This year’s Coppa D’Oro delle Dolomiti as seen by the camera of Alessandro Gerelli.
The only French car in the entry list: it is a Citroen Sport of 1961 with a 4 cylinder engine?? and a capacity of 750cc and 62 bhp.
Cisitalia 202SC
Cisitalia MM
The interior and dashboard of the Citroen special.
A nice Fiat 600 Jolly of 1958.
Fiat 1100 S of 1947.
Fiat 1100 cabriolet of 1948.
Fiat 1100 barchetta of 1948.
Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato of 1960
A Stanguellini 1100 sport of 1947.
A Lancia Aurelia B50.
Fiat barchetta 1500 of 1948.
A Lancia Aurelia of 1955 and a Lancia Delta Integrale used to lead the race.
Could anybody at VT solve the mistery of the 4 cilinder engine of 750 cc displacement for the the pictured Citroen. To my knowledge in 1961 there were no regular Citroen engine of such small displacement; is/was it a prototype engine?
The photo of the “Citroen Sport” says that it is a 4 cylinder. That year the DS-ID had a 4 cylinder motor, but it started at 1.9 litres, and the 2cv was a 2 cylinder. The GS was not out yet. Therefore, I am concluding that the motor is a 2 cylinder motor.
Gentlemen,
Thanks, and we are checking on this issue of a four cylinder 750 cc Citroen.
Pete Vack
A few years ago, at the Bologna-Raticosa hillclimb, Keith Kelley and I saw a Citroen special much like this one. It had big chevrons in the rear vent and had a flat-r engine. I think the car was covered in either Sports & Classic or Thoroughbred & Classic in that same year
Hi Pete
Great stuff as per usual. If I can be permitted a little greed, now that you are the only publisher in the world who features these “real” cars that mortals could once own (although perhaps not now)a few more inside shots like that of the Citroen would be marvellous. Please keep it up!
Cheers
Adrian