Maserati 3500GT Will Make You Fall in Love

We're all affected differently. Some people fall in love because their dad or uncle had one. Others fall in love out of necessity, constant breakdowns requiring them to work on their car. For Mr. Frank Mandarano a tour through the Maserati factory in the '60s was enough for him to be smitten. He bought his first Maserati a few years later, a red 3500GT, which promptly broke the day after he bought it. A bearing let go and he had a tough time finding parts.
So he started a Maserati club and began buying parts inventories around the US so that he and his fellow club members would have access when needed. Although he's sold the business, he never considered it work as it was born of his passion for the brand. Frank has a few other 3500s, this one though, he's nicknamed "La Latina" because it was one of five GTs sold new in Mexico City. And he loves driving it on lazy, desert roads calling the noise, "primal." He doesn't shift it too much opting instead to leave it in third gear and power out of turns enjoying the mighty aluminum straight-six and stainless steel exhaust.
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[@xcarlosx007]

Give the sound engineer of petrolicious a cookie. That's a job well done.

[@TheOddBrother]

The Jazz song is "Sentimental You" composed by Jack Trombey from the De Wolfe Music Library. You can listen to it on their website!

[@neilgibbons2532]

C. Schwarzbauer the sticker on the wind shield represent provenance. not pertaina

[@MindDezign]

Come on guys! That was the most perfect ,PERFECT music for THIS car. BRAVO!

[@red2jzgte2006]

just proves that love and passion can take you anywhere in life

[@michaelmeliambro5117]

And yet a Maserati can't......

[@Carlito1988]

I remember back in the 80's you could still get a nice 3500 for under $10K! I still regret passing up a Maserati Indy for $7500.00 in 1987! Those days are long gone- shame that the car market has been taken over by investors who look at cars as a way to make money as opposed to those of us who just love to drive our cars......

[@mescko]

+Carlito1988 Hear, hear! Cars are meant to be driven, not invested in. And no engine ever sounds as good as the snarl of a straight six.

[@marcryvon]

Agreed. I, personally missed the deal of my life on a 1st generation E Type FHC in 1980. BRG with biscuit interior. Always garaged. Pristine. Always had the sound of a Jag straight inline 6 in my mind from my youth. I was with colleagues in an alley in Montreal, Qc to pick up some stuff for a catalog photo shoot. The guy was stuck with this car, blocking us. We had to push it for us to pass. " What's up with your car, sir ? Won't start. Due AGAIN for a damn tune up. I'm fed up! You want it? Huuuum, how much ? 4,000$ and take it out of my life." Newly wed, new car payments, no money to spare. Aaaaaaarrrgh ! I had to pass. Lifetime regret. :(

[@caesarguzman5831]

Carlito1988 what do these 3500’s cost today?

[@wewuzvikangz4829]

Caesar Guzman for a fully restored one? Generally around $200,000 There arent very many of them left now and they are hard to find so they have gotten expensive

[@1339LARS]

People like this are needed !!

[@papito2you]

Definitively my #1 PL video so far. The car, the dude, his attitude, his knowledge,the cool twist to the story, and that one last thing, "I never consider my self as having a job!"

[@mzondi1970]

Timeless design.

[@celt67]

I fell in love with this car when I started driving it on a PC game... Test Drive Unlimited.. in my 'virtual garage' of Enzos, Lambos, Jags,,,etc,,,I'd always choose this for a nice 'cruise'.

[@michalmr2]

"never cosider my self as having a job" ... love it!

[@daftmo1]

definitely a solid plan to have!...

[@rupertwilson4938]

I grew up with one of these beauties, a red growling beast which was very much loved. Amazing road performance too.

[@targaflorio3239]

Take a bow Petrolicious. Nailed another one. Top Shelf feature - as per usual.

[@BloodHarvest21]

Even though Italian cars aren't necessarily as reliable or fuel-efficient as others, they sure are sexy!

[@comrademoon]

220 hp 26 mpg back then? wowwww this car is cooool

[@thomaswebb9705]

I love that it's on the road in the desert. You can just picture Dean Martin and Sinatra heading out to 'Vegas from L.A on a Friday night. Very classy these Maserati's. And even in today's market still so unappreciated. They were better GT cars than the concurrent Ferraris, more reliable, more comfortable usually better finished.

