1960 Maserati T61

This car competed in the Sir Stirling Moss Trophy for 50s Sportscars race at the Silverstone Classic meeting in July 2010.

It's the 1960 Maserati T61 of Mark Gillies and has a 4-cylinder inline 2,890cc engine. The T61, and the 1,989cc T60 were generally known as Maserati Birdcage cars because of the intricate tubular space frame chassis. In total 22 of these cars were built by Maserati, but this car is a recreation built by the Crosthwaite & Gardiner engineering company which is indistinguishable from the original cars and has been given the chassis number 2478.