• Rare OSCA twin-overhead-camshaft engine, the most powerful back in the day • Aluminium body by Fissore • Formerly part of two important private collections in the USA • Well preserved original condition • Extensively recommissioned circa 2012 • French registration document In 1937, the three surviving Maserati brothers sold out to the Orsi Group and after WW2 founded Officine Specializzate per la Costruzione Automobili Fratelli Maserati – O.S.C.A for short - to build limited edition competition cars.

One of the reasons for the Maserati brothers' departure was that they did not want to be involved in making road cars - they were racers pure and simple.

OSCA was an exclusive company, never making more than 30 cars in a single year, all of which were intended for competition.

Its first offering, introduced in 1948, was the MT4 (Maserati Tipo 4), a small siluro powered by a 1,092cc overhead-camshaft engine, which was immediately successful in the hands of Luigi Villoresi.

From 1950 o...