Completed on 15 March 1965, this Mistral Spyder was initially finished in Argento Metalizzato (Salchi #106E1) over a Rosso Connolly (Rosso-pac.1603) leather interior. It was sold new to Jaguar Daimler Distributors, Inc. of New York for display at the 1965 New York Auto Show, per historical documentation provided by the Maserati Club. Its first known private owner was Joseph B. Quatman, a prominent Ohio lawyer and philanthropist, who purchased the car in 1966. Mr. Quatman traded it in for a Maserati Ghibli in 1968 via Trident Importers, Inc. of Pennsylvania.

The car was restored in the late 1990s, after which it was acquired by its current owner—himself a restorer by profession—in 2006. It is now handsomely finished in black over a crème Connolly leather interior. Further, a rebuild of its numbers-matching engine, completed in March 2020, saw the car’s 3.5-liter inline-six upgraded to 3.7-liter specification. While the Mistral was originally equipped with Lucas fuel injection, it has since been fitted with triple carburetors—a common conversion that provides better and more reliable performance. The original fuel injection system is, however, included in the sale.

In 2024, at a reported cost of approximately $25,000, the car was sent to Italy for inspection by Maserati’s Classiche program. Upon review, it was found to retain its original, matching-numbers chassis, engine, and gearbox, and factory-numbered body and trim panels. The car is accompanied by a Maserati Classiche dossier including its Blue Book and Certificate of Authenticity, maintenance and restoration invoices dating from the 1980s, and historical documentation. Notably, it successfully completed the Copperstate 1000 twice, most recently while in the possession of the consignor in 2008.

A show car from birth, this immaculately presented Mistral Spyder offers its next owner a sublime example of one of Maserati’s greatest gran turismos, one benefitting from year after year of unbridled care—a sports car equally at home on the open road and on the concours green.