Websites and Links
There is a growing amount of information on the Net, and we are just scratching the surface here. Say or type the favored word into Google or Bing and they will appear.
Below are some of our favorites along with some good things found in our very own pages, compiled from our archives. But no where is there more information in one spot than at Etecterini.com. Almost singlehandedly Cliff Reuter has turned his site into a veritable Wikipedia for Ecteterinis. You’ll spend hours just cruising through the vast amounts of material Cliff has accumulated and organized and don’t miss the SCCA results and programs: Etceterini.com.
Events
There are other sites and sources of information as well. Every year, a hard core bunch of Italian car enthusiasts with cars, time and a bit of money get together to run the Le Mitiche (the mythical—or legendary) Sport event, and it run in honor of the small ones. Nowhere is there a greate variety of Etceterinis. The event’s website is in both English and Italian, the English version here: Lemitichsport.com.
Another event in Italy where Etcterenis can be seen performing is the Coppa d’Oro delle Dolomiti covered almost every other year by Alessandro Gerelli in VeloceToday: Coppa d’Oro 2008. The event website is also informative, and can be found at Coppa d’Oro delle Dolomiti. And of course there is the eternal Mille Miglia which has also been covered almost every year by Alessandro Gerelli.
Cars
Virgilio Conrero made a number of Alfa based cars, and there is an official website in both Italian and English: Conrero.com
Ermini has a vibrant website as well–one can see that the websites now probably reflect the growing popularity and prices of the some of the Etceterinis. Ermini automobili.it.
Gilco made both cars and chassis for many postwar Italian cars and they have very interesting site which presents their famous chassis and the unique cars they made. A great walk through Italian history. Gilcodesign.com.
We found an interesting Moretti Registry, with cars and a history section: Moretti Registry.com. Another Moretti site, this one in German: Moretti cars. Both cater to the later and more available SOHC cam cars such as the Tour de Monde, seen at left. These Mini T Birds survived in fairly large numbers and many were imported to the U.S. in the early 1960s.
Recently we have done quite a bit about Nardi, so for those who haven’t seen these yet, here are the links:
Nardi in America , Nardi for Free and Fun , Nardi book review
Siata is the focus of an interesting story about a possible Amelia Island entrant, Peter Voorhees and his Siata 1400: Siata 1400.
The Otto Vu double volume book by Tony Adriaensens was reviewed by Carl Goodwin on our pages and speak a lot of U.S. Siata dealer Ernie McAffee: Siata Otto Vu.
Stanguellini is still active and has a wonderful museum, much of which is on their website: Stanguellini Museum. There is a wonderful and informative article about a visit to the Museum by Lorenzo Marchesini, full of facts and information not found elsewhere. It can be found in the pages of VeloceToday, Stanguellini Museum. But there is more of this fascinating and always beautiful racecar, on the pages of VeloceToday.
Jim Jenne has finally completed the total restoration of a rare sports racing Stanguellini. The “Search for the Sports Racing Stanguellinis” was told in a series of three well researched articles in the pages of VeloceToday, authored by Jenne. A fantastic tale of the best sort. The stories in VeloceToday are found here:
Part I , Part 2 , Part 3.
Taraschi also has an intriguing and interesting website, and you’ll find more than just the cars of Berardo Taraschi here: SquadraTaraschi.com.
People
This is a collection of odds and ends and photos from the Clair Reuter Collection, (see more below) which provide a window into the H modified classes in the Midwest during the early and mid fifties. At left is a Siata 750cc from that article. Bandini, Giaur. Even more dramatic was the Clair Reuter story, another first and exclusive for VeloceToday. Thanks to the efforts of Clair’s daughter, his racecars would find a good home and his memory would live on.
In a series of emails to VeloceToday that began with a simple question, the fate of Clair “Sonny” Reuter and the Bandini he had owned for a half a century played out before us with sadness and loss as well as a fitting and most remarkable ending. The Reuter Bandini was the instrument which saw the passing of a generation, and the continued sharing of a tradition by two families, now united by one death: Clair and the Bandini.
One of the most famous Etceterinis was owned by Steve McQueen. Find out who what when and where on this VeloceToday link: McQueen’s Siata.
Tony Pompeo was a moving force behind the importation of these cars. Historian Carl Goodwin wrote about his life for VeloceToday here: Tony Pompeo.