To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVEEstimate:
$75,000 - $95,000
- The 18th of 759 Quattroportes built
- Formerly owned by the Riverside International Auto Museum
- Over $26,000 spent on recent mechanical overhaul
- Twice shown at Maserati's corporate stand at the Pebble Beach
Concours d'Elegance
- Offered with Maserati Classiche documentation
Following Maserati's successful transition from the racetrack to
the open road, the next logical development was a performance
sedan, the Quattroporte. In classic Maserati fashion, the
Quattroporte was essentially a four-seat supercar, with superb
performance provided by a 4.1-liter four-cam V-8 engine which would
go on to power Maserati road cars for more than a decade. With
intriguing styling penned by the legendary Pietro Frua, just 759
Quattroportes were built.
The stunning Quattroporte offered here, chassis number AM107 012,
is the 18th example completed from the total production run of 759
built between 1963 and 1969, according to information provided by
Maserati Classiche. It was completed on August 6, 1964, finished in
its original colors of Avorio (ivory) over Brown leather, and was
originally delivered to a doctor in Cascina Ronchetto, near Milan.
By the early 1990s the Maserati had made its way to the West Coast,
where it was registered to Alice R Ganzon in Whittier, California.
Eventually it became part of the Riverside International Auto
Museum collection and was comprehensively restored while in that
ownership. The Riverside Museum, founded by the Magnon family and
led by Doug Magnon, owned the largest collection of Maseratis in
the United States at the time, ensuring that this intriguing
Quattroporte was properly preserved and cared for.
In recent ownership, the car has received a $20,000 engine and
transmission service, and the differential and driveshaft were
replaced in 2018, including new axles and bearings in the
independent rear suspension. The brakes were refreshed with a new
master cylinder along with new power brake boosters. Modern
electric fuel pumps were added and new fuel lines were run, and a
new old stock fuel pressure regulator was installed. The Weber
carburetors were rebuilt and tuned along with cam phasing and valve
lifter adjustments. The transmission was also fully rebuilt. This
extensive mechanical recommissioning was completed by Maserati
specialists Steve Maxwell and Chris Minks, who did much of the work
rebuilding the suspension.
Beautifully presented, chassis number 012 is unquestionably one of
the finest early Quattroportes in existence. This is evidenced as
Maserati chose this very car to grace their corporate display stand
at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance not once but twice. It
represents a remarkable opportunity to own a textbook example of
Maserati's first four-door sports car. The Quattroporte is sure to
turn heads wherever it goes - with room for the whole family!To
view this car and others currently consigned to this auction,
please visit the RM website at
rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/mo20.
