Identification please?
Discussion
Yes. Its a Cisitalia 202MM Novolari spider, chassis number 21.
Its a sister car to the one Nuvolari raced in the Mille Miglia in 1947. A good measure of his genius is how he did: Despite the MM being a power race, flat out for a great deal of the 1000 miles, Nuvolari was leading by 8 minutes after 500 miles. However a sudden rain shower killed the electrics and he had to wait 20 minutes for it to dry out. So he only came second- 16 minutes behind the winners 2.9 Alfa.
The Cisitalia has only 1089cc, and probably only 65bhp!
Its a sister car to the one Nuvolari raced in the Mille Miglia in 1947. A good measure of his genius is how he did: Despite the MM being a power race, flat out for a great deal of the 1000 miles, Nuvolari was leading by 8 minutes after 500 miles. However a sudden rain shower killed the electrics and he had to wait 20 minutes for it to dry out. So he only came second- 16 minutes behind the winners 2.9 Alfa.
The Cisitalia has only 1089cc, and probably only 65bhp!
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