Maserati A6GCS Spider Pietro Frua 1953

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In 1953, Maserati introduced the A6GCS/53, a sports-racing car powered by a two-liter twin-cam inline six-cylinder engine. Almost all of these Maseratis were built for racing and claimed class wins at the Mille Miglia and captured the Italian Sports Car Championship. Originally fitted with the milder A6G top half, chassis 2110 was the third and last A6GCS chassis delivered to Pietra Frua. Although it arrived at Frua early in 1955, it was not completed until the fall of 1956. Pietra Frua designed over 210 vehicles, including for several German series manufacturers, and had a significant influence on the development of automotive design, especially in the 1960s.

 

Guglielmo “Mimmo” Dei, the official Maserati dealer in Rome who later founded the racing team Scuderia Centro Sud, commissioned three A6GCS/53 with spider bodywork by Frua. The design is regarded by most as Pietro Frua’s greatest contribution to the art of Italian coachbuilding, flawless in proportion and imbued with intricate details. It is an ideal marriage of the thoroughbred A6GCS/53 competition chassis with Pietro Frua’s magnificent coachwork. The result is an undisputed masterpiece of Italian design and one of the most beautiful and desirable sports cars from the 1950s.

 

Pietro Frua was an Italian automotive designer. He designed over 210 vehicles, including for several German series manufacturers, and had a significant impact on the development of automotive design, especially in the 1960s.

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