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Originally Posted by Richard-S
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.
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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.)