951 the car has been exported to Argentina which is documented by its first registration documents.

We have the information that 068 was one of two A6-G 1500 sold to Argentina and it is believed that at least one of the two cars has a national racing history, until today we can not confirm which of the two cars was involved in motor racing.

Very little is known about the later remaining of the Maserati in Argentina. Due to its registration papers it changed hands a few times, but remained in the country, before it was exported to Europe in 2007.

Today the car is presented in very original, unrestored and unmolested condition. The A6-G is still fully matching numbers and could easily be brought back to its old glory. The engine is running, but certainly is in need of a rebuild as well as the other mechanical components.

Only very rarely does one of the first Maserati road cars come to the market and this is a great opportunity to purchase a piece of Maserati history.

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