What's this race car and when?
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Made in Italy before WWII ?
That's two questions! I answer to the first, Yes, that's italian
Built after WWII ?
Yes, race car after ww2
Biondetti - Jaguar ?
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?
Not a Biondetti, and not a Fiordelesi
Is it based on a Maserati A6 sports car?
I don't think so, but I read nothing who confirms it (or not)
Is it powered by an engine from a mass-production car ?
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.
Paganelli?
No
The single small exhaust pipe is the correct side for a Fiat 1100 engine - is this a Gilco chassis?
No connection with Gilco
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?
Was this car built before 1955 ?
Nicanary: I have no informations for the engine
oko94: Yes, Italian car built before 1955
Was this car built after 1952 ?
1947 Nardi Danese.
Yes, good job nicanary. Now you can sing Plastic Bertrand "ca plane pour moi" ;D
another picture
I worked out the answer yesterday afternoon whilst putting my shoes on to go to work, and I posted very quickly. The name of the car should contain a hyphen (Nardi-Danese) as the 2 men were working in partnership at this time.
I was looking for inspiration through a list of entries for the 1953 Mille Miglia, and saw "Nardi" and it was the "eureka" moment. Nearly all the other small makers in Italy used Fiat engines, but Nardi tried other options, which was one of your clues. This car is mentioned on a few websites, mainly photo images, but on one site from Eastern Europe it states that it has an Alfa Romeo engine. This may be true, but the site often contains incorrect information.
The nose cowl of the car is, I believe, a later addition. The jet-engine intake style did not appear until about 1952, with the Ferrari 500, and I think someone has changed the body to make it look more modern.