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1961' Maserati 3500 GT

€130,000

Published 1 October 2025ID: 2ScbjV

Italy
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Information from the owner

Body: Sports Car

Age: 64 years

Fuel: Petrol

Transmission: Manual

Seller's comments about 1961' Maserati 3500 GT

1961 Maserati 3500 GT carburettor‑fed, complete, bodywork with a frame‑off restoration. All parts are supplied with the car and require restoration.First owner the famous Emilio Giletti: Emilio Giletti took part in 25 races between 1951 and 1955, competing mainly with Ferrari and Maserati cars.In 1953, his big opportunity came when Maserati decided to offer three young drivers the chance to race their sports cars: Emilio was chosen alongside Luigi Musso and Sergio Mantovani. With the Officine Alfieri Maserati team he achieved his greatest victory, taking the class win and sixth place overall at the 1953 Mille Miglia.Maserati A6GCS at the 1953 Mille Miglia, driven by Emilio Giletti and Guerino Bertocchi to sixth overall (class win).During this period he achieved several successes, including the non‑championship victory in the Trofeo Sardo of 1952 and a podium at the 1953 Targa Florio.Giletti participated in a single Formula 1 race, the 1953 Modena Grand Prix, but retired due to a broken valve on his Maserati A6GCM. He was also entered for the 1954 Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina, but Maserati handed the drive to Musso: "At the Siracusa GP I was going faster by a second a lap. I did a full lap in the middle of a corner that the Sicilians had nicknamed 'Cimitero'. Fangio wanted us to walk a lap of the track and tell him at every point which gear I had engaged and where I had braked." He was one of the few who were fast both on circuits and in road racing. A great mechanic. He tested four cars, then at the end of the day he said: "Put this engine on this chassis." And the others had the carriage. For me it happened at the Modena GP in F2, so much so that the car stopped after a few laps. But overall he wasn’t jealous. In Monza testing, where I was the reserve, he explained how I should tackle the Lesmo bend, which at the time was in full swing after the straight, at 230 km/ h. "Enter decisively and put the wheels where I put them." But my preferred ground was certainly the roads of the Targa Florio, with mud and rain, or the Passo della Futa‑Raticosa and Radicofani at the Mille Miglia, where the risk came from tyres as narrow and hard as wood.It’s no coincidence that in 1961 Fangio and Giletti owned two Maserati 3500 GTs.