Completed on 15 March 1965, this Mistral Spyder was initially finished in Argento Metalizzato (Salchi #106E1) over a Rosso Connolly (Rosso-pac.1603) leather interior.

It was sold new to Jaguar Daimler Distributors, Inc. of New York for display at the 1965 New York Auto Show, per historical documentation provided by the Maserati Club.

Its first known private owner was Joseph B.

Quatman, a prominent Ohio lawyer and philanthropist, who purchased the car in 1966.

Mr. Quatman traded it in for a Maserati Ghibli in 1968 via Trident Importers, Inc. of Pennsylvania.

The car was restored in the late 1990s, after which it was acquired by its current owner—himself a restorer by profession—in 2006.

It is now handsomely finished in black over a crème Connolly leather interior.

Further, a rebuild of its numbers-matching engine, completed in March 2020, saw the car’s 3.5-liter inline-six upgraded to 3.7-liter specification.

While the Mistral was originally equipped with Lucas fuel injection, i...