Ermini 357 Sport: Mille Miglia 2010, San Quirico
Photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
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From the archives May 19,2015
Hugues Vanhoolandt
Belgian Hugues Vanhoolandt has been image-making for VeloceToday since 2007, and covered every major event from Monterey to Monaco. Below, he has gathered up 27 photos of what we call Etceterinis.
The term Etceterini may require some explanation. According to Andrea Curami in the indispensable La Sport e i suoi Artigiani (1937-1965), (The Sport and Its Artisans), there were at least 84 different constructors of small displacement racing cars to compete in the Italian National Championship races. There were many more that were simply listed as Fiat Specials, both in the 750 and 1100 cc classes. Etcetera, from which the word Etceterini is derived, means ‘and so on’ or ‘and the like’. Tacking on the ‘ini’ was a stroke of linguistic brilliance; not only were most of the artisan cars built from Fiat components and therefore somewhat like, all but seven of the 84 constructors had names that ended in a vowel such as “Stanguellini”; hence the ‘ini’. So fitting is the moniker that to try to categorize the cars by any other means seems hopeless. We believe the term was first used by an American enthusiast in California in the late 1980s. For more on this, read “The Essential Etceterini.”
In alphabetical order, with the event and year, Vanhoolandt’s Etceterinis:
Alfa Maserati Prete: Museo Mille Miglia, Brescia, 2011
Autocorse Gilco Panhard 750 Sport: Mille Miglia 2010, Urbino
Bandini 750 Siluro barchetta: Villa d\’Este 2013
Bandini 750 Sport saponetta: Museo Mille Miglia, Brescia, 2011
De Sanctis Formula Junior: RM Auction Monaco 2010
Ermini 1100 Sport: Mile Miglia 2011, Pieve Santo Stefano
Ermini sport siluro, Mille Miglia 2010, Brescia
Faccioli Formule Junior: Goodwood Revival 2010, Bonhams Sale
Giannini 750 Sport: Mille Miglia 2010, Urbino
Giaur Champion 750 (Motto): Villa Erba, Cernobbio, 2010
Gilco Fiat 1100: Mille Miglia 2011, Brescia
Monaci 8C Bimotore: Mille Miglia 2007, Buonconvento
Moretti 750: Rétromobile, Paris, 2012
Moretti 750 Grand Sport: Villa d\’Este 2012
Morettini Fiat 508 S: Mille Miglia 2011, Barberino di Mugello
Nardi Danese 1500 Sport: Mille Miglia 2007, Buonconvento
Nardi Danese Alfa Romeo: Rétromobile, Paris, 2010
Nardi-Danese 750 Boby Sport: Techno Classica Essen 2014
Patriarca 750 Sport: Mille Miglia 2010, Brescia
Stanga 750 Sport: Mille Miglia 2010, Urbino
Stanga 750 Sport: Mille Miglia 2007, Brescia
Stanguellini 1100 Bialbero Sport: Gooding Auction Monterey, 2010
Stanguellini 1100 Sport: Mille Miglia 2011, Brescia
Stanguellini Barchetta: Essen Motor Show, 2007
Taraschi Formule Junior: Monterey Reunion Laguna Seca, 2008
Taraschi-Fiat: Goodwood Revival, 2012
There’s just no way that I would ever be qualified to write a book on etceterinis. Every time I think I have them all catalogued, another obscure one pops up.
What a neat collection of photos. It’d be even more informative, though, if the year of manufacture would be given. I’m just sayin’. 🙂 TC
There are few things more interesting,, fun, charming and spell binding as those magnificent vehicles classified as Etceterinis. Thanks.
Eric Davison
Good on you Eric
I guess everyone is entitled to have an opinion of what car qualifies to be called an Etceterini, So since I own a Siata Gran Sport, frequently considered to be an Etceterini, I should have the right to voice my opinion . I really think it should be Italian, and I really think it should be relatively obscure I.E. to ” I own a Taraschi” ….What the hell is that is the common response from a person who thinks he is a sport car enthusiast. I do draw the line when Keith Martin refers to a Japanese built car as an etceterini. H. C. Hart
Great pictures from Hugues as ususal.To be linguistically correct these cars are not Etceterinis but just Etceterini as this already is a plural,just like tifosi is the plural of tifoso.Keep up the good work.
Michel Van Peel
I own 3 of the cars shown above, the ’55 Bandini Siluro barchetta, the ’53 Giaur Champion and the ’54 Moretti Grand Sport. I also own quite a few other cars, definitely certifiable as etceterinis. I totally agree with H. Hart but I would also add that the car has to be of a small displacement, I would draw the line to a max 1500cc, of racing character and/or extremely limited production road car but of an obscure maker (Giaur San Remo for example or my Moretti 1200 Grand Sport twincam). There is an ongoing debate whether or not Abarts should be considered etceterinis, I think not. And for sure, no Jap car (or even French) should ever be called with the Holly Name! 🙂
Argue about ‘etceterini/o’ all you like, but anything that brings me photos of small 750s, from my high drool period, is just fine by me. Carry on Hugues and Pete!
Formidable !
Et 1.00000000000 mercis à Mr Vanhoolandt
Hervé – France