joins the Benoit Musy 300S on Fiskens’ Retromobile Stand
Fiskens, one of London’s leading historic automobile specialists, has unveiled not just one but two Maserati road racing icons from the 1950s – an A6GCS and 300S – on its Retromobile stand in Paris.
The first of these two Italian sports racing cars is a 1953 A6GCS, driven in its heyday by the Italian Grand Prix great Luigi Musso, chassis 2043, which is today considered one of, if not the, finest A6GCS in existence.
2043 began its career as a Maserati works car in the hands of Musso who entered it in the 1953 Mille Miglia, before winning that season’s 2-litre Italian Sportscar Championship. After also contesting the 1954 12 Hours of Sebring, the combination returned to Italy for their second attempt at the Miglia where, after a tough drive, Musso came home a heroic third overall.
Two further appearances across the country’s famous road race followed in the hands of privateer Arrigo Maccharini, before the car was retired from competition and hidden away in Italy. Last bought 15 years ago, the Maserati has since undergone a complete restoration by marque specialist Mario Linke and Capricorn Engineering.
With its extensive history file, including the original ‘Autovettura’ Italian registration document under the name of Officine Alfieri Maserati, as well as invoices detailing the extensive restoration, not to mention its impeccable competition history, this A6GCS is undoubtedly one of this year’s Retromobile highlights.
The second great Maserati on display is the ex-Benoit Musy 1955 300S, chassis 3057. Musy, a wealthy privateer and occasional Maserati works driver, ordered this 300S new. Believed to be one of the original factory prototypes, his ‘short nose’ 300S, identified by a distinctive white bonnet acknowledging his Swiss nationality, competed all over Europe and claimed victories in the Grand Prix of Bari, Les Sable d'Oloane Grand Prix and Swedish Grand Prix.
3057 was later campaigned across Africa by the Automovel E Touring Clube de Angolo. Following the communist revolution in Angola, 3057 remained out of the public eye until, in the late 1980s, it was smuggled out of the country and eventually restored in the UK by Church Green Restorations. It has regularly attended historic racing events all over the world ever since.
The Maseratis are just two of ten stunning cars on exhibition with Fiskens at Retromobile, which include noteworthy pre-war tourers, 1950’s sport racers and 1960’s GTs.
Retromobile Opening times:Wednesday 2 February: 11h - 22hThursday 3 February: 10h - 19hFriday 4 February: 10h - 22hSaturday 5 February: 10h - 19hSunday 6 February: 10h - 19h
