1952 OSCA MT4 Prototype Roadster

This OSCA MT4 is the first prototype MT4 Spider with outside headlights designed by Ernesto Maserati. It was also the first MT4 with the headlights in the fenders. During the early 1950s, OSCAs won hundreds of races in Europe, and they also began to appear at circuits in the United States. This car was ordered through the New York race car dealership owned by the Italian-born race car guru, Alfred Momo. Its first owner was Bill Spear, who drove the car at Elkhart Lake and Watkins Glen, winning both his races. It was then sold to Bill David on the West Coast, where over the next three years it raced three times in the Pebble Beach Cup: with David at the wheel, it finished second in 1953, and then in the hands of Chick Leson, it finished first in 1954 and second in 1955. This important OSCA went on to compete in 25 more SCCA races, gaining 7 wins and 6 second places. After this MT4 officially retired from racing, it passed through the hands of a few additional owners before it was found in British Columbia by its current owner, who returned the car to as-new condition.