1954 Maserati A6G/54 Zagato

Of the Maserati sports racing cars that took part in competition during the late 1940s and early 1950s, one of the most successful was the A6G/CS of 1947. On its debut in the 1947 Circuit of Modeno Alberto Ascari and Luigi Viloresi finished 1st and 2nd overall, while regular class wins included such events as the 1955 Mille Miglia. A series of related A6G models, both for road and track, soon followed, the last of which appeared at the 1954 Paris Salon.

Appropriately named the A6G/54, it sported a similar chassis to the A6G/CS, i.e., a tubular frame with independent coil spring front suspension and a live, leaf-sprung rear axle. Power came from a 2-liter, twin overhead camshaft version of the six cylinder engine which, displacing 1,986 cc, and differing from that in the A6G/CS in having chain rather than gear-driven cams, and a wet rather than dry sump, produced an impressive 150 bhp at 6,000 rpm via triple choke, sidedraft Weber carburetors. Alloy...