#Maserati Mistral Spyder

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Maserati Mistral Spyder, 1964. The Mistral was designed by Pietro Frua and was built in  Moncalieri near Turin by Maggiora. It was the last Maserati powered by the company's twin spark DOHC straight 6 that had powered 8 Grand Prix winners between 1954 and 1960.

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1964 Mistral Spyder

Diana Dors bought the brand new Mistral Spyder in 1964 when she saw it at Earls Court Motorshow while in the throes of bankruptcy.

In 1964, the Maserati range was at its most diverse, with the Mistral and Quattroporte joining the Sebring, 3500 GT, and 3500 GT Spyder. Maserati was building upon the success of the 3500 GT and Sebring when it commissioned Pietro Frua to design a new body to be placed upon an updated Tipo 109 chassis. The new two-seat coupé was named “Mistral”, after the strong winds blowing from the Mediterranean coast in the south of France, at the suggestion of Colonel John Simone, the French Maserati importer. The Mistral was sold directly from the Motor Show stand to its first owner, Diana Dors, the English screen icon frequently known as the “English Marilyn Monroe”. She is said to have fallen in love with the car after seeing it first-hand at the motor show. Dors, one of the earliest English stars to court the press, and gain notoriety in the process, was famously the youngest person to own a Rolls-Royce, despite the fact that she was not even old enough to drive at the time

With a 3.7-litre engine developing 255bhp, the Italian sports car was capable of 0-60mph in just 6.2 seconds with a top speed of 160mph.

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Maserati Mistral 3.7 Spyder 

Pietro Frua was no stranger to Maserati, having first worked with the brothers while styling the shapely A6G—so it was no surprise that the gifted designer was tasked with penning both open and closed Mistral variants. Unmistakably Maserati, the Spyder made its debut at the 1964 Geneva Motor Show sporting a characteristic sharknose grille and Kamm tail, while beneath the sumptuous bodywork lay a choice of 3.5-, 3.7-, or 4.0-litre inline six-cylinder engines mated to a ZF five-speed manual gearbox. For many, the sweet spot in the range—like the example offered here—was the 3.7-litre model, which matched a 0-62 mph sprint time of 6.2 seconds with an impressive top speed of 158 mph.

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1965 Maserati Mistral Spyder

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Maserati Mistral 3.7 Spyder 1966. - source Amazing Classic Cars.

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1966 Maserati Mistral 3.7 Spyder.

The Maserati Mistral is a 2-seat gran turismo produced by Italian car manufacturer Maserati between 1963 and 1970. The successor to the 3500 GT, it was styled by Carrozzeria Frua and bodied by Maggiora of Turin. A total of 828 coupés and 125 Spyders were built.

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Maserati Mistral Spyder @ Sodegaura

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Maserati Mistral at Milwaukee Concours d'Elegance (2019) in Milwaukee, WI.

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Maserati Mistral 4000 Spyder http://carwithstyle.com/1967_maserati_mistral_4000_spyder

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Maserati Mistral 3.7 Spyder

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Pietro Frua began his career with Stabilimenti Farina, and there met Giovanni Michelotti.  Frua's own business started with a bombed out factory in 1944 for designing and building cars.  In 1957 he sold out to Carrozzeria Ghia and was retained as head of design.  However Pietro Frua disagreed with the head of Ghia and left to set up his own business.  For 2 years Frua worked with the Swiss subsidiary of Ghia, and until 1964 with Carrozzeria Viotti in Turin.  At the same time Frua was working with Italsuisse, and Stabilimento Giuseppe Savio, before setting up Studio Technico Pietro Frua until his death in 1983.

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Maserati Mistral 

The Maserati Mistral, named after a cold northerly wind of southern France, was the successor to the iconic 3500 GT, it was also the first in a series of classic Maseratis to be given the name of a wind. It was offered both in Coupe and Spyder form. 828 coupés and 125 spyders were built in total. Maggiora of Turin supplied both bodies under contract. The Mistral is the last model from the "Casa del Tridente" or “House of the Trident” to have the famous straight six cylinder, twin-spark, double overhead cam engine, as fitted to the Maserati 250F Grand Prix cars that won 8 Grand Prix between 1954 and 1960 and one F1 World Championship in 1957 driven by Juan Manuel Fangio. The engine also featured hemispherical combustion chambers and was fed by a Lucas indirect fuel injection system which was novelty at the time for Italian car manufacturers. Although the Lucas fuel injection system enhances performance, quite a few owners, especially in the U.S. have converted their cars to Weber carburetors due to difficulties in tuning the system properly, the cost being a loss of resale value due to non-originality. The Lucas fuel system is reliable, and needs little attention when rebuilt and initially adjusted by an expert machinist or master mechanic. Sometimes Bosch pumps are used; although not stock, they offer availability and parts, and are not visible due to their location. Regular use of the automobile prolongs the life of the many Lucas "rubber" seals, while also preventing blockages in the injector's. Several American owners have reported a significant performance increase when changing over from Weber carburetor's to the correct (mechanical) Lucas fuel injection. Maserati subsequently moved on to V8 engines for their later production cars to keep up with the demand for ever more powerful machines. There were three engine variants fitted to the Mistral; 3500, 3700 and 4,000 cc. The most sought after derivative is the 4000 cc model. Only the earliest of the Mistrals were equipped with the 3500 cc engine. Unusually, the body was offered in both aluminum and, from 1967, in steel but no one is quite sure as to how many of each were built. Use of the aluminum body panels had no effect on the performance of the Mistral. The mixture of the aluminum body on a steel substructure can lead to corrosion due to the dissimilar metals. The automobile was standard with a five speed transmission from ZF and also had four wheel solid disc brakes. As was Maserati's practice at the time the front suspension was independent while the rear made do with a solid axle. Speed for the 3.7 liter engine and the 4.0 liter engine was around 7 seconds or a little better and the top speed was around 140 mph (225 km/h) to 145 mph (233 km/h). When leaving the factory the Maserati Mistral originally fitted Pirelli Cinturato 205VR15 tyres (CN72) on Borrani wire wheels. 3500 engine was mounted only in a spyder model, with just 12 made, alongside with 76 of Spyder 3.7 and 37 of Spyder 4.0 versions. Of all spyders 20 were right hand drive models. The body which had been designed by Pietro Frua was first shown in a preview at the Salone Internazionale dell'Automobile di Torino in November 1963. The Maserati Mistral is generally considered as one of the most beautiful Maseratis of all time. It is also often confused to the very similar looking but larger and more powerful AC Frua, which was a Frua design as well.

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Maserati Mistral Spyder 1964. - source Cars & Motorbikes Stars of the Golden era.

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The Maserati Mistral is a 2-seat gran turismo produced by Italian car manufacturer Maserati between 1963 and 1970. The successor to the 3500 GT, it was styled by Frua and bodied by Maggiora of Turin. A total of 828 coupés and 125 Spyders were built.

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