Maserati 3500 GT Moretti Coupé - one-off in Grifo look

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Maserati 3500 GT Moretti Coupé - one-off in Grifo look

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Created on August 3, 2023

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Bruno von Rotz

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Maserati 3500 GT Moretti Coupé (1962/1966) - the design was originally created by Dany Brawand

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Maserati 3500 GT Moretti Coupé (1962/1966) - the rear lights of the Fiat 124 Sport were probably added later to the design

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Maserati 3500 GT Moretti Coupé (1962/1966) - unlike the Iso Grifo, which looks similar, the Moretti GT has a second side window

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Maserati 3500 GT Moretti Coupé (1962/1966) - the rear does not look quite coherent

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Maserati 3500 GT Moretti Coupé (1962/1966) - the fire engine red paint is less flattering to the shape than the original dark red color

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Maserati 3500 GT Moretti Coupé (1962/1966) - the silhouette shows the "relationship" with the Iso Grifo

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Maserati 3500 GT Moretti Coupé (1962/1966) - the rear windows could be opened

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Maserati 3500 GT Moretti Coupé (1962/1966) - still in its original paintwork? Already with side air outlets

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Maserati 3500 GT Moretti Coupé (1962/1966) - already modified, year unknown

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Maserati 3500 GT Moretti Coupé (1962/1966) - unique interior

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Maserati 3500 GT Moretti Coupé (1962/1966) - Original instruments and retrofit steering wheel

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Maserati 3500 GT Moretti Coupé (1962/1966) - equipped with five-speed gearbox

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Maserati 3500 GT Moretti Coupé (1962/1966) - the leather color changed from natural brown to light brown

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Maserati 3500 GT Moretti Coupé (1962/1966) - the coachbuilder's lettering

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Maserati 3500 GT Moretti Coupé (1962/1966) - three Weber carburetors powered the in-line six-cylinder engine

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Maserati 3500 GT Moretti Coupé (1962/1966) - Chassis badge in the engine compartment

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Maserati 3500 GT Moretti Coupé (1962/1966) - Radiator grille with embedded trident, a modification made during the restoration

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Maserati 3500 GT Moretti Coupé (1962/1966) - Tail lights from the Fiat 124 Sport Coupé

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Maserati 3500 GT Moretti Coupé (1962/1966) - the lettering of the donor vehicle

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Maserati 3500 GT (1957) - the prototype of Touring, called "Dama Bianca (white lady), at the Geneva Motor Show 1957

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Maserati 3500 GT (1957) - an example of the first series

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Maserati 3500 GT Touring (1959) - the elegant coupé

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Maserati 3500 GT (1958) - silhouette, small modifications were constantly being made

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Maserati 3500 GT (1962) - Coupé at the 1962 Turin Motor Show

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Maserati 3500 GT (1958) - View of the interior - driver's side

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Maserati 3500 GT (1959) - View of the interior at the 1959 Geneva Motor Show

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Maserati 3500 GT (1958) - steering wheel and dashboard - note that the gearshift is already straight here

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Maserati 3500 GT (1958) - the six-cylinder with dual ignition and three carburetors

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Maserati 3500 GT Moretti Coupé (1962/1966) - as it was presented in 1966

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ISO-Grifo A3L Coupé (1963) - drawing by designer Giorgetto Giugiaro

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Iso Grifo (1965) - one of Bertone's masterpieces, shown here as a convertible - Geneva Motor Show 1965

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Iso Grifo (1963) - Star of many exhibitions

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Iso Grifo A3/L, Bertone (1963) - first shown at the Turin Motor Show in 1963

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Summary

The last specially bodied Maserati 3500 GT was built in 1966. Not Allemano, Bertone or Frua, but Moretti was behind the unique coupé, which, however, did not please all onlookers. The Moretti-Maserati has survived, this article describes and shows it in historical and current pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

Preferring series production
A special order
Presentation at the 1966 Geneva Motor Show
Changed several times
Back on the market

Estimated reading time: 4min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Allemano, Bertone, Boneschi, Frua and even Touring itself built "Fuoriserie" versions of the successful Maserati 3500 GT sports car. Some were more successful, others less so. It was not until late, in 1966, that Moretti joined this illustrious company, and the resulting coupé was to be even more controversially discussed (or ignored) than most before it. Giovanni Moretti had already switched from motorcycles to automobiles in his Turin workshop in 1927. In 1945, he founded his own company called "Moretti, Fabbrica Automobili e Stabilimenti Carrozzerie S.a.S.". The company built individual alternatives to Fiat models, but also completely independent vehicles. Moretti preferred small series, special bodywork was not his preference. Exceptions confirm the rule.

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