Maserati 5000gt A Significant Automobile (Signed Edition)

Khawam, Maurice

ISBN 10: 0971521557 / ISBN 13: 9780971521551

Published by Mak Group, 2002

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Printed Pages - 123. Illustrated - Colour and Black and White Photographs. Sellers Note - This is a heavy book 1.5Kgs therefore, the postal costs will be higher and tracked and signed for will be necessary. Please email for quote.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Maserati 5000gt A Significant Automobile (Signed Edition)
• Publisher: Mak Group
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0971521557
• ISBN 13: 9780971521551
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Weight: 1.5 kilograms
• Seller catalogs:
  • Motoring

About this title

Synopsis

The design and development history of the Maserati 5000 GT has been traced and presented to eliminate the confusion that existed about this model. Both 450 S and Tipo 151 racing cars that shared engines with the 5000 GT are discussed and their competition results given.

All the information pertinent to the 34 cars has been logically grouped along with the list of their first owners. Additionally, the present owners of these prestigious machines give their impressions of the model and how they became involved with the world's first Super Car.

A chapter is dedicated to the design analysis of Mr. Tom Tjaarda that sheds more light on the eight designs executed for this automobile by the famous Italian carrozzieri.

The V8-based models that followed the 5000 GT are presented in a separate chapter that groups then into the road cars that went into production and those that remained as design concepts.

About the Author

Maurice Khawam is an aerospace engineer and presently manages a technology development company in Southern California. He has written extensively in the field of commercial aircraft and published many books and white papers on the subject.

His main passion is cars and through the years has compiled a wealth of knowledge about them. He raced his own Formula Ford and later Formula 3 in Europe. He studied the engineering and development of racing cars from the last 4 decades.

Maserati has been the Italian manufacturer that captured his imagination, especially during the period when the factory was still actively racing. It is his appreciation of the great dedication and professionalism the factory team showed during the racing years and the fabulous models they produced after retirement from the sport that led him to write this book about his favourite model, the Maserati 5000 GT.