1960 Maserati 3500 GT Touring Coupé
- Engine
- 3.5L DOHC inline-six with triple Weber 42DCOE6 carburettors, 220 bhp
Chassis 954 is a right-hand-drive Maserati 3500 GT Touring coupé, built on 14 July 1960 and delivered new through the official UK concessionaire in Lancashire. Powered by a twin-cam 3,485 cc straight-six derived from Maserati's racing programme, it is a rare survivor in right-hand-drive specification. Its most notable attribute is an unbroken single-owner custodianship since 1964, during which it accumulated modest mileage, spent seventeen years in careful storage, and received a full engine rebuild in 2009 by Maserati specialist Bill McGrath.
Ownership
- —Auction saleSold £117,600 (≈ $147K)
- 1960-07-14 → 1964Factory deliveryColin Murray (official UK Maserati concessionaire), Fleetwood, Lancashirefull documentation
Factory records confirm delivery to the authorized UK dealer on the date of manufacture; car subsequently moved to London by 1964.
- 1964 →Private saleCurrent owner (26 years old at acquisition in 1964)partial documentation
Purchased from a dealer on Edgware Road, London; used extensively for daily driving and family holidays in the late 1960s, then stored from 1971 to 1988, and regularly driven and maintained thereafter.
Competition
No competition history extracted from the catalogue.
Maintenance & restoration
- 1988Service
Car was brought out of seventeen years of storage and recommissioned for active use.
Stored from 1971; recommissioning date given as 1988.
- 2009Engine rebuildBill McGrath
The original matching-numbers six-cylinder engine received a comprehensive rebuild; additional mechanical work included fitting a new clutch and replacement fuel pumps.
Invoices and photographs documenting this work are retained with the car.
- 2012MechanicalBill McGrath
Front suspension overhauled with replacement ball joints fitted.
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