1948 Maserati 4CLT

I took this photograph in the Donington Park Museum in May 1989.

It's a Maserati 4CLT which was a development of the pre-War 4CL and has a 4-cylinder inline 1,491cc supercharged engine. The first 4CLT was produced in 1947 and the 1948 variant made its debut at the San Remo Grand Prix, winning the race in the hands of Alberto Ascari. The 4CLT has ever since been known as the 'San Remo'. The museum car was apparently built up by Reg Parnell in late 1950, possibly using the chassis of 4CLT 1597 which was crashed in Brazil in March 1949 by Alberto Ascari. The figure behind the car seems to represent Juan Manuel Fangio who drove a Maserati 4CL in the late 1940s and early in 1950 before joining the Alfa Romeo team.