The A6 series, which owed its name to Maserati brother Alfieri and the model’s inline-six powerplant developed by Gioacchino Colombo of Ferrari V-12 fame, was the marque’s first post-war sports car offering. Although production started in 1947, it took until the 1954 Paris Auto Show for the ultimate iteration to arrive in the form of the A6G/54. Only 60 examples were built, and just a third of those received the glamorous Allemano grand tourer body style. Of those 21 cars, chassis number 2175 offered here was completed in its cream hue on 9 August 1956 ahead of being delivered new to Mr Catullo Del Monte of Rome. The Maserati had been exported to the United States come 1958 and, around the late-1980s, was bought by marque enthusiast Joe Alphabet of Los Angeles. He owned another A6G/54, chassis number 2186, and transplanted this car’s twin-cam engine into the sister Zagato body before selling 2175 without a motor. Circa 1989, this example would move from the United States to Italy under the custodianship of the consigning owner. Paired with 2186’s engine, it was submitted for a full restoration. Thanks to the guidance of Maserati historian Walter Bäumer, in 2008 chassis 2175 was reunited with its matching-numbers inline-six, which it retains to this day. The car also presents in its factory-correct cream paintwork over an interior trimmed with black upholstery featuring cream piping and a cream dashboard panel. Seldom seen and possessing a sporting edge, the Maserati A6G/54 is among the most desirable of 1950s Italian automotive creations. This example, bodied by Allemano and featuring its matching-numbers engine, is sure to appeal to connoisseurs.