The Maserati 300S
- ISBN-10: 185443232X
- ISBN-13: 9781854432322
by Walter Bäumer
This is the first book devoted exclusively to the Maserati 300S, one of the most beautiful sports racing cars ever built, and the main opponent of the Ferraris in the World Sportscar Championships of 1956 and 1957. Described by Stirling Moss as one of the best race car concepts of the Fifties, the 300S wrote motor sports history. With famous drivers like Juan-Manuel Fangio, Jean Behra, Harry Schell, Carroll Shelby and Stirling Moss, it raced with both great success and disappointing failure. Despite the often confusing and inaccurate records which make it difficult to establish the exact fate of these cars, the history of each of the twenty-eight 300S that were made by Officine Maserati S.p.A. in Modena, is listed chassis by chassis and profusely illustrated with period photographs. A section on the technical specifications of the 300S is also included, and an overview of the sports car racing scene of the time provides historical context.
Walter Bäumer was born in 1954 into a family of car enthusiasts. His uncle, also called Walter, was a Mercedes Grand Prix driver and the winner with Huschke von Hanstein of the 1940 Mille Miglia driving a BMW 328, and his father, Werner, acted as Walter's manager and business adviser. After high school, Walter studied photography, and for many years worked as a photographer and freelance art director for well-known companies in the fashion and cosmetics industries, and magazines such as Esquire, Lucca, Vogue, Style and Playboy. Since 2003 he has worked full time as a Maserati historian. He lives in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Contents:
- Introduction and technical development
- Versions
- Numbers and more
- In Italy
- The competition
- Advertising and sales
- The cars
3051
3052
3053
3054
3055
3056/3077
3057
3058
3059
3060
3061
3062
3063
3064
3065
3066/3056
3067
3068
3069
3070
3071
3072
3073
3074/3035
3080/3083
3082 - The mystery cars
- 350S - The successor
- The personalities
- Appendix: Owner's manual
- Acknowledgement
- Index
Buch, Hardcover im Schuber, 30 x 29,5 cm, 360 Seiten, 390 teils farbige Abbildungen, englischer Text
1. Auflage 2008