Jeff Allison is presently the editor of Prancing Horse, the quarterly magazine of the Ferrari Club of America. He’s previously served in editor positions with MG Abingdon Classics and Vintage Motorsport magazines, including editor of “Vintage Stuff” in Automobile magazine. Since 1976, he’s produced almost 400 articles in over 40 magazines and web sites relating to motorsport activities. We think you’ll enjoy his photo collection of Alfas on the Track, Part 1 this week, and Part 2 next.
Jeroen Ekeler, 41, is a newcomer to VeloceToday from Holland who has been a free lance motoring writer for twenty years. He covered the always impressive concours at the Palace Het Loo for us and we hope to see more of his work in the near future.
Moretti. One of our readers is restoring a very rare Moretti. Although he has checked the usual sources both online and off, he is unable to find anyone who is a Moretti historian or who can help with researching this car which spent a good deal of it’s life in France. Any ideas here? Please let us know. Email us at pete@velocetoday.com.
Re Moretti he might try Adolo Orsi at orsi@historicaselecta.it.
Kind Regards
Martin Schroeder
If it is a Tour du Monde (the small coupe), it may be the Moretti which was owned for many years by Norbert Michel near Avignon in France: there were not tht many Morettis in France.
I recall an article years ago written by Karl Ludvigsen about restoring his own Moretti. (Seems like it was a blue coupe. About the size of a tea cup!) I don’t recall the publication, but it would have been a “major” one.
If anyone has the knowledge about a Moretti, it would be Ludvigsen. Plus he has his research library.
Stephen Dean
Clovis, CA
… or Karl Ludvigsen, who owned one and has a substantial documentation, at kel@ludvigsen.com
I owned a Moretti convertible in 1959-60 and helped install an Alfa Romeo engine in the Moretti Coupe owned my Len Fronrath ( a Ford engineer) in 1960. His coupe was a blue-gray car which was originally fitted with a single cam Moretti engine. This wwould also be the one Ludvigsen had (?).
I owned a Moretti Tour du Monde spider for a number of years. While it was running it made a WONDERFUL crisp bark like a Maser 150S. I had two single-cam engines, but was assembling a Crosley engine for it when I sold it. The gearbox was terrific, I don’t know where they got those. Incidentally, Karl’s car was a twin-cam. There were a number of D-sports racers, and formula cars that used Moretti 750 twin-cam engines, so there must be old engineless Morettis hidden around.
I am the guy who owns the Moretti. It is a 1955 (at least this is what we believe…) and it is a 1200 Grand Sport Coupe by Michelotti twin cam. It has the very rare 1200 bialbero engine and it is chassis no. 5017. Hope this info will assist VT readers in helping me find more on this unusual car.