Maserati Ghibli 5000 SS Spider Conv '73

MASERATI GHIBLI 5000 SS, Spider conversion since new, based on one of the last Ghibli produced (leaving the factory on 12/18/1972), Sold new in Italy then exported to France until today, last owner since 1993

Color today: Rosso Scuro Corsa, original color "Celeste Chiaro" (since 1989)

Leather interior: original Conolly in very good condition (original color: "senape" mustard).

MASERATI CLASSICHE CERTIFIED FULL MATCHING NUMBERS (all factory documents available), heritage but also Letter from Mr Collina Fabio

Chassis N ° AM / 115/49/2456 (matching) DESIGN: Giorgietto Giugiaro for the Carrozzeria GHIA in 1966

Well followed, it looks and works well and could make an excellent top-of-the-range road or a base to make it one of the most beautiful in the world?

The model

The Maserati Ghibli owes its name to the ghibli, a powerful wind from the Egyptian desert. Presented at the 1966 Turin Motor Show, it will be mass-produced and marketed from 1967 to 1973. It will be replaced by the Khamsin.

A direct competitor of the prestigious Ferrari Daytona and Lamborghini Miura, the Maserati Ghibli is "an aesthetic masterpiece, power and flexibility" recognized by many as one of the most successful Italian achievements of the 1960s.

The Maserati Ghibli has its world premiere at the Ghia stand at Turin Motor Show 66, where it shares the spotlight with the De Tomaso Mangusta. It was very well received there, both by the press and by the public.

Like the Ferrari Daytona and Lamborghini Miura, the Ghibli is, despite a generous wheelbase of 2.55 m and a length of 4.70 m, a strict two-seater berlinetta. A year after its launch, it is available in a convertible version. While 1,150 coupes will be produced, only 125 convertibles - including 25 Ghibli SS 4.9 l. - will see the light of day.

Technical data

• All-aluminum motor with 4 shafts and dry sump fitted on 13/09/1972 by the engine manufacturer Sig. Zucchi, a direct legacy of the brand's “Barchetta Competizione Tipo 450 S” racing and the famous 5000 GT.
• As powerful as the Lamborghini Miura or the Ferrari Daytona (Both cheaper at the time. The Ghibli being the most expensive car in the world along with the Rolls Royce).
• Four 42 DCNF / 10 double-barrel WEBER carburettors
• Engine test in room n ° 2 on 09/15/1972
• Car assembly on 09/27/1972 in room 13/43
• Road tests (309 km) on 10/10/1972 with the "PROVA 242 MO" license plate (test consumption: 90 L)
• Bodywork
• Length (cm): 468
• Width (cm): 179
• Height (cm): 116
• Wheelbase (cm): 255
• Weight (kg): 1350
• Mechanical
• Engine: 4960 cc V8, front
• Valves: 16
• Carburetion: 4 Weber 40 DCNL
• Gearbox: manual, 5 speed
• Transmission: to the rear wheels