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Are F Jrs. Etceterinis? Only the Italian ones!
We continue to feature the cars entered in the Etceterini class at this year’s Amelia. We will combine them all into one article on March 3rd to present them all at one time for voting purposes. The winner will receive a copy of “Nardi, A fast life”, donated by author Dino Brunori. Below are four more excellent Etceterinis.
[Read more…] about Four More for Amelia
Todd Morici, BB/LM 512. Juha Lievonen/photosbyjuha.com
Photos by Juha Lievonen/photosbyjuha.com
Todd Morici and Peter Giddings were the first two drivers to be named “Grand Masters” in the Ferrari Historic Challenge, reflecting their multiple wins and championships. At the 2010 Cavallino Classic the pair proved they’ve lost none of their skills, as each was an overall winner in the event’s Historic Races. [Read more…] about Cavallino Classic Historics
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This week …we have new Etceterini entrants for Amelia featured, and Alessandro Gerelli reports on Retro from three different angles.
Dino Brunori to present Nardi biography to Etceterini Winner
Nardi book to be awarded at Amelia and you choose the winner!
Author Dino Brunori has kindly donated a copy of his book, “Enrico Nardi, A fast life”, as an award for the most popular Etceterini entered at Amelia Island Concours in March.
Each of the entrants will be featured in VeloceToday prior to the event. (We have already featured four). There are no criteria. Vote just once for whatever Etceterini tickles your fancy. All entrants will be featured in one article on March 3rd to present them for our voters.
Votes will be sent via email to pete@velocetoday.com. Closing date for voting is March 9th. On Wednesday March 10 we will announce the winner and the book will be awarded at Amelia by Cliff Reuter.
Bill King in the 1100cc Bandini Siluro.
Here are the details of two more of the Amelia entrants in the Etceterini class. We will feature the remaining six in the next few editions of VeloceToday. Previously, we featured the Reuter Bandini and the Stanguellini.
By Cliff Reuter
1947 Bandini Fiat 1100 Siluro
This is the second Bandini made and it features a 65 bhp Fiat 1100 engine and weighs in at 1,100 pounds. Bandini himself raced it at the 1948 Giro dell’Umbria, Pescara, Ferrara, Senigallia, and the 1949 Mille Miglia. [Read more…] about More Amelia Etceterini Entries
1925 Submerged Bugatti Brescia sold for 260, 500 Euros, ($363, 058) for charity.
Story and Photos by Alessandro Gerelli
The traditional auction that is held yearly at the Retromobile by Bonhams included about 50 lots of memorabilia and about 100 cars; most of the cars presented were French, with few Italian, English, German and American.
The quality of the cars was high, but without really “high end” cars: only five had an estimation of over half a million of euros (a Ferrari Superamerica, an Alfa 8C, an Alfa Castagna, a Fiat 8V and a Maserati A6G 1500) and none of them sold.
The result of the auction has been in line with the economic world moment. About 60% of the cars that have been sold were good bargains for the buyers. Top prices were 475.000 euros for an Hispano Suiza of 1935, about 400.000 euros for a Mercedes Benz 630K of 1929 and a Swiss Monteverdi Hai 450SS of 1970.
Please note that all the prices mentioned below are inclusive of the buyer’s premium.
[Read more…] about Gerelli’s Retro: The Cost of Our Passion
A 2500cc Alfa engined Nardi Danese.
Photos by Alessandro Gerelli
Our man Alessandro Gerelli was at this years’s Retro in Paris, clicking away. He sent us the Italian cars of interest, the French and those cars which we mark as the Cost of Our Passion. Here are the Italians.
Photos and captions by Alessandro Gerelli
Citroen 15 AL Rosalie from 1933.
Four door Lambos, beautiful Bandinis, fast Fiats
Mark Stehrenberger’s work is familiar to us all, we probably just don’t know it. Sorta like James Patterson, that mysterious writer who has sold more books than both Stephen King and John Grisham. Our man Wallace Wyss uncovers the man, presents his work and his many interesting comments about the state of the art.
What exactly is an Etceterini ? Are they fun to own and drive? What’s the history and what does one do with one? We start this week, but the final word will come a bit later from the author of “La Sport e i suoi artigiani” himself, world famous Italian car historian Andrea Curami. Only here in VeloceToday.
New to VeloceToday is Simon Wright, who totes a good camera, knows his cars and how to write as well. His first for us is a short on the Fiat 500 Trofeo cars at Birmingham UK. We wish the new Fiats were in the U.S. now, but Chrysler seems intent upon NOT. Much more of Simon is on tap for next month as we get deeply into Citroens, designers, and old old Renaults.
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Mark Stehrenberger is an artist, familiar to most Road & Track and Motor Trend readers for his many projected visions of what the world’s automakers are building next. Mark has also been involved with real life car design and in the past has been a consultant to various automakers such as VW, Peugeot, Renault, Ford, KIA, Subaru, Rolls Royce, Jeep, and Toyota. He resides alternately in Montreux, Switzerland, and Ventura, CA but comes over to Ventura, CA every so often to recharge his batteries (yes, three AAA batteries, not included).
By Wallace Wyss
WYSS: I often look at the major car magazines such as Road & Track, just to see what you are going to predict. Where do you get your information?
STEHRENBERGER: By listening what the car honchos do NOT tell at press conferences, by info obtained from within and without the car makers’ studios, by doing my own, sometimes elaborate and extensive, research, then connecting the dots!
[Read more…] about Master Class Stylist: Mark Stehrenberger
Why are we so fascinated by Ecterinis?
Because we don’t know much about them. Because they are so rare. Because they are so tiny. Because they are so cute. Because they raced the great races. Because they were built by artisans. Because they are like miniature Ferraris. Because they sound great. Because they represent an era we will never see again. Because they are Italian.
So, exactly what is an “Etceterini” anyway?
Broadly speaking, Etceterinis are tiny, jewel-like race cars from Italy with names that usually ended in a vowel. But today, with vastly increasing prices, limited availability, and international recognition, it might be time to definitively define the word, the class, the car. So we asked two who should know, Italian car historian John de Boer, and Stu Schaller, who reportedly coined the term back in the 1970s. [Read more…] about The Essential Etceterini
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Howards’ Stanguellini
By Cliff Reuter
“The Behm Stanguellini was imported by Briggs Cunningham for the 1954 Watkins Glen Race. I was there with my Bandini, but the Stang ran off and hid from every one. Briggs could not fit into it so John Gordon Bennet drove.” (Quote from Sandy MacArthur).
[Read more…] about 1953 Stanguellini 750cc DOHC
Where is Chrysler when you finally want them?
By Simon Wright
Details of the 2010 Trofeo Abarth 500 GB Championship were given at the Autosport International Racing Car show, held at the National Exhibition Centre near Birmingham between the 14th and 17th January. [Read more…] about British Trofeo Abarth 500 Championship