The Birdcage Maserati is kind of a long story. I don’t know if it was the greatest racecar, but there is no question it was a great racecar, and one that I enjoyed driving. My older brother got himself involved in a sports car dealership with Carroll Shelby in Dallas, Texas, and Carroll also decided to sell Maserati racing cars. So we decided to import, in those days, the 200SI models, the 250, and then the Birdcage came, and I…

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