[@highlands]

I'm a low-tax, small-government kind of guy so as far as I'm concerned his money is his to do with as he pleases. However, when I hear someone say they own four 3500s and I think of the artificial inflation caused by all these old guys buying up cars that keep younger people from getting into classic cars it does annoy the hell out of me. I understand it, beautiful car, but FOUR!!!???

[@barryshaw7543]

Well he had a restoration company that repaired these cars. We don't know what state they were in when he got them, he may have saved them from being wrecked?

[@555Gear]

What a lucky fella to have so much success!

[@TimHarrisandJulieHarris]

Great to see you Frank! We are still talking about the Car Guy Tour....wonderful experience. Best of everything, Tim and Julie.

[@Conntick]

This guys' story is just about as cool as the car. My favourite installment so far, keep em' coming Petrolicious!.

[@africaidentify]

Such a great film. Petrolicious does it again. Besotted by the car. Maserati's manage to be so understated and elegant.

[@NJRacer623]

Italy still makes good looking cars now, but man, the one's they made in the 60's are some of the best looking most beautiful pieces of art in automotive history.

[@alexarmendano]

Gorgeous car. One of my all-time favorites.

[@flat6fever680]

That thing sounds great!! Looks incredible too.

[@NickNakorn]

One of my favourite cars on looks alone; I've not driven one. The shapes in the car are so elegant and have that wonderful superlegerra/touring DNA - a bit like an Aston DB4 in notchback form. Marvelous!

[@jimmycocks2267]

Agreed, I'm pretty sure the same designer outfit built this, the db4/5/6 and the Lambo 350.

[@IsadoreWoW]

jimmy cocks Correct - it was carrozeria touring. Love loads of things they've done, including the disco volante.

[@veteq101]

Huge fan of the brand, owned a couple of them myself. Great video.

[@nlzmo400r]

nothing short of typical Petrolicious perfection..outstanding

[@juicysushi]

Yet more awesomeness. Easily my favourite channel on youtube.

[@syahfinoakbar2227]

The Lampadati Casco

[@hectoremilianosadikzepeda82]

+Syahfino Akbar lol

[@bredlo]

Just beautiful. He obviously adores his Latina with Patina!

[@Jhananigans]

Gorgeous car and a cool story. Made me reflect on why I fell in love with Maserati in the first place!

[@Clarkecars]

`60s GT cars, in general, are just so wonderful to look at and drive. DBs, E-types, Lancias, Lambos, Jensen etc.

[@tocsa120ls]

Love this guy :-) "I couldn't find bearings for the engine so I've bought all Maserati dealers' parts" BTW that car (which came first, Volvo P1800 or this?) looks absolutely stunning on the strip.

[@MG421982]

The 3500 GT came first... if you mean when launched to the public ! 3500 GT = launched in March, 1957 Volvo P1800 = prototype shown in December, 1957 launched in 1961

[@ImDembe]

The P1800 was co designed with Pietro Frua, he worked with Maserati but i don't know if he was involved in the GT3500 but u guess he took some design elements from it.

[@billycarlile6378]

That is the best love story I've heard in a long time.

[@CarlosOliveira-cj3iz]

Beautiful video...as always!

[@Crushercurtis702]

This is all very good jazz. Hats off once again guys.

[@alex199273]

This car is listed for sale now. $290k. Gees! That's some money.

[@chriserz94]

+Alex A I spy with my little eye a great white shark (E24) in your profile picture :3

[@alex199273]

E246ixer Hahaha yes! That's mine! If you wanna see more pictures you can follow me in IG @al3x_e24 ;)

[@chriserz94]

Alex A Just followed you buddy , don't mind the lack of recent posts , haven't gotten a chance to do much except clean the interior a bit , complete suspension overhaul is soon to be underway!

[@alex199273]

E246ixer Definitely saw it! I love it :D Come to bimmerfest next year! Hopefully both of ours will be somewhat ready. lol

[@parkerbennett9756]

Pursue your passion and you can make it, it's hard to believe thats possible but he did it. What a boss. I really wanted to see his other cars too though

[@supersonique001]

Ah, when sports cars really had a 'soul', lovely, bellissima!

[@russelldobbins8893]

A lovely car in a lovely setting.

[@SupercarsGT]

Lovely sound and lovely design

[@ItalianProud1978]

Just Beautiful

[@scootosan]

Sweet car and the first thing I thought of was the sound too

[@MabzProductionz]

I've been in love ever since I laid eyes on this car

[@marcryvon]

Go see Jay Leno's garage. He has one, silver. Interesting story. AWESOME car !

