The first of nine Frua Spiders built on the A6G/54, this car was completed in 1956 with a two-tone red and ivory finish. Through the Paris distributor Simone & Thepenier, it was sold to a gentleman in Venezuela named Cavet. By the mid-1970s, it reappeared in California and at that time the straight-six engine was replaced by a Ford 289 V8 and the exterior had been refinished in a monotone dark blue.
The car changed hands several times more a

nd was acquired in 1999 by a Houston-based Maserati collector as a project. He eventually managed to source a correct engine and in 2003, the car was entrusted to Adolfo Orsi to oversee a complete restoration through Bacchelli & Villa. The work was completed in time for the 2008 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, where it was very well received, winning Class D “Riviera Cruising – Post-War European Cabriolets”.

It was later also shown at the Museo Enzo Ferrari between September 2014 and April 2015.