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    Maserati mystery

    Does anyone know which Maserati this is? I think it is a 5000 GT with the body by Ghia, but I am not sure. Help.
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    Any other info and pix will of the 5000 GT line is also helpful, as I know that a number of bodies were used.

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    Hmmmm....looks a lot like a Fiat Dino, but it's certainly not...
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    This does not happen too often but its not known by me either
    I think you could be right as to it being based or at least inspired by the 5000 GT
    Nevertheless it looks rather small for that and the styling has Iso Grifo overtones to it

    I ll dig into it
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    Quote Originally Posted by dracu777
    I think it is a 5000 GT with the body by Ghia, but I am not sure. Help.
    The car's nose certainly looks like a Ghia from early 1960s...
    And it does have a Maserati badge...

    However, the only 5000 GT with Ghia bodywork (#103.018) looked like this

    Perhaps it is a 3500 GT?
    Or a non-Ghia 5000 GT?

    That is all the help I can give you, sorry
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    After doing some digging, I found out that indeed it is a 3500 GT. However, the references that I found, place the body as a Moretti work from 1966. I was not aware that Moretti did any bodies for Maserati at all.
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    Here's one for sale, indeed a Moretti body.

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    OK...thanx Dino. Here's another one for you. Does anyone know which one this is? BTW...what year is that Ghia model from?
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    Quote Originally Posted by dracu777
    Here's another one for you. Does anyone know which one this is?
    This should be 1965 Maserati Mexico prototype by Vignale
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    BTW...what year is that Ghia model from?
    You mean the 5000 GT Ghia posted by me?
    From 1961.

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    Thanx.
    I was reading on this website that one of the 5000 GT's was rebodied by Vignale. Do you think that instead of the Mexico Prototype that could be the afformentioned Vignale rebody? I have not found anything else mentioned about it.
    http://www.maserati-alfieri.co.uk/alfieri70a.htm

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    Does anyone have photos of the 3500 GT Allemano and the 3500 GT Boneschi?

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    this is the Boneschi, not really the prettiest of the bunch:




    Personally I love the Aga Khan 5000 GT, a strange combination of QP1 and mistral but somehow it works
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    if you scroll down a bit here, you find the aga khan 5000 gt.As you said, strang combination, but definetly nice.
    http://www.maserati-alfieri.co.uk/alfieri125b.htm

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    Quote Originally Posted by dracu777
    I was reading on this website that one of the 5000 GT's was rebodied by Vignale. Do you think that instead of the Mexico Prototype that could be the afformentioned Vignale rebody?
    Rrrright, that's a tricky question

    Here is a story of 5000GT #103.022 (source:www.pietro-frua.de, www.deutschermaseraticlub.de)

    Maserati 5000GT by Allemano #103.022 was originally sold to President Adolfo López Mateos of Mexico in 1961 and later sold to Senor Diaz Barroso of Mexico. In 1965 the car was extensively damaged in an accident, and was sent back to factory for repair. During this visit, Barroso spotted the Vignale prototype and bought it. He asked for the new body to be mounted on his 5000GT chassis and given its chassis number in order to avoid Mexican import duties.

    So, back to your question: is it a Vignale prototype or a rebodied 5000GT?
    I'd say they are one and the same

    Cheers

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    Great info Revo. Thanx a lot.

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