I think in some places people just want to be close to the action and when there's no local regulation well it just happens. In 86 I was at the Maserati 60th event and invited to be co pilot in the pseudo rally from Riccione back to Modena. We followed a 450s through a lot of those little towns/villages and the roar of that car was terrific of course . I was in a lowly Merak with a beautiful Italian woman driving her boyfriend's car who couldn't work a gearbox or speak a lick of english. I also had a terrible cold. The only reason my wife didn't object! Anyway, the people just came running out in the streets to see and cheer all the cars go buy. But we weren't going all that fast like this!
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What's the technical reason for the bronze wheel nuts over say steel? I've been asked this several times when people see the same thing on my Ghibli Open Cup car.
i have no idea ? let us know when u find out please cool, you have a ghibli cup car? some later ones were equipped with one of my all time favorite wheels.... the wonderful 6 spoke mg tecnomagesio's. you have the 3 piece or tecno's?
I had three piece wheels made for it over ten years ago and they're heavier, because of all the issues with the tecnomagnesio's cracking. Today I have to wonder if forged aluminum one peice wheels could be made instead. They would undoubtedly be lighter but when you damage one the 3pc make a lot more sense.
interesting... what areas were the tecno's cracking? any photos? they are suppose to be updated with low pressure mg casting over the campys gravity sand casting and stronger. many f2 , f3 and sportracers type cars still use mg tecnos today. 3 piece makes much more sense for racing. speedlines ones are heavy, early bbs mg ones are really light... often lighter than mg casted wheels
Are the nuts bronze or bronze- (or rather brass-?) coated steel? As far as I know copper or brass coating is used to prevent galling between same-metal threads, which could be an issue when tightening wheel nuts as quickly as possible during a pit stop.
No not steel. The lug nuts on older GT Maseratis were brass. These seem to me to be bronze just like those on the Lancia?
Fantastic car. Phillip is awesome in this. My pal knows his stuff! Sent from my iPhone using FerrariChat.com mobile app
Good to know that the Bonhams 037 stayed in the US. Jay is right that it's like a smaller F40. I'd add two points to that: - It predates the F40 by about 5 years so to the extent there were influences they went from the Lancia to the Ferrari, not the other way around. There likely were some influences at least on the design side as both were designed by Pininfarina. - Unlike the F40 the 037 had legitimate, and very impressive, motorsport success...
...one other thing Jay got right is the transmission - it's not short throw but it does have such a nice, satisfying mechanical feel.
Bronze is a "self lubricating" material. It won't be as durable as steel, but it would allow a lot of torque while maintaining easy removal.
