359/- || IMPORTED MASERATI TIPO 61 - HOT WHEELS

🏆 The Birdcage. Maserati's Racing Masterpiece.

Few racing cars in history carry a nickname as evocative as the Maserati Tipo 61 — "The Birdcage". Built by Maserati from 1959 to 1961 and designed by the brilliant Giulio Alfieri, this legendary endurance racer earned its name from one of the most ingenious engineering solutions ever conceived on a race car. 🕊️

🔧 200 Tubes. One Masterpiece.

The Birdcage's iconic nickname comes from its extraordinary tubular space frame chassis — an intricate web of approximately 200 chromoly steel tubes, welded together and arranged in a precise triangular formation 🔩. The result? A structure of remarkable rigidity and featherlight weight that gave the Tipo 61 a decisive edge over every competitor on the grid. Engineering as art. Racing as poetry.

⚡ Built to Win — And It Did.

Powered by a rev-happy 2.9L Tipo 61 inline-4 mated to a slick 5-speed manual gearbox 🏎️, the Birdcage was homologated for the fiercely competitive 2- to 3-litre endurance category — and it dominated. Most notably, the Tipo 61 claimed back-to-back victories at the prestigious 1960 and 1961 6 Hours of Nürburgring 🥇🥇 — cementing its place among the greatest endurance racers of all time.

💎 Only 17 Ever Built.

With just 17 chassis produced, the Maserati Tipo 61 is one of the rarest and most coveted racing cars in existence 🌟. Each one a hand-built testament to Italian craftsmanship, racing passion, and engineering genius. This die-cast casting captures every sleek line and legendary detail of a car that changed endurance racing forever.

🥇 Add the Maserati Tipo 61 Birdcage to your collection — 17 were built, but only one needs to be yours.