Not Sold (Est: £400k - £600k)
1960-Type Maserati Tipo 60/61 'Birdcage' Sports-Racing Re-creation By Crosthwaite & Gardiner
Bonhams • UK • 21 Mar 2015
Market Position:
Rare Sale
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Not Sold (Est: £400,000 - £600,000)
1960-Type Maserati Tipo 60/61 'Birdcage' Sports-Racing Re-creation By Crosthwaite & Gardiner
UK • 21 Mar 2015
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This is a re-creation of the iconic Maserati Tipo 60/61 'Birdcage' sports-racing car by Crosthwaite & Gardiner, a respected manufacturer. It has been raced extensively, maintained by David Morris Race Preparation, and is eligible for prestigious historic racing events.
Condition
8
This is a recreation of a classic race car, not an original. However, it's been meticulously maintained and prepared by specialists, indicating high-quality care and recent servicing.
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Manual
RHD
United Kingdom
2478
1960
Auction
Not Sold (Est: £400k - £600k)
1960-Type Maserati Tipo 60/61 'Birdcage' Sports-Racing Re-creation By Crosthwaite & Gardiner
Bonhams • UK • 21 Mar 2015
Market Position:
Rare Sale
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Description
Offered here is a faithful re-creation of the Maserati 'Birdcage', a car that no less a driver than Sir Stirling Moss has described as 'fabulous... light, very nimble, fantastic brakes, super steering, enormous torque and good power.
Unusually for a Maserati it didn't leak much oil and you could drive it pretty hard and it still stayed together...' Praise indeed from the maestro.
During the winter of 1958/59, Maserati chief engineer Giulio Alfieri, creator of the legendary World Championship-winning 250F Grand Prix car, began designing a new sports-racer to contest the 2-Litre class.
One of his main concerns was that this new car should be light, and Alfieri considered using a monocoque chassis, which Jaguar had deployed to good effect in its Le Mans-winning D-Type.
However, expertise in this then novel form of construction was lacking in Italy so he drew up a comprehensively triangulated lightweight spaceframe chassis comprised of small diameter tubes, some 200 in number.
It was ...
Price Analysis vs Other Tipo 60/61s
£945,000
Lowest Price (All Time)
£1,308,750
Median Price (All Time)
£1,672,500
Highest Price (All Time)
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