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Maserati 3500 GTi Coupè Touring – 1961
Car in excellent general conditions, conservative restoration carried out recently, original engine with carburetors modifications, preserved leather interior, ASI registered, Italian documents ready for export
The Maserati 3500 GT (Tipo 101) is a 2-door coupé grand tourers made by Italian car manufacturer Maserati between 1957 and 1964. It was a seminal vehicle for Maserati as the company's first successful attempt at the Gran Turismo market and series production. Production of the 3500 GT started in late 1957; eighteen cars were built that year, the first handful leaving the factory before Christmas.[5] All 3500 GTs had leather interior and Jaeger instruments. A first Touring convertible prototype was shown at the 1958 Turin Motor Show.[6] But it was a proposal by Carrozzeria Vignale (designed by Michelotti) shown at the 1959 Salon de l'Auto in Paris that went into production as 3500 GT Spyder. The Spyder did not feature Touring's Superleggera construction, but rather a steel body with aluminium bonnet, boot lid and optional hard top;[7] it was also built on a 10 cm (3.9 in) shorter wheelbase, and weighed 1,380 kg (3,042 lb). Front disc brakes and limited slip differential became optional in 1959, and were standardized in 1960; rear discs became standard in 1962. The 3500 GTi was introduced at the 1960 Salon International de l'Auto,[8] and by the following year became the first fuel-injected Italian production car. It had a Lucas mechanical fuel injection, and developed 235 PS (173 kW; 232 bhp). The 5-speed gearbox which had been an available option since 1960 was made standard.[9] The body had a lowered roofline and became somewhat longer; minor outward changes appeared as well (new grille, rear lights, radial 185VR16 Pirelli Cinturato tyres, vent windows). The 3500 GT was built on a tube platform chassis, constructed from tubes of square, round or elliptic section of Superleggera construction. Front suspension was by double wishbones coil springs, hydraulic dampers and an anti-roll bar; at the rear there was a Salisbury solid axle on semi-elliptic leaf springs, with hydraulic dampers an anti-roll bar and a longitudinal torque arm. Steering was of the recirculating ball type. The hydraulic brakes were initially Girling 12-inch finned drum brakes front and rear; disc brakes were later introduced on the front wheels, and finally on all four. The standard wheels were 16-inch steel disc ones with a 6.5-inch rim width. Early cars had Pirelli Stella Bianca tyres, and later Pirelli Cinturato radial ply tyres. Borrani knock-off wire wheels were optional, as well as wider 185x16-inch radial tyres. The Maserati 350S-derived DOHC, 12-valve straight-six engine had a bore and stroke of 86 mm × 100 mm (3.4 in × 3.9 in) and displaced 3,485.29 cc (213 cu in).[11] The engine block was aluminium, with cast iron cylinder sleeves; cylinder heads were aluminium, with cast iron valve seats and hemispherical combustion chambers. It was equipped with a mechanical Marelli ignition, dual ignition and dual fuel pump. It developed 220 PS (162 kW; 217 bhp) at 5,500 rpm when fitted with three twin-choke 42 DCOE Weber carburetor, or 235 PS (173 kW; 232 bhp) at 5,500 rpm with Lucas mechanical fuel injection. The transmission was a 4-speed ZF S4-17 gearbox, later replaced by a ZF S5-17 5-speed, and used an hydraulically actuated Borg & Beck single-plate dry clutch.
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