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The Maserati 3500 GT is a 2-door coupe made by Italian car manufacturer Maserati between 1957 and 1964.  It was a seminal vehicle for Maserati as the company’s first successful attempt at the Gran Turismo market and series production.

The 3500 GT was built on a tube platform chassis, constructed from tubes of square, round or elliptic section. Front suspension was by double wishbones coil springs, hydraulic dampers and an anti-roll bar; at the rear there was a Salisbury solid axle on semi-elliptic leaf springs, with hydraulic dampers an anti-roll bar and a longitudinal torque arm. Steering was of the recirculating ball type. The hydraulic brakes were initially Girling 12″ finned drum brakes front and rear; disc brakes were later introduced on the front wheels, and finally on all four. The wheels where 16″ steel disc wheels with 6.5″ Pirelli Cinturato diagonal ply tires. Borrani knock-off wire wheels were optional, as well as wider 185×16″ radial tires.

The Maserati 350S-derived DOHC, 12-valve straight-six cylinder engine had a bore and stroke of 86 mm × 100 mm (3.4 in × 3.9 in) and displaced 3,485.29 cc (213 cu in). The engine block was aluminium, with cast iron cylinder sleeves; cylinder heads were aluminium, with cast iron valve seats and hemispherical combustion chambers. It was equipped with mechanical Marelli ignition, dual ignition and dual fuel pump. It developed 220 PS (162 kW; 217 bhp) at 5,500 rpm when fitted with three twin-choke 42 DCOE Weber carburetor, or 235 PS (173 kW; 232 bhp) at 5,500 rpm with Lucas mechanical fuel injection. The transmission was a 4-speed ZF S4-17 gearbox, later replaced by a ZF S5-17 5-speed, and used an hydraulically actuated Borg & Beck single-plate dry clutch.

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