1956 OSCA 1.5 Tipo MT4 Sports Racer

This wonderfully useable, well-presented and historic product of the world-famous Maserati brothers' company "Officina Specializzata Costruzione Automobili," better known as "OSCA," was purchased new from the Bolognese factory in Italy by Kleenex millionaire James H. "Gentleman Jim" Kimberly, in 1956.

At the Road America circuit in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, that September, Kimberly and his brilliant co-driver, none other than the great Carroll Shelby, drove this MT4 to first place in the Four-Hour enduro race for cars up to two liters in engine capacity.

After Gentleman Jim's ownership, S/N 1178 passed on to further considerable success through the hands of such subsequent owners as Otto Linton and Harry Beck. Otto Linton, racing in partnership with co-drivers Beck and Hal Stetson, finished third in class in the World Championship-qualifying 1957 Sebring 12-Hours classic.

In 1958 the car raced in another Sebring 12-Hours endurance...