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Completed in December of 1953, this was the first of four A6GCS/53 Pinin Farina Berlinettas built. It was sold to Count Paolo Gravina di Catania, who entered it in the Giro di Sicilia. He crashed the car heavily, unfortunately killing the co-driver. Grief-stricken, the Count returned the damaged car to Maserati. Clearly no priority, chassis 2056 sat in a corner of the factory for several decades before it was finally restored with a new nose in the early 1990s. When the entire factory collection was offered for auction in 1997, it was acquired with all other cars by Umberto Panini before the sale to preserve the collection. Since 1998, it has been on display in a purpose-built museum.
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