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Barn find of the century - Maserati A6G 2000/54 Gran Sport Coupé with bodywork by Frua

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Created on January 16, 2015

Reading time 7min

Written by:

Stefan Dierkes

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Maserati A6G 2000/54 Gran Sport (1956) - komplett erhalten, aber mit deutlicher Patina

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Maserati A6G 2000/54 Gran Sport (1956) - hinreissende Silhouette

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Maserati A6G 2000/54 Gran Sport (1956) - eine der elegantesten Frua-Kreationen überhaupt

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Maserati A6G 2000/54 Gran Sport (1956) - Heckansicht

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Maserati A6G 2000/54 Gran Sport (1956) - hat nichts von seiner Schönheit und Eleganz verloren

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Maserati A6G 2000/54 Gran Sport (1956) - grosses Lenkrad

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Maserati A6G 2000/54 Gran Sport (1956) - weitgehend komplett erhaltenes Interieur

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Maserati A6G 2000/54 Gran Sport (1956) - Beifahrersitz

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Maserati A6G 2000/54 Gran Sport (1956) - Vierganggetriebe mit Kulissenschaltung

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Maserati A6G 2000/54 Gran Sport (1956) - Schalter mit vielfachen Formen

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Maserati A6G 2000/54 Gran Sport (1956) - Handschuhfach

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Maserati A6G 2000/54 Gran Sport (1956) - Reihensechszylinder mit zwei Liter Hubraum

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Maserati A6G 2000/54 Gran Sport (1956) - Vergaserfabrik

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Maserati A6G 2000/54 Gran Sport (1956) - Auslassseite

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Maserati A6G 2000/54 Gran Sport (1956) - eingestanzte Nummern

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Maserati A6G 2000/54 Gran Sport (1956) - eingestanzte Nummern

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Maserati A6G 2000/54 Gran Sport (1956) - Kühlergrill

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Ferrari 250 GT California SWB und Maserati A6G 2000 Berlinetta Grand Sport Frua - Collection Baillon

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Maserati A6G 2000/54 Gran Sport (1956) - auf dem Maserati-Stand am Pariser Autosalon 1956

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Maserati A6G 2000/54 Gran Sport (1956) - Motor der schnellen Zweiliter-Maserati-Sportwagen

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Maserati A6G 2000/54 Gran Sport (1956) - Chassis 2140 (vorn links) mit dem Kennzeichen 1007-FH 75 auf einem Foto des New Yorker Modefotografen Glen Derujinsky für den Lippenstift Rue de la Pink des New Yorker Kosmetikerstellers Coty; im Hintergrund einer der beiden Brunnen auf dem Place de la Concorde in Paris

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Summary

Only four examples of the Maserati A6G 2000/54 Gran Sport Coupé with Frua bodywork were built in the 1950s, one of which was thought to have been lost. The car recently reappeared as part of the Roger Baillon collection in unrestored but complete condition. This report goes in search of clues and explains the history of the rare coupé. Pictures show the car then and now.

This article contains the following chapters

Model history
The Frua A6G short-nose coupés
Chassis #2140 and its history
55 years in the possession of the Baillon Collection
Further information

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The Maserati A6G 2000/54 Gran Sport with chassis number 2140 and a coupé body from the Carrozzeria Pietro Frua in Turin is the second-highest valued vehicle from the Roger Baillon collection, which is up for sale at Rétromobile 2015. It had been lost since 1959 and is one of only four vehicles built. 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 9 Pinin Farina Coupés, 5 Frua Spider, 1 Frua Coupé and 1 Vignale Coupé.

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