With that refurbishment of the body also came a refurbishment of the 4,941cc quad-cam V8, which itself had an interesting history.
It features an aluminum block, aluminum cylinder heads with hemispherical combustion chambers, dual chain-driven camshafts on each cylinder bank, Luca mechanical fuel injection, and twin-plug ignition, all mated to a four-speed manual gearbox. The engine was apparently separated from the vehicle in the 1980s, not to be reunited until the mid-90s. After the refurbishment in 2001, it underwent injection system rebuild and calibration in 2013 as well.
Selling for over a million dollars is nothing to scoff at for just about any vehicle, but in this case, it’s actually somewhat unfortunate. That’s because when it was last sold in 2016, it went for $1.6 million. It’s not often a vintage sports car of this caliber drops $600,000 in just a few years, but perhaps it’s an indication that the used car market really is starting to cool off after the last few years. Still, this is likely a better investment than a new Maserati MC20.