1970 Maserati Mistral Convertible

Between 1952 through 1957, Maserati won seven World Championships in racing and dominated the Formula One scene. After this, their emphasis changed to road cars of the Gran Turismo class when the 3500GT was introduced at the 1957 Geneva show. The car, available in either coupe or convertible style, was powered by a 220 horsepower, hemi-head DOHC six-cylinder engine.

Maserati commissioned Pietro Frua to design a hatchback coupe as a successor to the 3500GT. The Mistral, the first of the 'wind Maseratis' and the last of the straight sixes, was first shown at the Salone dell'automobile di Torino in November 1963. The 3485cc unit from the 3500GT was fitted with a Lucas fuel-injection system and mated to a ZF five-sped transmission and placed into this new GT car. The displacement would later rise to 3,695 and finally to 4014cc.

This Mistral is the last Spyder built in 1970. It is a right-hand drive model with English-unit instrumentation by Lucas and Smiths. The odometer reads just 62,000 miles since new and it is a mostly original car.

The total Mistral production through 1970 reached 950 cars with just 120 of them being Spyders.

In 2009, this car was offered for sale by Bonhams at the Exceptional Motorcars and Automobilia at the Quail Lodge in Carmel, CA. The lot was sold for the sum of $130,750 inclusive of Buyer's Premium.