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The history of the Monofaros began in 1980 in Argentina, when Michael Dellepiane, owner of an original Maserati, decided to build, together with Julio Acuña, five replicas in the workshop that was by the architectural firm of Dellepiane brothers in Buenos Aires.
In 1982, another of the Dellepiane family members, Ito Dellepiane, decided to make a more elaborate replica, with independent suspension, disc brakes on all four wheels and the steering column to the right shed.
The Monofaro continued being produced through the years. Always handcrafted, by different builders and in open two-seater version.
In 2010, Ito began to draw a coupé "Monofaro" inspired by the Maserati he built in 1947 to Gigi Villoresi. Enthusiastic about the project, Ito made many drawings, including an original version of a coupé with separate fenders. And from there he entrusted himself to carry out the most detailed drawings in a scale of 1: 2.
There Nicolás Dellepiane, the son of Ito, who had won experience in handcrafted classic car with Jorge Anadón and his team at the workshops Pur Sang in Paraná entered in the scene.
Back at the family home in Punta Del Leste, Uruguay, Nicolás set up a workshop and decided to join his father to build the Monofaro Coupé that Ito had designed, at a slow pace. One night, after taking the Monofaro for a spin in a dirt circuit, there appeared a "financier" and thus began the seriously handcraft construction of the Dellepiane Monofaro Coupé.
Nicolás built everything with his own hands and tools, the tubular chasis, front and rear independent suspencion, 4 wheels disc brake , the aluminium body, the 16" wire Wheels.
The Dellepiane Monofaro Coupé made its expected release in the evening of 4 January, 2013, at the Parada 5 of Punta Del Leste.
This is an interpretation of the Dellepiane family of how the car could have looked like. It has a tubular chasis, front and rear independent suspencion, 4 wheels disc brake, 6 cil 2.0 litre engine with 3 DCOE 40 40 Weber carbs, 4 speed gear box , handbuilt aluminium body, 16" wire Wheels.
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