Freshly found! Confirmed August 2015
Stored for many years after heavy accident but here it is!

RM Sotheby’s auctioning this car
Essen 2019
Matching numbers
Planned complete restoration 2020/21, where it will receive its original colour and interior again

Under restoration here

Ex Car of Henry Ford II. A real barnfind car.
At time of sale was fitted with engine AM115.1390
Now restored and back on the road

While any Ghibli might therefore be seen as a representative of what it stood for, a spear for Italian automotive style, craftsmanship and Italy’s dynamic place in the world during that cherished era, the Ghibli we present here is nothing less than the very tip of the spear’s blade: it is the officially recognized oldest surviving Ghibli, chassis number AM115*010* with matching engine number AM115*010* which has outlasted the four built before it, and can stand proud of its 49 years of life.
As documented by Maserati Classiche, after the preceding four were delivered in the new world, 010 was the first Ghibli ever to be delivered in Europe, namely in France by long established importer Thepenier in stunning and ever so sixtyish Rame metallizzato livery with off white interior, of which it still retains the original leather. The car has been lovingly brought back to this original configuration which has an incredible arresting presence, palpable charisma.
Factory documents in the very comprehensive file confirm it was ordered in March of 1967 and assembled that June with a ZF five speed gearbox, Borrani wire wheels (which factory documents notes in July 1968 were replaced with Fuse Campagnolo wheels).
It was then comprehensively tested, the test notes are part of the file and illustrate the true craftsmanship involved in getting the car fettled just so for delivery.
It was then delivered from Modena via the Modane customs in the French Alps and the Agence Maserati in Saint Cloud near Paris to its first owner Mr Robert Amzelak of Marseille, France, the vast Mediterranean port city.
The file which contains all the original books, manuals that came with a Ghibli, also contains lots of correspondence by the office of the new owner of the brand new car complaining, in duly courteous phrases about various issues which demonstrated the car had in fact not been properly sorted before leaving the factory, perhaps because its staff was by then not used to this new model, in any case the factory answered that it would do its best, following the unamused client’s haughty admonishments, to actually sort it out, la comedia dell arte in full swing! This charming correspondence continues when Mr Amzelak decided to sell the car to a Mr Castella, in the form of a letter by the factory citing the infamous and notoriously contrarian chief test driver Guerrino Bertocchi (who could sort out any issue in the blink of an eye…if in fact he was so inclined, meaning if the car was to be delivered to a dealer or client he considered friendly) apparently he was not inclined favourably that day asking what on earth he is supposed to sort out on this macchina. It should come as no surprise that he was a few years later fired by the Citroen administration for a persistently contrarian attitude which corrupted the running of the new vehicle testing department (collaudo) and for working against the interests of the company!
Eventually a faulty fuel tank damaged during build was diagnosed to have a crack from which fumes disturbed the passengers, the brakes were upgraded.
The car spent all of its life in France and a number of years in the Paris area with a Maserati enthusiast Robert Setbon having previously been repainted in 1973 at Carrosserie Biagioni in Aix en Provence in traditional Maserati light blue of which it still wears the plate. It remained all its life in France until recently restored to the very highest standards to its original configuration.
It should be noted that this Ghibli retains all the very rare design details and features seen only on the earliest Ghiblis that is to say no over riders on the bumpers, inset rather small rear lights, no air scoops on the bonnet, knock off as opposed to bolted on Campagnolo wheels, the headlight cover surrounds are a lot squarer than on later cars on which they were rounded off, the dashboard features toggle switches as opposed to buttons, a wooden steering wheel, no headrests, a small size wooden gear lever, as opposed to the later much larger wooden gear lever and the most recognizable feature of all, the the bootlid instead of its lower edge going straight across dips down between the rear lights .
It should be noted that as recently as 2014 at the official concours celebrating the marque’s 100 years this very car won the Ghibli class in Turin’s central square.
AM115*010* the oldest Ghibli in existence, matching numbers and restored to a high level in its gorgeous evocative colours is a true survivor of a heyday which the entire post war classic car movement could call its epicentre and rightly so, pedigree doesn’t get finer than this. Bonhams recommend close inspection of this possible once in a lifetime opportunity.

