There was no edition of VeloceToday last week as we were having our yearly computer check up and updates. We apologize for any inconvenience. The answer to our mystery engine can be found below–and it may surprise you. Thanks for all the comments!
This week, we feature the Birdcage Maserati. Be sure to check our Maserati books in the VeloceToday bookstore–Dalton Watson is offering a savings of $65 if you order both of the excellent books on the Maserati Birdcages. Note too, Karl Ludvigsen’s books on “Italian Racing Red” and “Red Hot Rivals”. All would make great holiday gifts.
Women with Alfa Romeos are always “of Interest”, and this week we’d like your help in identifying the woman in the photo below. Mid 1920s, probably French, perhaps Italian, a young woman poses here with her Alfa 3-liter RL Super Sport for a 1920s Bois de Bologne event. May it be someone’s dearly departed Grandmother. Photo is part of the collection of author Jean-Francois Bouzanquet, in whose book “Femmes Pilotes de Courses Auto 1888-1970” (English title, Fast Ladies) the photo appears. Let us know if you know.
Could the woman on the Alfa be Baronessa Maria Antonietta Avanzo? If so, its a different picture of her from any I’ve seen.