[@quietenglishman4179]

Gorgeous car. I saw one of these n southern Spain a couple of years back. Another bout of car envy.

[@IExposeMormonism]

Up into the the mid 1980's or later you could buy these for nothing. I passed up 3 with bad engines and for under $2,000. You put a small block chevy in them and life was good......I wish I had bought one, now.....

[@glendaroberts3359]

Gee it sounds lovely doesn't it?! Nice one.

[@TheOddBrother]

The sax song at the start is "Sentimental You" composed by Jack Trombey from the De Wolfe Music Library. You can listen to it on their website!

[@thesoberdrunkman9845]

I love you thank you so much.

[@keithsclassicgarage1133]

I got to drive one every day to lunch to keep the battery charged. A fantastic car!

[@tristanblock]

This is a beautiful car, would love to own one.

[@paulames3111]

if I could pull off videos like this on my channel I would quit my day job..

[@JamaicanMeCrazy]

that really is gorgeous

[@hughes40]

good interview, great car wished i had one to drive on me own.

[@sputhoor96]

What a beautiful car!

[@Wesley_C]

GTA5 online brings here, this 3500GT is gold.

[@SLABONECHD]

ese logotipo del tridente es lo que mas me gusta de esta marca y del carro

[@josejr1901]

more Masers pls! 5000GT, Ghibli 1, Mistral, Mexico, Sebring, Bora, Indy, Khamsim, Merak, Quatroporte 1, A6G

[@72Disco1998]

This is really good channel.

[@nathansteiner4744]

hands down my favorite petro video, aesome car awesome dude shoulda shown more interior

[@sstaiger]

Beautiful

[@TimeConsumingInc]

The plate says Washington, but the scenery says Coachella Valley. Beautiful.

[@hugoalmanza273]

What a beauty

[@Desertduleler_88]

Great video lovely twin cam six, sounds very similar to Aston Martin's. These cars will always emanate character today's cars lack.

[@1nhman]

Thinking about restoring my 1963 3500GTI now, might have to go with weber carbs due to the cost of restoring the Lucas injection.

[@LiveByBurton]

Beautiful car

[@edwinperez-silva]

The fly on that one shot

[@eatmymoto]

incredible good!

[@adam1othman]

people don't really understand that back in the day these cars were out selling ferraris. when this car was released maserati was the top. they were top in f1 with the best drivers on the team and no one could stop them and ferrari was left in the dust, it was only after ferrari basically copied the maserati design that they would have success in f1. furthermore as a result of maseratis level of achievement, they outsold ferrari and would continue to do so in the 60's. going into the 70's and 80's the market for these cars never changed, it was old money that purchased these cars, the upstarts at this point were now addicted to lamborghini and ferrari... and they produced very few cars prior to the 1970's as a result, when citroen took over and tried to raise the factory output they ultimately doomed the brand because the market the company participated in was very small. then came the 80's and the company all but almost ceased to exist. but looking back to the 50's and 60's and these cars were among the greatest cars on earth, lamborghini is my favourite brand especially the miura as a car is my favourite. but the ghibli outsold both the miura and the daytona, because the maserati at this time wasn't like the ferrari or the lambo and i feel this identity has been lost ever since citroen, maserati was about gt cars, luxurious gt's not race inspired gt's, ferraris were detuned racing cars. lamborghinis were these crazy powerful outrageous looking and performing supercars, and maserati was the comfortable long distance cruiser that was built for the likes of royalty. now its built for anyone who will pay for one and its a shame

[@Carlito1988]

Adam Othman I have always considered myself a 'Maserati Man'. To me, the Maserati GT cars of the 60's & 70's were much better than their rival, Ferrari. The 3500, 5000, Mexico, Ghibli, Bora, Indy, Khamsin, etc. are in a league by themselves...

[@adam1othman]

Carlito1988 Im inclined to agree, but in this period i feel that all of the big three were in their own league at the time. would i say they're superior. no i wouldn't, i would say that they all played on an even playing field in terms of technical design. but in terms of what these cars set out to be, maserati was truly in a league of its own. as a gt there was no better car than a maserati. ferrari tried to build gt cars but in my opinion they were always too much of a sports car to ever achieve such with the odd exception of course and as a sports car there was no better car than a ferrari etc... personally I've always been into the classic racing machines of the 30's-60's and i love the old school maserati racing cars, especially the 8cm and the 250f in their day they were easily one of the best and most beautiful cars on the racing circuit.

