This is a photograph that I
took in the Donington Park Museum in March 1996.
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'. After spending some time trying to find this car's chassis number I eventually came across this site which says it's #1607 and gave this information:
'Maserati 4CLT-48 [1607]: To
Enrico Platé for 1949 (dated 14 Nov 1949 in Maserati records) and raced by Bira
up to Geneva 1950. Car fitted with a 4450cc OSCA V12 engine for Bira for the
1951 season. The OSCA was taken to Australia in 1955 by Bira as a spare car to
his 250F and sold there to Alf Harvey who raced it from 1955 to 1959. The car
then went to the UK for historic racing and was bought by Tom Wheatcroft in
1971. Subsequently in the Donington Museum.'
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