Art by Alessandro Gerelli
Walking around in the pits, at this year’s Oldtimer Grand Prix, it was very interesting to watch the mechanics working on the cars and especially on the engines.
All the engines are beautiful, always clean and look like new, but the Italians are always more fascinating with the carburetors, air filters, and sparkplugs, but also exhaust tubes which look like sculptures.
What a difference with today’s electronics!
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