[@basstrammel1322]

It's so many elements to make a car company succeed, it makes the experts dizzy. It's sad that Maserati and Alfa pulled the short straw, and I'm curious what they would be like today under other curcomstances.

[@alebgns6164]

working on these cars here in germany also worked on a 3500 gti race car, pretty things these cars

[@butziporsche8646]

Back in the 80s I had a buddy with a 3500GT Touring with a hot rod Buick 215 aluminum block v-8. I had a Mistral at the time and his 3500 was faster. I sold the Mistral for $6,500 in 84'.

[@phyllishiggs2587]

wow nice car!

[@michaelnicholls6973]

Please do an episode on the Lamborghini 350gt! Love the show

[@akiamimasen8608]

I Was Fall In Love In This Maserati 3500 GT Since I Was Find This Car In Test Drive Unlimited ( Part One ) Made By Atari The Same Sound, Original Body Paint And All - Driving In My Dream Car On O'ahu Island I'M Still Fall In Love In This Car - The Gorgeous Piece Of Art The Owner Of This Car And This Garage Is My Idol

[@GeSchmidtt]

Great story. Beautiful cars.

[@tonyromo5437]

220 for a car of that era is a lot of power

[@trishapaytas3370]

sick car

[@stephanematis]

Such a lovely inline 6 sound. #maserati #petrolicious

[@jacobt1027]

stephane matis Too bad Maserati is a shadow of it's former self.

[@sam_scott_85]

2:01 Tires need balanced, lol. Sweet car though.

[@rdrg7362]

At 2:58 the speaker made me laugh: ".. visit the Mazerati factory ... and I became infected"! (by the Mazerati bug)

[@juniorvazquez9000]

Nice very nice.

[@riejurv50]

I've seen one under full restoration today, just a completely empty sanded shell in a garage.... It took me a few hours later at home to know the model, once discovered... Man... I need one... But I'm afraid it is waaaay out of my price range...

[@RussellRobinson77]

What a lucky guy

[@stephenroman9015]

I came across this post looking for original colors for this car. I have an antique toy model of this car I found in a thrift shop that I intend to build. I enjoyed this video inspite of the real car being quite out of my league financially.

[@FieldTestedSemenKun]

Wondering if there's either a Classic mini or escort (European) or Volvo p1800S video coming up

[@darticulate8751]

Lovely Handsome cars!

[@ANDREWSAMY562]

Reminds me of a 1950s Ford Thunderbird

[@apscoradiales]

mild steel exhaust would sound even nicer than stainless steel. ought to try it.

[@BMan100]

The straight 6 god they make good music

[@roflcopter645]

Nothing beats the sound of a N/A straight 6 with straight pipes, and I really mean it...nothing!

[@BMan100]

well.. Apart from the new 6.4 392 Hemi in the challengers.. (had one. and Am planning on getting another one)

[@MrComputerSaint]

Looks a great car, but the video seemed to cut off at the end...

[@andifery8655]

Perfect design italiano

[@sthembisomadlala6943]

Wat a beauty

[@wongjet788]

i want to ask what is the name of the background music 0:38 ?

[@STOPnGOanimations]

awesome! i should make a video about this beauty :D

[@linglingjr]

Some cars look cool, some amazing but this looks *classy*

[@ANDREWSAMY562]

linglingjr agreed

[@raul_138]

My dream car

[@judassson]

dream job

[@SLABONECHD]

mi marca italiana favorita de carros

[@PRINGLE130]

Wonderful bug........Superleggera elegance

[@SLABONECHD]

es como el tridente de poseidon

[@34hassler]

Petrolicious! Im getting married in California this upcoming May. I want to have a beautiful classic car rented for the day to take photos and drive! The 3500GT is one of my favorite cars! Could you possibly somehow get me in touch with this gentleman??? Thanks so much! Big fan of your videos and cinematography!

[@marios23apoel]

They mentioned this car in last Top Gear. Touring are responsible for the bodywork, like the new Disco Volante.

[@3248934]

That Disco Volante was crap, the 8C is a great and rare car, they ruined it.

[@skyking9409]

I really enjoyed making this video, and the car ran flawlessly. The early 3500 is a lovely car. There was a limited amount of time so they could not film every detail to see some my other cars you car search Maserati 3500GT #708 there you will find lots of detail shots. Enjoy and thank you. Ciao, FGM

[@rw2602]

Could you possible shed light on the song used at 0:29? I like it and would love to know the name