Is this car shown in the Original Brochure?
Video of the car

Was once dismantled and offered for sale as a shell. Now being restored in France

New to owner in Milano, Italy – in 1997 the car was in Japan. It has knock-off-wheels fitted. Originally yellow. Here’s the car when it was for sale.

Recorded Jan 2016

Here it is at Stolze Jan 2016

Sold 2011. Originally Rame with white interior. According to Ermanno Cozza #026 is the 3rd Ghibli supplied to a customer.
Some more detail here.

autovettura Ghibli Coupé
– chassis AM115*028
– engine AM115*028 4719 cm3
– gearbox ZF S 5/325
– body GHIA (Giugiaro design) – Closed
– 5 x wheels Borrani forged
– external colour Rame Metallizzato Italver 2443201
– interior Connolly Pelle Senape PAC1775
– tappeti in tinta = carpeting in matching colour

12.4.1967 factory order placed by first owner Eng. B Veronese from Monselice (Padova) at dealer Ditta Orfeo Ferasin Vicenza
17.7.1967 delivery to customer
– at some point sold to USA
8/1989 imported to Switzerland, change of owner Mr V Steuer, Chamoson CH
1/1991 first registered and taken to road use in Switzerland
12/2008 MOT/Contrôle Technique roadworthiness inspection, Lausanne, 78012 km
1/2009 various repairs, 9117 Eur
7/2009 imported to Finland, EU taxes and duties paid (not registered), change of owner – present owner
2021 various recommissioning works

Located in Finland

Coming up for auction RM sotheby’s

For Sale Oct 2014 , Now SOLD

Clean lower front valence with no cooling holes
No vents in bonnet
Matching Numbers Example
* Automatic Transmission
* Very Early Car – One of the first Ghiblis made
* Includes Original Toolkit

Here’s some great images of the car

Car now here in Germany

Sold by Gullwing Motor Cars Feb 2018

Built July 1967 Maserati Ghibli: 23k Miles / One of the Most Original Examples in Existence

A Wonderfully Preserved Survivor

This 1968 Maserati Ghibli very well may be one of the most original low mileage examples in existence. With only 23,900 miles from new, this incredibly exciting find has been under the same family’s ownership since new and has never been restored. This matching numbers car comes accompanied by its original tool kit and wears an extremely rare and desirable color combination silver with red leather interior. It’s not everyday that you find a such an honest and beautifully original low mileage Ghibli with matching numbers. This un-restored car has a wonderful patina to it inside and out. The opportunity to acquire such a fantastic car is an absolute privilege and should not be missed by any true collector or enthusiast. ”

Chassis No: AM 115 042

– 23k original miles
– Factory tool kit
– Single family ownership
– Beautifully preserved original car
– Matching numbers

“Previous owner and member of the family who owned the car for nearly fifty years, Mr J. Frampton:

” The car has been in my family for many years. My grandfather Frederick Tecce has owned the car going back until 1972, I believe. I don’t believe that he purchased the car new. When he passed away in 1999, my uncle, Fred Tecce, inherited the car. I purchased the car in 2004 from my uncle. I believe the title was still in my grandfather’s name at that time. Since the serial number is 115 042, I believe it is an early model. 1966 or 1967. The bumpers were re-chromed. And the transmission was rebuilt. The radiator and cooling fans were redone. I will always love that car. Since I was a child, it has been in my family. ”

Completely gutted 2002 LA USA. Car then purchased from a salvage yard in LA it was then resold for parts to Dana in San Francisco. I don’t know if the car still exists.

