This car took part in the HGPCA Pre '52 Grand
Prix Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at
Silverstone in August 1996.
It's a 1932 Maserati 4CM, chassis 1120, originally delivered to Giuseppe
Furmanik of Rome as an 1,100cc car. He doesn't appear to have had any great
success racing the car, but he did set a World Speed Record for 1,100cc cars in
1934 with a speed of 222.634 kph for the flying kilometre. The car was later
acquired by Gino Rovere who replaced the 1,100cc engine with a 1.500cc unit for
Voiturette racing and also commissioned the distinctive radiator grille. At the
time of this Silverstone meeting the car was owned by Simon Bull and was driven
in the race by Martin Stretton.
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