Bandini-Maserati 1500
Overview
Bandini Automobili
Bandini Automobili was an Italian automobile manufacturer operating between 1946 and 1992. It was named after its founder Ilario Bandini.Founded in 1946 in Bandini’s hometown Forlì, the first Bandini used a modified Fiat 1100 engine, the body was made from hand hammered aluminum and the chassis...
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Over the 1950s, non-exclusive trade agreements between Ilario Bandini
Ilario Bandini
Ilario Bandini was an Italian businessman, racing driver, and racing car builder.-Early years:Bandini was born in Villa Rovere, today part of the administrative region of Forlì in Romagna. Upon leaving elementary school, he apprenticed as a mechanic and turner in nearby Forli...
and Italian-American Tony Pompeo, provided for the export of cars with no propeller to be installed in a second time in United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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More and more cars like the sport siluro
Bandini 750 sport siluro
The Bandini 750 sport siluro is a racing car model, produced from 1950 to 1956 by the Italian company Bandini Cars.Born in 1950, this new type marked the consecration of Bandini as an international challenger in the smaller classes...
were exported, containing Siata
Siata
Siata , was an Italian tuning shop turned automaker founded in 1926 by amateur racecar driver Giorgio Ambrosini....
, Offenhauser, Saab
Saab
Saab AB is a Swedish aerospace and defence company, founded in 1937. From 1947 to 1990 it was the parent company of automobile manufacturer Saab Automobile, and between 1968 and 1995 the company was in a merger with commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania, known as Saab-Scania.-History:"Svenska...
, MG and Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of cars. Founded as A.L.F.A. on June 24, 1910, in Milan, the company has been involved in car racing since 1911, and has a reputation for building expensive sports cars...
engines. But in this type of car have some relief created ad hoc.
In particular this car, which results from the registers Bandini, have been exported on February 15 1954, was designed and built in 1952 to house the engine Maserati A6
Maserati A6
Maserati A6 were various cars made by Maserati of Italy, named for the Alfieri brothers and for the straight-six engine....
1500 cc engine capacity and run in the category FM League SCCA (Sports Car Club of America
Sports Car Club of America
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