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  1. velocetwo

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    Great pictures, I love these cars! My Dad had a four Grifos, a LeLe, and a Fidea(four door sedan, not sure I spelled it correctly). Imported them himself, we drove from Sacramento to Victoria, B.C. in one of them. I was early teens so my memory of them is not 100% but seeing them lately at shows and in pictures I'd love to have one now. They've got a bit more expensive since the 70's and 80's when he imported them, they were pretty cheap due to the dollar at that time. Hopefully, I can own one some day. Thanks for sharing.

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  3. velocetwo

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    Lele, Fidia and series two Grifo
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    I`ve seen a dark metalicblue 7 Litri like above a couple of times in my neighbourhood, fantastic car.
     
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    Wow!!! I love the Varedo! I believe there is only one? I saw it at the Behring museum in Blackhawk (near Oakland, CA) about ten years ago. Is this the same/only car?

    Thanks for the great pic! :)
     
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    Yes there is only one. It is still owned by Piero Rivolta (standing next to the car) and is available to see at the Rivolta Museum near Sarasota Florida.
     
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    What are the specs on that car? It is very striking!
     
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    Power came from Ford, the 5.7 ltr. Ford 351 Cleveland engine with 325 hp combined with a 5-speed from ZF. Wieight of around 1000kg .
     
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    So, it was FAST...? Just kidding!
    Any tests of the car? With that weight and power, we are looking at Hot Rod!
     
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    Curious about one thing. The under the hood picture shows a radiator cooled with electric fans and no engine fan blade. When produced in the 60s, didn't it have a conventional fan blade and radiator cooling shroud? Electric cooling fans were pretty much non existant in the 60s.
     
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    Good question, actually that is a picture of the Iso Daytona race car and if you notice there is a hub for a fan blade, but they are not using it. Bizzarrini's ran with and without the fan blades. Street Grifo's always ran with fan blades and a fan shroud.

    Notice how far back the Bizzarrini engine is compared to the Grifo.
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    I don't know of any tests. That would be interesting, Bizzarrini built the AMX project too and I heard that car tested very fast.
     
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    With the engine set SO far back, how did they access the distributor at the rear of the Chevrolet engine? Was there an access hatch in the dash???
     
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    You guessed right, there is a hatch in the middle of the dash! It's a mis engined car with the engine up front.
     
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    Typo should read " mid engined car"
     
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    Series one Grifo with Boarrani wires, nice. That white car looks interesting, do you know what type it is?
     
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    I have NOS originals wheels for VAREDO...yes.... for sale. my contact in Italy have bought all the plan archives (design for all cars Iso signed by Giotto)
    I have 10 Wheels, 5 fronts and 5 rear. I will sell only 1 complet set 9/15 and 7/15
    Of course, wheels are in magnesium and are perfect
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    No, I don't remember what the white car was, there was just so much interesting stuff to look at. As for the Borranis, blame the poor photo but I think it was on the proper rims.
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    Your right those are Campagnolo's on the Grifo. Wow ......talk about interesting what is that last car! Fiat 8V?
     
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