1972 Maserati Ghibli SS Spyder

The remarkable thing about this car is that for many years it was used by its owner to commute from San Francisco to the campus of Stanford University, where the owner was professor of neurosurgery. It is rare that a car such as this is driven on such a regular basis. It has been both used with care, never having had an accident, and been maintained in top-class condition. Regular servicing has been carried out by Maserati Agy in San Francisco and the engine was rebuilt by Pacific Motors.

There was a period in the 1980s when it could not be used since it did not meet smog regulations. That has been fixed by using different carburetor jets and the original jets come with the car. For some of that period of inactivity it was on display in the Museum of Modem Art, and that was a very appropriate place for it be if it had to be denied access to the open road. The Ghibli is widely considered to be one of the most beautiful cars ever made and was the work...