Starting with a foundation similar to that of the 300S sports racer, Maserati revised a successful A6GCS race car chassis to accept a full race 150S engine, an A6G/2000 gearbox casing, and an A6GCS rear end assembly. After the experimental chassis was completed at the racing department, the design of this 150 GT Spider was entrusted to Carrozzeria Fantuzzi, Maserati’s preferred coachbuilder for it sports racing and grand prix cars.
While Pietro Fura has been given credit for the design of this car, it is more likely that the craftsmen at Carrozzeria Fantuzzi admired his work and developed their own variation to suit the overly sporting chassis 03.
Completed in 1957, the 150 GT Spider was an exquisite coach-built road car with the performance and pedigree of a thoroughbred racer. By any standard of the day, the engineers at Maserati had created a truly sensational sports car.
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