Maserati Racing Cars History

[Odin]

Can't find any survivor of the 4CS 1500. Anyone knows something?
Regards
Jörg

[faksta]

This is a recent pic from some of the Maserati fanclub sites. Unfortunately, I don't remember the site. And I don't know whether it is an authentic car or a copy.

[Odin]

Hi Alex,
this Car is #1126 a Tipo 4CS 1100, it is known for many years, seems to be original.
Regards
Jörg

[faksta]

Originally Posted by Odin

Hi Alex,
this Car is #1126 a Tipo 4CS 1100, it is known for many years, seems to be original.
Regards
Jörg

Thanks, Jorg!
Cause it was identified as 4CS 1500, and I was stuck a bit because of its exterior

[peconga]

What a wealth of knowledge here about pre-war Maserati race cars! I am more familiar with post-war Maserati GT cars, so I need your help in identifying an unknown car which I photographed in September 1974 at the Kruse Brother's Auction in Auburn, Indiana.

Unfortunately, I have long since lost the program from the auction, and have no other information about the car. I recently contacted Kruse directly, but their records were put into archive long ago (well, it is 34 years ago!). I always thought it was a special bodied Alfa Romeo, since that is what I wrote on the back of the snapshot. But that was years ago and could be a lapse of memory. The photo is too indistinct to make out the badge on the nose, but could be either an Alfa or a Maserati Trident logo.

Based on the information here, and my quick research elsewhere, I now wonder if it is a 4CS of some sort. The similarity of this unknown car to 4CS #1124 (the Cunningham / Rosso Bianco car) is very striking, but there are also a number of detail differences. There is certainly nothing like it in Orsini & Zagari. Could this be 4CS #1123 before it was re-bodied by Maserati SpA in 1977, and then later by Sean Danaher? Or is it a re-bodied 4CM? Or something else?

The only thing better than a good mystery, is seeing it solved!

Cheers!
Doug alias Peconga
Boise, Idaho USA

[henk4]

Welcome Peconga,

I would not be surprised if your car would indeed be 4CS#1123

Detail - Tipo 4 CS 1100 s/n 1123

Apparently it was in the USA in the seventies, and was fitted with a new body in 1977, and the way the old body is described, makes it look like it is "your" car.