The Iconic Sale at Silverstone Festival 23rd - 25th August 2024

+ buyer’s premium of 12.5% plus VAT (15% incl VAT) on the first £300,000 of the hammer and 10% plus VAT (12% incl VAT) thereafter 107 Registration: NOT UK-REGISTERED Chassis No.: AM101/A 10*685* Estimate: £100,000 - £120,000 Specialist: Rob Hubbard Telephone No: 07775 511825 Lot 404 1967 Maserati Sebring Series II (4.0-Litre) • Introduced in 1965, the Series II (Tipo AM 101/10) featured redesigned headlamps, modernised bumpers, new front indicators and new side grilles replacing the lower extraction vents used hitherto. At the rear, apart from the squared-off bumpers, the taillights were now mounted horizontally rather than vertically and the boot lid opening was narrower. A 3.7-litre version (lengthened stroke which enlarged it to 3,694cc) was offered later in production and eventually a 4-litre (4,012cc) car towards the end of the model’s life. Known as the 4000GTi, the 4-litre car produced 252bhp with an uplift to 261bhp right at the end. Numbers, as always with Italian cars of this era, are unconfirmed, but it’s believed that 247 Series II cars found homes of which 96 were 3.7-litre and 4-litre variants (combined), however we don’t believe that there are more than a handful of 4-litre cars currently in the UK. On offer here is indeed one of those rare 4-litre cars. It was finished in December 1967 and exported to New York where it was sold to its first owner by Bob Grossman Foreign Cars. Coincidentally, a later owner asked Bob Grossman to sell the car for him in January 1995 and it was purchased from there by its current owner, our vendor, who shipped it to the UK. In 2001, it was subject to extensive recommissioning by renowned marque experts, McGrath Maserati, with an engine rebuild and a fresh coat of its original Celeste Chiaro. Full details of this work are in the history file and the car has been looked after by them ever since. Our vendor moved to Spain in 2012 and took his beloved Maserati with him, so it is currently Spanish-registered and will be subject to a reduced Import Duty of 5% should the car remain in the UK. The current indicated mileage is just 2,539. Sitting on gleaming, tightly-laced Borranis wearing confidence-inspiring 205 Blockleys, the Sebrings stance is taut and purposeful - athletic even - and the light metallic hue emphasises the crisp, almost geometric lines of the panel-work softened by the gently descending classic GT roofline. The Sebring looks like it means business with no need for the voluptuous, curvaceous lines of its mid-1960s Grand Touring rivals, a car for the discerning, well-funded owner with no need to prove it. The interior is equally masculine with inviting black leather everywhere and the dashboard looks functional and businesslike in comparison to the random arrangement found in mid-1960s Ferraris and 911s. The rear seats look like they have never been sat in, which is probably the case, and this fabulous cockpit is enhanced by a classic 3-spoke wood-rim wheel and a period-correct (possibly original) Becker Grand Prix push-button radio. The engine bay is, as you would expect - neat, tidy and dry with areas of gentle patination - a classic McGrath sympathetic restoration. This is an exquisite example of the rare 4-litre Sebring with the bonus of two decades of maintenance by the UK’s leading Maserati specialists. A very good-looking GT from Maserati’s ‘Golden Era’. Very rare 1967 4-litre Sebring 4000GTi, the subject of an older restoration by McGrath Maserati and currently indicating just 2,539 miles. More Details Lot 404 Bid On Lot 404