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Don Murphy (on right) with former owner Don Gordon and his Cisitalia (left). Few people have ever seen a Pegaso, yet Raffi Minasian (below) won his class at Pebble Beach with his.
nose peeking out of a New Jersey garage. Throwing caution to the wind, Murphy struck a deal to buy the car for “many weeks’ salary.” With a young family and a mortgage, however, he admits, “it was a hard sell at home.”
There were bills to pay and a daughter to educate, but the tired Cisitalia followed the family when they moved to Maryland, and it sat while the piles of parts slowly grew. After the last tuition check in 1987, restoration began. Even with Murphy doing much of the work, restoring a 40-year-old limited- production Italian car proved very costly. Finally, the car was complete enough to debut at the Baltimore Concours in 1991. More than 20 years later, Murphy still cherishes the lovely Cisitalia and is amazed at his good fortune.
IF HORSES COULD FLY The fabulous red and black 1953 Pegaso Z102
1953 PEGASO Z102
Thrill show car had already passed his father’s limit when 17-year-old Raffi Minasian raised his paddle one more time at the Christie’s Los Angeles auc- tion in 1979. The gavel fell, and they bought the one-off Touring-bodied Pegaso for more than half
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