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Veruschka von Lehndorff and Hiram Keller displaying the fine fashion of April 1969- Maserati Ghibli as a backdrop…

You are aching to know, I can feel it! German Countess Vera von Lehndorff-Steinort, the first Supermodel looking particularly fierce, wears a Mila Schon double faced pant suit with a yellow and black gilet, (a light sleeveless padded jacket apparently) he, an American actor and model, sports a black and white cotton print shirt by Carlo Palazzi. The photograph was for a Vogue magazine shoot dated 1 April 1969.

(B Betti)

Maserati unveiled the original Ghia/Giorgetto Giugiaro designed Ghibli at the 1966 Turin Motor Show as a two-seater.

Two ‘rear seats’- a cushion and backrest, enabled the car to be marketed as a 2+2. The 4.7 litre, DOHC, two-valve, dry-sumped, quadruple Weber fed V8 gave around 306 bhp and hit the road via a five-speed ZF manual or three-speed automatic gearbox. Front suspension comprised upper and lower wishbones with coil spring damper units. At the back was a good ‘ole fashioned live axle on semi-elliptic springs, dampers, and torque arm. Roll bars were fitted front and rear.

Spyder and 4.9 litre 330 bhp Ghibli SS variants were introduced in 1969, the total production run was circa 1295 cars.

Credit…

Franco Rubartelli, Bruno Betti

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