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| After the decline in the 4CLT/48 entry into Formula 1, which had become a confrontation between Alfa Romeo and Ferrari would have been uneconomic. Maserati instead focused on Formula 2 in which the A6GCS had also run. Two new cars were built initially - each A6GCM utilised a dual overhead camshaft, single ignition engine with 160 bhp, derived from the A6GCS and on a chassis similar to the 4CLT/48. Constructed but not utilised, these cars were sold to the Bandeirantes team. In 1952 a transitional car appeared with a square engine 75x75 mm, dual ignition and an increase of power to 180 bhp, but the car had fundamental problems with the chassis. In 1953 under the guidance of Giachino Columbo there was a total revision, the engine was given new dimensions 76.2x72mm and a torsion resistant chassis using a trellis structure. Concerns about the rear axle were resolved by anchoring it to to the frame with an integrating triangle of reaction bars and seven-leaf semi-cantilevered leaf springs. Larger new front brakes with deep radial fins were added. A more elliptic shape for the front cowling and with other minor body variations its saw its first event at Naples in 1953. Designated by some as the A6SSG it was in fact the definitive AGCM which laid the framework for the 250F which would follow. | |||||
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Tipo A6GCM - Gonzales at the wheel, Modena Grand Prix, 1952 | ||||
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Tipo A6GCM (#2033) One of the two cars made initially and sold to the Bandeirantes Team with the single OHC motor. Photograph with the permission of Barchetta. | ||||
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Tipo A6GCM - John May at the 1999 Goodwood Festival of Speed | ||||
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 Tipo A6GCM -
at Silverstone - courtesy of Enrico |
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Tipo A6GCM -
at Silverstone - courtesy of Enrico |
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