{"id":459489,"date":"2001-06-01T20:00:18","date_gmt":"2001-06-02T03:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=116022"},"modified":"2025-01-06T00:45:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T00:45:19","slug":"caged-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/caged-beast\/","title":{"rendered":"Caged Beast &#8211; Maserati Tipo 63"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the first \u201cBirdcage\u201d Maseratis burst onto the world racing stage in 1959, a number of people were shocked and many laughed at their \u201cstrange\u201d chassis, made up of hundreds of pieces of small tubing. A few dominant racing victories turned the nay-sayers around pretty quickly, and it was not long before the \u201cBirdcage\u201d was acknowledged as one of the toughest and most striking of all front-engined sports cars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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