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1972 Maserati Ghibli SS

AM115/49 2426roadItaly
Engine
4.9L V8
Colour
Metallic brown

A left-hand-drive 1972 Maserati Ghibli SS, finished in metallic brown over cream leather, and powered by the uprated 4.9-litre V-8 engine introduced with the mid-cycle SS revision. One of only 426 Ghibli SS coupes produced at Modena, it was first delivered to an Italian owner in South Tyrol and subsequently passed through a collector car dealership in Lombardy before receiving a documented engine rebuild and further service work in Germany. It is accompanied by a cancelled German Fahrzeugbrief.

Ownership

  1. Auction sale
    Sold €258,125 (≈ $284K)

    RM Sotheby's catalogue lot →

  2. 1972-11-29 →Factory delivery
    Angelo Calligione
    full documentation

    First owner, based in Merano, Italy. Took new delivery of the car finished in metallic brown over cream leather.

  3. 2012 →Private sale
    Auto Vergiate
    full documentation

    Collector car dealer and workshop located in Varese, Lombardy. Acquisition documented in the paperwork file. Arranged a full engine rebuild costing over €20,000 at the Santilli workshop in Perugia.

  4. Date unknownPrivate sale
    Second owner in Bolzano, South Tyrol
    partial documentation

    Based in Bolzano, same South Tyrol region as first owner. Acquired the car sometime in the mid-1990s.

  5. Date unknownPrivate sale
    German private buyer
    partial documentation

    Had servicing work totalling €1,550 carried out at Kipke Automobile in Hamburg in 2015. A cancelled German Fahrzeugbrief accompanies the car.

  6. Date unknownPrivate sale
    Mr. Guikas
    partial documentation

    Acquired the car from the German owner; the consignor offering the vehicle at auction.

Competition

No competition history extracted from the catalogue.

Maintenance & restoration

  1. 2015Service
    Kipke Automobile

    Routine servicing work costing €1,550, performed while the car was in German ownership.

    Workshop located in Hamburg, Germany. Cost documented.

  2. Engine rebuild
    Santilli

    Full engine rebuild carried out at a cost exceeding €20,000, undertaken after the car was acquired by Auto Vergiate.

    Workshop is located in Perugia. Cost documented in the car's file.

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