{"id":15405,"date":"2019-08-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/maserati-5000-gt-by-michelotti-2\/"},"modified":"2020-10-07T12:36:01","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T12:36:01","slug":"maserati-5000-gt-by-michelotti-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/maserati-5000-gt-by-michelotti-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Maserati 5000 GT by Michelotti"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Recently we reported here about the Maserati 5000 GT with Ghia bodywork, which was found after more than 50 years and will be auctioned off at RM Sotheby’s during the Monterey Car Week (link at the end of this article). Meanwhile it is certain that another 5000 GT will be auctioned at the same auction house and during the same event. The chances were very slim with only 34 cars ever built. In addition, both cars don’t show standard body shapes, but one-off coachbuilt bodies. Next to the Ghia Coup\u00e9 already presented by us, there is a 5000 GT, which was coachbuilt by Michelotti on behalf of the rich racing mogul Briggs Cunningham from the USA. Cunningham expressly ordered as many optical details as possible of the Maserati 450S racing car, from which the 5000 GT had inherited its engine.

Michelotti implemented these wishes with a relatively round body, which was pulled far down at the front. In order to make this possible, the headlights disappeared behind retractable flaps. In between sits a comparatively flat, oval radiator grille. Chrome struts are used at the air inlets and outlets along the body. Meanwhile, the upper part of the rear is reminiscent of the Ferrari 330 GTC, while under the edge of the boot lid there are considerably smaller, round taillights. It is interesting to note that Cunningham opted for classic spoke wheels instead of more modern steel rims. According to contemporary sources, it was the most aerodynamically sophisticated 5000 GT, which is quite believable, as some fine tuning was done in the wind tunnel of the Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Torino.<\/p>\n\n\n

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