One to Buy: ex-Pierre Cavet / Guido Lollobrigida 1 of 10 1956 Maserati A6G/54 Spyder
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Launched at the Paris Motor Show in October 1954, the A6G/54 was Maserati’s Grand Touring version of the second generation A6GCS sports racing car (often dubbed the A6GCS/53) which had proven highly effective in the under two-litre class throughout 1953 and ‘54.
Both models used the Gioacchino Colombo-designed dual overhead camshaft all-alloy straight six which typically pumped out between 160bhp and 175bhp depending on its state of tune.
60 examples of the A6G/54 were produced between 1954 and ‘57. Each car was dispatched to one of Italy’s myriad coachbuilders where they were equipped with a mixture of Coupe and Spyder bodywork. Zagato of Milan was the most popular choice followed by Allemano of Turin and Frua of Moncalieri.
One of those A6G/54s to have been equipped with a Pietro Frua body will be going under the hammer at Gooding & Company’s Pebble Beach auction scheduled for August 18th and 19th.
Chassis 2180 was the first A6G/54 to wear Frua’s new Spyder coachwork, a design that proved so popular it proved overwhelmingly the most popular choice for the last one-and-a-half dozen or so cars to roll out of Maserati’s factory in Modena.
Finished in the striking colour scheme of Rosso with a Bianco centre stripe, Avorio leather upholstery and Rosso carpet, chassis 2180 was completed in August 1956, after which it served in a series of publicity photographs that appeared in a variety of motoring publications.
Having been dispatched to Maserati’s French distributor, Simone & Thepenier in Paris, chassis 2180 departed for Venezuela. Its first custodian was Venezuelan-domiciled Frenchman Pierre Cavet who retained 2180 until 1959 at which point the Maserati was sold to Scuderia Madunina team member, Guido Lollobrigida.
Following a restoration by marque experts, chassis 2180 is today offered in superb condition throughout.
