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Maserati
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| With pressure from the ERA, the 4CM 1500 whilst still competitive prompted Ernesto to take the step of building the 6CM 1500 which incorporated all the innovations present in both the V8RI and the 4CM. The new car which appeared in 1936 had the conventional frame from the 4CM and rigid rear axle, but the independent front suspension from the V8RI and the in-line 6 cylinder motor used the design of the cylinders cast in block with the head and mounted in pairs on the crankcase. After proving more than a match for the ERA, the 6CM was radically modified in 1938 with a more powerful engine, new semi-cantilever rear leaf springs, the lowering of the frame and the placement of fairings over the suspension on the side of the car to improve aerodynamics. Then in 1939, a third version with changes to a taller radiator or grille cowling. At this time, which was during the construction of the 4CL and in the declining period of the 6CM, a four valve per cylinder motor (24 valve) was used in the last two cars made, but with little success in its initial outings. By 1940 experiments had begun with a naturally aspirated version of the 6CM which would lead eventually in 1946 to the 6CS/46 and the A6. | |||||
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Tipo 6CM - the first production version with no side fairings and shorter radiator cowling - as seen at an Italian exhibition | ||||
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Tipo 6CM - the first production version - Raymond Fielding collection as in Orsini & Zagari | ||||
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Tipo 6CM - the first production version - Raymond Fielding collection as in Orsini & Zagari | ||||
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6CM - the first production version - Goodwood, 1999 |
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6CM - the third, 1939 version - Goodwood, 1999 |
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6CM - the third, 1939 version - running behind a Tipo 8CM at Goodwood, 1999 |
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6CM - the first production version - Barry Bryan |
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6CM - the first production version - Barry Bryan |
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6CM - the first production version - Barry Bryan |
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6CM - the first production version - Barry Bryan |
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Tipo 6CM at
Silverstone, 1998
- The taller radiator or grille cowling used on the third version of the
6CM |
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6CM - the first production version |
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6CM - the first production version |
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6CM (# 1545) made in 1937 for Fritz Gollin. The first production
version. Photographs by Edwin van Ness with permission of the Barchetta
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Tipo 6CM (#
1545). The photographs in the series were taken by Edwin van Ness at
the Ferrari-Maserati Challenge in 1999 |
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6CM (# 1545) - photographs of #1545 are courtesy of Barchetta |
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6CM (# 1545) |
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6CM (# 1545) |
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6CM (# 1545) |
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6CM at Donington, from the CyberSnippets
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6CM at Donington, from the CyberSnippets
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