Fiats on the Mille Miglia

By Dino Brunori

This is the second of a series about Etceterinis on the Mille Miglia

A mystery (solved?)In 2016, during the Milan Autoclassica fair, the Pandolfini auction house auctioned an original MM sportcar based on the Fiat 500A, better known as the Topolino. Such a sportcars were common in the early editions of the race after WW2, with a lot of small artisans making different models. There was not a great deal of information on this peculiar car, apart that it entered the 1950 MM with the crew Boccardi – Schreiber and it did not finish the race. The car was known as the Fiat 500A Mor & Sca, had a Siata head, but who built it was a mystery. An original picture taken on the start line showed the car registered in Brescia, and the two pilots were from Brescia as well. [Read more…] about Mille Miglia Etceterinis: Fiat 500A Mor & Sca

Fiat 500 Sport Zanussi from 1947.

Photos by Alessandro Gerelli

Alessandro Gerelli has been covering the Mille Miglia for us since 2004, not missing a year since. Each May, he takes us down to Brescia were he has a chance to wander about, finding fascinating cars even he has not seen before.

This year was no exception…the Zanussi, seen above, is a new one on us and just as attractive as a Fiat can possibly be. And every year there are new restorations, new owners and new experiences.

Missing in the captions are the name of the entrants, however, these can be seen on a PDF offered by the Mille Miglia website. Click here to obtain the PDF.

Or, just enjoy the Italian car show at Brescia, arranged in alphabetical order below.