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Solved TGF-365: Diatto 20A
« on: March 18, 2014, 10:48:35 AM »
Can you tell me which car was this chassis to become?
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Re: TGF-365
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2014, 11:01:10 AM »
It reads 'Diatto' on the grill so it must be one, unless it was used by a different maker in the end? Or was that chassis used in a particular race or event?

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Re: TGF-365
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2014, 11:07:55 AM »
Didn't a Diatto form the basis of the first Maserati?
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Re: TGF-365
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2014, 11:35:13 AM »
I made a mistake in retouching the picture...it's indeed a Diatto!  tell me the model and you'll get an easy point.

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Re: TGF-365
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2014, 11:58:54 AM »
Well, the first Maserati was the Tipo 26.  As it was only 1.5 litres capacity, it can't be this car which is larger.
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Re: TGF-365
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2014, 01:27:22 PM »
A Diatto type 30, maybe?

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Re: TGF-365
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2014, 02:15:05 PM »
Not a type 30.

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Re: TGF-365
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2014, 03:15:05 PM »
Then it's probably a type 20 (or 20 a)?

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Re: TGF-365
« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2014, 04:08:01 PM »
20A is correct.

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Re: Solved TGF-365: Diatto 20A
« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2014, 05:06:06 PM »
Thanks for the point even if I don't deserve it, really!  :)