- REVSESCAPE ROADS MARKET I RM Auciiona FeM'LeggendseWssioM" Maranello. Italy, Ma y 20 ....................................... 3967-cc, 39Mp V12,Bd-banel Weber carburetors. frvespeed. Redwithblackleatha~, Chchnh by Fad. h e last Testa Rossa built and ths *st front-engined c a r to wi n at Le 1%0s CTs. That's a Mans Displayed at (h e 2004 shame, huse t has most o f Pebble Beach Conoaurs, pertici- th e ingedhts o place it on a paid in the 2006 Coppsr State shon list o f lustworthy contem- 1OOO,regu!uriyussdkrmm polnryaoticn.Butlikthecml muting Reant M & Roducc8 Fnnch Riviaa wind fn which medlanii~Mi(i. it's ~med, he Mistral failed na l engine umantlcplsd to warm th e h@ations of ' b h factoy. Cllm wpipm look enthusiasts. T he Maseratitis tood6m,noarpsilt~ 4.0-liter straight-six just didn't engine dean an d redy tom, have enough cylinders. Chassisphtmarkedwhae I h e Mistral blew in as a 8 1963 replacement for th e liters. In the spring o f 1964, ver Maserati's chrome detail successful 3500 C T . It s engine Maserati induced Frua's and Borrani wheels. It s doom bded ro m the sixcylinder Spy& v-m. It m e d he swing to a cock. unit in th e Tipo 350s ports best lines o f th e coupe and, top pit with a gorgeous wooden racer and was closely related to down, a look that many pre- steering wheel, impressive th e aix that pow- kned. T he twin- Smiths gauges an d optional air d aserati's plug six wa s further conditioning. A Blaupunkt T i 50F F1 ncer. D O - stroked in 1966 to radio sits abo ve mker switch- T he car's sbon & sE#SE 4. 0 liters, producing es, which point down toward a ....................... wheelbase, small ORWULM a stout 255 hp. In wd-tipped sbifter that aCN- ploptiom an d pacr $14,4W all, just 83 0 coupes ates the Z F five-speed manual. ...................... light w d t were CUMKI~YUIILI were produced. Corbacio says, "If it's no t the result of a new VUuF: $35.000- At 2800 pounds, Italian, it's just transpo~tation," box-=tion chas- ...................... 60,000 the Mistral with it s and there is a sense o f Latin sis. Cloaking it wa s p h y * big engine had one drama about a drive in th e a rakish body by of th e best power-to- Mistnl. T he big six winds to its P i m Frua. Called weight ratios of any SOW-rpm redline smoothly, the 1 "Due Pnsti," the car debuted to Maserati of the era. available 260-odd l b h o f torque favorable reviews at th e Turin Jm Corbacio o f Hershey, coming on past 3500 rpm. show in 1963. Pennsylvania, found hi s 1%7 In th e Mistral's day, Italy's I Pmduction began in 1%4, Mistral 4000 last year. T he far Quattroruote magazine red- and i t was renamed the Mistral ha d been ordered oqmdy by ed a 6.8-secnnd romp from 0 to at the suggestion of Maserati's New York dealer Bob Crossman 100 kmfi and a top speed o f Plmeh distributor Though it to he placed on th e stand at th e 141 mph-enough to blow past had been shown with a 3.5-liter '67 Ne w York auto show. many an Aston Martin, six, early production cars had Visitors to th e show would Lamborgbm or Ferrari like a th e engine Iqhghtly stmked to 3. 7 have been impressed by th e sil- cwl wind. visible i n coclpi d W s aa t shows some use. Periodconect lack of seatbelta . . Sold alSB281,2BO Unsold at Satheby's Fenari auc- tion in June '05 a t a high bi d o f $8.05 milbn, the Phil HilVOEviw Gendebien 1962 L e M . n wi n ner i s the onty 4.DliiTeaIa Rossa built. Its d l pdr carear, i n wbbh it won the BridsehamptonDarbls600Md to & second at Moqmrt atthe hands o f Pedm Rcdiguer, endedwithaasshatLeMansin 1963. k was then hmy-mtxik and rebodii, vBt as a spWw and then as a coup, as which 2 was driven daity i n N e w Yalc City fmn 1986 to 1974. It wss rest& to 1962 La Mans specs i n th e ma'9Oe and used exten- &eiy since. The price increase since 2006 i s simply an indim tion of how hd th e market fo r superexotic F e d as becwne. -KEITH MARTIN JULY 9. I W 7 AWOWU!K 1 s