This car was originally owned by Wilt Chamberlain. Standing 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) tall, he played center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 14 seasons and is widely regarded as one of the sport’s greatest players. Wilt Chamberlain fitted a smaller steering wheel to the car, this was still on the car in 1988
The car was exported from California in early 1988 to a UK dealer
Collectors’ Motor Cars, Brooks (2 December 1998) Registered LJN 768E

Photo by Warren Inglese; Excerpt from The Journal News, Week of August 14-20, 1967

WILL HE FIT? ​

Wilt Chamberlain, 7-foot-plus professional basketball great, looked over a shining new Maserati and then bought the car this week at Foreign Cars of Rockland in West Nyack. Bob Grossman, president of Foreign Cars and well-known sports car racing driver was present at the sale and posed for a photograph with Chamberlain.

Chamberlain was the first big earner of basketball; upon entering the NBA, he immediately became the highest-paid player. Chamberlain was basketball’s first player to earn at least $100,000 a year; and he earned an unprecedented $1.5 million during his Lakers years. As a Philadelphia 76er, he could afford to rent a New York apartment and commute to Philadelphia. He would often stay out late into the night and wake up at noon.
When he became a Laker, Chamberlain built a million-dollar mansion in Bel-Air and named it after Ursa Major, a play on his nickname “The Big Dipper”. It had a 2,200-pound (1,000 kg) pivot as a front door and contained great displays of luxury. Cherry described Chamberlain’s house as a miniature Playboy Mansion, where he regularly held parties and lived his later-notorious sex life. This was also helped by the fact Chamberlain was a near-insomniac who often skipped sleeping. The house was designed according to Chamberlain’s preferences; it had no right angles, and had an X-rated room with mirrored walls and a fur-covered waterbed. Chamberlain lived alone, relying on many automated gadgets, with two cats named Zip and Zap, and several Great Dane dogs. Chamberlain drove a Ferrari, a Bentley, and a Le Mans-style car called Searcher One that was designed and built at a cost of $750,000 in 1996.

Following his death in 1999, Chamberlain’s estate was valued at $25 million.

[ from Wikipedia ]

Original Car and Driver Test car
No hood vents, overriders have no rubber inserts
20th car made
Sold 2013

Here’s a video of the car

For sale in France March 2019 here

Believed to be a LHD to RHD conversion. Wire wheels with 3 ear Borrani knock off 42 hubs. Recorded in 2011

Sold 2014 RM auctions
Had at that time been fitted with non original 4.9 engine no. OASS 4349
AM115.062
1967, silver/black,
Sept. 1967 new to COMPAGNIA CINE CHAMPION –Roma/I
198? with Jay Shotwell -Palo Alto.CA./USA
1984-99 with Doug Booth -Woodlands Hills.CA./USA/USA, now red/black
July11.,1999 SPECTRUM auction -Marina del Rey, sold for $ 18.000, fitted with new 4.9L.-engine!
April 7, 2000 SPECTRUM auction -Palm Springs, sold for $ 15.225

Here it is on the RM website

Coming up for auction Jan 2023

For sale March 2024 here

-this vehicle has been shown at 1967 Frankfurt Motor Show
-September 1967 delivered to Auto Koenig Muenchen Germany
-at some point sold to USA
-2021 back in Europe
-now restored
-matching numbers

This 1967 Maserati Ghibli 4.7 Coupe is a very early production car with matching numbers. Black with grey interior. Originally delivered in Europe, this extremely collectible Maserati has 85k kilometers. Just out of 30 year ownership and long-term storage. An excellent original example for straightforward restoration. Early cars built in 1967 had the drop down hatch, a hood without scoops, toggle switches, and knock off wheels. They also had the early style engine with extra holes for dual spark plugs. An exciting opportunity to own and restore a rare and highly sought-after early production Ghibli.

• Matching numbers
• Extremely collectible early production Ghibli
• European delivery
• Out of 30 year ownership and storage
• Excellent original Ghibli to restore

Price: $97,500