The waitress's Maserati - A6G 2000 Spider by Pietro Frua

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The waitress's Maserati - A6G 2000 Spider by Pietro Frua

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Created on January 9, 2019

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Stefan Dierkes

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Maserati A6G 2000 Frua Spider #2017 (1951) - the Bellezza in the evening light

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Maserati A6G 2000 Frua Spider #2017 (1951) - who wouldn't want to get in?

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Maserati A6G 2000 Frua Spider #2017 (1951) - Beach shot

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Maserati A6G 2000 Frua Spider #2017 (1951) - certainly one of the most beautiful Frua creations

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Maserati A6G 2000 Frua Spider #2017 (1951) - the center headlight was typical

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Maserati A6G 2000 Frua Spider #2017 (1951) - open even more beautiful

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Maserati A6G 2000 Frua Spider #2017 (1951) - rear view

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Maserati A6G 2000 Frua Spider #2017 (1951) - also looks elegant when closed

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Maserati A6G 2000 Frua Spider #2017 (1951) - with mounted roof

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Maserati A6G 2000 Frua Spider #2017 (1951) - Space for two passengers

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Maserati A6G 2000 Frua Spider #2017 (1951) - appetizing interior

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Maserati A6G 2000 Frua Spider #2017 (1951) - Clock for the passenger

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Maserati A6G 2000 Frua Spider #2017 (1951) - extensive instrumentation

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Maserati A6G 2000 Frua Spider #2017 (1951) - View into the engine compartment

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Maserati A6G 2000 Frua Spider #2017 (1951) - Inline six-cylinder with two-liter displacement

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Maserati A6G 2000 Frua Spider #2017 (1951) - the spare wheel takes up a lot of space in the trunk

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Maserati A6G 2000 Frua Spider #2017 (1951) - with the center headlight

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Maserati A6G 2000 Frua Spider #2017 (1951) - the trident as a trademark

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Maserati A6G 2000 Frua Spider #2017 (1951) - elegant air vents on the flank

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Maserati A6G 2000 Spider #2018 (1951) - elegant convertible, drawn by Pietro Frua, shown in Turin 1951

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Maserati A6G 2000 Spider #2018 (1951) - Frua design, with the additional headlight in the center

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Maserati A6G 2000 Frua Spider #2015 (1951) - in delivery condition

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Maserati A6G 2000 Frua Spider #2015 (1950) - Advertising motif

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Maserati A6G 2000 Frua Spider #2017 (1951) - John F. Bookout Jr. with co-driver Adolfo Orsi at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2006

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Maserati A6G 2000 Frua Spider #2017 (1951) - John F. Bookout Jr. at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2006

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Maserati A6G 2000 Frua Cabriolet #2030 (1952) - Participant in Class E - Prancing Horse versus Trident - at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2013

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Maserati A6G 2000 Frua Cabriolet #2030 (1952) - Participant in Class E - Prancing Horse versus Trident - at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2013

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Summary

Pietro Frua dressed five Maserati A6G 2000 Spiders. The most spectacular story of the first three open sports cars with a short wheelbase is probably the one that was found after years of being lost in the possession of Dianne Leichtfuss. This report tells the story of this special Maserati and its two almost equally old sisters, illustrated with many current and historical pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

From a weak beginning ...
... to become a serious sports car
Presentation of the first Frua Spider
The first Spider did not survive
The waitress's car
Reconstruction
Big appearance
The third Frua Spider in Cuba
Further information

Estimated reading time: 8min

Preview (beginning of the article)

On January 17, 2019, the second of the five Maserati A6G 2000 Spiders built by Pietro Frua will be auctioned off at the Bonhams Scottsdale auction in Arizona. Maserati took a long time to get into the production of production sports cars as well as racing cars. The first model, the 1500 Gran Sport (Tipo A6, where A stands for the company co-founder Alfieri and 6 for the number of cylinders), built from 1946 to 1950, proved to be too weak with its 65 hp 1.5-liter engine and only 61 units were built with a Pinin Farina coupé body - with the exception of one Zagato coupé. From 1951 to 1953, the A6G 2000 (G for gray cast iron; Italian: Ghisa) with a displacement of 2 liters and 100 hp followed, of which 16 vehicles were built: including nine Pinin Farina Coupés, five Frua Spiders, one Frua Coupé and one Vignale Coupé. The Frua Spiders can be divided into three vehicles completed in 1950 and 1951 (chassis numbers 2015, 2017 and 2018) with a chassis shortened by 10 cm (wheelbase 2,450 mm) and two vehicles completed in 1951 and 1952 (chassis numbers 2029 and 2030) with a long chassis (wheelbase 2,550 mm). These Frua vehicles also differed in some body details.

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