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Why finding histories of cars is so difficult

Discussion in 'Vintage (thru 365 GTC4)' started by dretceterini, Sep 1, 2008.

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  1. dretceterini

    dretceterini F1 Veteran

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    #1 dretceterini, Sep 1, 2008
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    A lot of cars changed hands many times, and were modified along the way. Here is an example of an "etceterini" that started out as one thing, and ended up much differently. It also makes it difficult to decide which version of a car to restore it to; especially if it has important history in several versions...


    This car was one of 9(?) Fiat/Giusti Casa 'dell Auto Testadoros (Gilco chassis) built circa 1947. The motor was Fiat Topolino based, with a Casa 'dell Auto Testadoro cylinder head, and stretched to 750cc, which was the class displacement maximum. The body on this car (but not all the Testadoros) was by Zagato.

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    By dretceterini at 2008-08-30


    I don't know if this is the same exact car, but by the 1955 Mille Miglia, one of the 9(?) Testadoros was modified by Branca, the Fiat Testadoro motor replaced with a Moretti twin cam motor, and looked like this (driven by Ubezzi).

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    By dretceterini at 2008-08-30

    It's no wonder that it is so difficult to say for certain what any car actually is...
     
  2. judge4re

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    #2 judge4re, Sep 1, 2008
    And race cars make it all the more difficult. Engine blew up in a race, put a new one in. Factory comes up with a neat new engine, put it in there.

    What gets me about most of the racers from the 50's and the 60's are the over the top paint and interiors that they have now. They never looked like that in period.
     

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