Maserati Tipo 63 Birdcage - 1960

About vehicle
The dream machine legend has it that designer giulio alfieri came up with the idea for the tubular steel birdcage chassis during a bout with insomnia. This stunning innovation and the actual production work that followed enabled maserati and its famous trident mark to capture a number of laurels on the italian racing circuit with its first implementation of the birdcage design, the tipo 60. The tipo 61 followed, equipped with-a four-cylinder, three-liter motor that won a number of races in the United States. big bird as the year i960 drew to a close, alfieri applied his chassis and engine designs which were so successful on the racing circuit to a two-seater version of the evolving birdcage line, a category maserati labeled sport. the tipo 63 ended i960 with a four-cylinder engine and, having achieved the stature of a mature racing car, it relinquished its position to a more powerful sibling in 1961: The v12, three-liter tipo 63. More appealing to the american muscle-car buyer, the mightier tipo 63 helped restore maseratis then waning prominence in the international market.
An avant-garde machine, the maserati tipo 63 birdcage overcame a number of difficulties on the road to earn its reputation. This tipo 63participated in the 196124 hours ofle mans.