Story and Photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
Captions by staff
MT4 1100 Vignale berlinetta of 1953 (s/n 1136) built for Jean Louis Armengaud in 1953.
April 14th, 2008
Last year the organizers of the Tour Auto developed a theme with a particular model in mind.
The Ferrari 250 GT Tour de France, was the featured car in 2007.
This year OSCA was up for the honor, noting a most important Tour de France victory 55 years ago when a 1100 cc MT4 (chassis 1134) driven by Péron/Bertramnier won the event outright ahead of a 3-litre Gordini driven by Jean Behra. To commemorate this, no less than eight Oscas were in attendance.
This OSCA coupe also competed in the 1953 Tour de France, but retired. It placed second at the 12 hours of Casablanca that year.
MT4 1500 Morelli spider of 1955 driven by Mr Pund. This s/n 1162, and this car competed in the Mille Miglia in 1955, 56, and 1957.
MT4 1100 of 1949, still with siluro bodywork.
750cc S187 model of 1958 (s/n 763), here in Scuderia Camoradi livery.
MT4 1350, this time with a Frua body (s/n 1129). Originally a Cunningham car, raced later by Walt Hansgen and Otto Linton.
Osca MT4 1350 of 1953 (s/n 1127). These might be 1500s now but started life at 1350s. This is the ex Bill David OSCA now with Ananda Covindassamy of Paris.
MT4 1100 Morelli (s/n 1107), the seventh OSCA built. Delivered to Luigi Fagioli as as siluro in 1949.
1000cc Osca Tipo S of 1961 with a Morelli body.