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Old 03-13-2017, 01:55 AM
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Default post WW2 2L v12, Italian stuff

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Originally Posted by Richard-S View Post
I wonder what happened. The Italians lost the same war and yet afterwards they produced what I say are the most beautiful cars ever made. Some of those Scagglieti Ferraris are as close to perfection as is possible to come.

yes, ..... and Enzo suddenly introduced the 2L V12 - with pistons the size of walnuts.

My own personal experience of that design was doing a nit pick resto on this old girl, back in '82:
ser.# 0010, 1949 factory team car
during the 1949 Mille Miglia ... oops ... finished in 2nd gear
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and after four more, equally-serious wrecks later on in that season, there was kustomizing in the 1950's ... after which, it finally got a little work-over with my "damage-eraser" ----
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but it did make the cover of Cavallino #44 ...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cavallino-...gAAOSwo6lWO2I1
( btw, I helped with advising owner on paint - no filler on this job.)
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