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Nardi Danese Racer (1947)
« on: June 08, 2015, 06:08:07 AM »
What's this race car and when?
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Re: BD203
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2015, 03:43:12 AM »
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Re: BD203
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2015, 12:34:07 PM »
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Re: BD203
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2015, 01:09:27 PM »
Made in Italy before WWII ?

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Re: BD203
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2015, 02:06:11 PM »
That's two questions! I answer to the first, Yes, that's italian

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Re: BD203
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2015, 03:27:06 PM »
Built after WWII ?

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Re: BD203
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2015, 03:55:25 PM »
Yes, race car after ww2

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Re: BD203
« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2015, 06:53:15 PM »
Biondetti - Jaguar ?
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Re: BD203
« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2015, 07:22:32 PM »
I can tell you what the green car behind it is!

Whenever I see a strange Italian single-seater from the 1950s I immediately think of the infamous 1957 Naples GP - I can't find a photo of the Fiordelesi-Alfa Romeo so I'm not sure. Is this it?
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Re: BD203
« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2015, 03:22:33 AM »
Not a Biondetti, and not a Fiordelesi

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Re: BD203
« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2015, 05:11:57 AM »
Is it based on a Maserati A6 sports car?
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Re: BD203
« Reply #11 on: June 23, 2015, 05:39:39 AM »
I don't think so, but I read nothing who confirms it (or not)

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Re: BD203
« Reply #12 on: June 23, 2015, 06:52:44 AM »
Is it powered by an engine from a mass-production car ?
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Re: BD203
« Reply #13 on: June 23, 2015, 07:18:01 AM »
For this model I have only not much information and again I can confirm nothing.
But I know that this builder used builders engines general practitioner for his other racing cars at the same year.
For this puzzle, I found only 2 photos of the car with as explanation the mark, the type and the year of the car, difficult for me to be sure to 100% in my answers, I'm sorry.

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Re: BD203
« Reply #14 on: June 23, 2015, 08:10:25 AM »
Paganelli?
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Re: BD203
« Reply #15 on: June 23, 2015, 11:00:16 AM »
No

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Re: BD203
« Reply #16 on: June 24, 2015, 07:44:37 AM »
The single small exhaust pipe is the correct side for a Fiat 1100 engine - is this a Gilco chassis?
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Re: BD203
« Reply #17 on: June 24, 2015, 09:28:57 AM »
No connection with Gilco

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Re: BD203
« Reply #18 on: June 24, 2015, 11:10:20 AM »
Well Bertrand, this puzzle  "ce n'est plane pour moi"  ;D. (Was Plastic your cousin?)

It looks like a 2-seater sports car which has had the wings taken off in order to compete in a "formula" race. Is it Fiat powered?
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Re: BD203
« Reply #19 on: June 24, 2015, 11:34:29 AM »
Was this car built before 1955 ?

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Re: BD203
« Reply #20 on: June 24, 2015, 11:36:43 AM »
Nicanary: I have no informations for the engine
oko94: Yes, Italian car built before 1955

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Re: BD203
« Reply #21 on: June 24, 2015, 11:38:46 AM »
Was this car built after 1952 ?

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Re: BD203
« Reply #22 on: June 24, 2015, 11:56:54 AM »
1947 Nardi Danese.
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Re: BD203
« Reply #23 on: June 24, 2015, 01:26:08 PM »
Yes, good job nicanary. Now you can sing Plastic Bertrand "ca plane pour moi" ;D

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Re: Nardi Danese Racer (1947)
« Reply #24 on: June 24, 2015, 01:28:40 PM »
another picture