Ferrari 500 Mondial s/n 0528 MD in Piazza della Loggia.
Captions and Photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
Starting ceremony for this 1927 O.M. Superba. O.M. (for Officine Meccaniche) won the first edition of the Mille Miglia in 1927.
Elegant design for that 1951 Cisitalia 202 SC, a the starting ramp.
On the ramp, a Ferrari 212 Inter s/n 0221 EL.
212/225 Export s/n 0170 ET which took part to the 1952 MM with number 552.
Californian David Sydorick, posing with the Fiat Ottovu.
Fiat 1100 TV (for Turismo Veloce).
This Ferrari 250 GT Boano s/n 0533 GT took part to the last Mille Miglia, in 1957, with race number 415.
The 665 SSMM O.M. of 1930.
Cisitalia 202 Berlinetta.
Siata 1100 TV of 1954.
Fiat 1100 S of 1947. The Fiat 1100 and derivatives were very popular among the Mille Miglia competitors in those days.
1938 Fiat 508 CS MM with aerodynamic body.
1948 Gilco, also powered by a Fiat 1100 engine,
No one ALFA in your picture layout? Fiats, Ferraris and the only pre-war cars were two OM’s and a Fiat? Who approved this layout?
Digusting isn’t it! But we have you covered and then some next week with our feature on the Coppa Intereuropa event. There will be an entire story on the Alfas, Portello and otherwise, that participated in this huge event. Plus, coming up, everything you wanted to know about the Alfa Berlina 1300.
Ed.
There were an INCREDIBLE number of outstanding Alfa Romeo cars at the 2011 “California” Mille hosted each year by Martin Swigg in Northern California.