1965 Maserati Mistral 3500 Spider
Chassis / VIN AM109.S.049
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View the exact-car photographsWhy this car matters
A rare open Maserati from Neil Peart’s Silver Surfers collection, returning to auction five years after its documented estate sale.
- Frua design, Maggiora body and a fuel-injected 3.5-liter straight-six.
- The 2026 listing reports a replacement engine and additional refurbishment after the 2021 sale.
One car, a documented identity
Gooding and Bring a Trailer identify the same chassis, with different punctuation. The car’s documented history also connects both listings to Neil Peart.
Replacement 3.5-liter engine reported by the current listing; do not describe the car as matching-numbers.
Published production counts differ between the auction catalogs. No exact rarity count is asserted here.
Auction appearances & results
A documented return to auctionOnline auction
Scheduled for 11:00 AM Pacific on October 13. Late bids can extend the auction. Follow the listing for the actual close and current bid.
Open when checked on October 12; this is not a completed sale. The volatile current bid is intentionally not copied.
Listing checkedNorth Salem, New York · online
Listing identity: AM109S049
Follow the auction and its latest statusPebble Beach Auctions 2021
Pebble Beach, California
Auction house’s reported sold result. The retrieved lot page does not explicitly identify the buyer-premium treatment; this is not labeled a hammer price.
Pre-sale estimate: USD 575,000–USD 650,000. An estimate is not a result.
Listing identity: AM109.S.049
Auction-event date range; the exact transaction date has not been independently established.
Read the original auction recordWhere this car has been
- March 4, 1965
Factory departure
The 2026 listing dates factory departure for delivery through Hoffman Motor Cars in New York.
Bring a Trailer - Circa 2015–2017
Peart’s Silver Surfer
Peart acquired the car around 2015 and had it refinished silver with red leather. Gooding credits refurbishment to Ken Lovejoy.
Bring a TrailerGooding & Company - August 13–14, 2021 event
Estate auction
Gooding offered chassis AM109.S.049 at Pebble Beach and now reports a $522,000 sale.
Gooding & CompanyGooding & Company - 2021–2023
Further refurbishment
The BaT listing documents body repairs, another silver repaint and a replacement black top by Automotive Restorations.
Bring a Trailer - October 2026
The same chassis returns
Bring a Trailer lists AM109S049 as lot 267688. The listing reports a replacement engine numbered AM101.01871; the outcome remains unverified.
Bring a Trailer
The record behind the story
Checked . This profile preserves what the sources establish and leaves unverified outcomes open.
Photographs of this exact chassis are available in the linked auction galleries. Permission to reproduce them on Joyride has not been established.
Read the related celebrity car story- 2021 Pebble Beach, lot 116Gooding & Company · checked 2026-10-07
Exact chassis, estate collection, reported sale, estimate and Ken Lovejoy refurbishment.
- October 2026 auction, lot 267688Bring a Trailer · checked 2026-10-12
Same-chassis listing, refreshed October 13 scheduled close, replacement engine, ownership and refurbishment chronology.
- Neil Peart collection announcementGooding & Company · checked 2026-10-07
August 13–14, 2021 event dates and chassis alias AM109/S*049*.
