Nardi Danese Racer (1947)

[BERTRAND]

What's this race car and when?

[BERTRAND]

Expert!

[BERTRAND]

Pros!

[oko94]

Made in Italy before WWII ?

[BERTRAND]

That's two questions! I answer to the first, Yes, that's italian

[oko94]

Built after WWII ?

[BERTRAND]

Yes, race car after ww2

[D-type]

Biondetti - Jaguar ?

[nicanary]

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?

[BERTRAND]

Not a Biondetti, and not a Fiordelesi

[nicanary]

Is it based on a Maserati A6 sports car?

[BERTRAND]

I don't think so, but I read nothing who confirms it (or not)

[nicanary]

Is it powered by an engine from a mass-production car ?

[BERTRAND]

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.

[nicanary]

Paganelli?

[BERTRAND]

No

[nicanary]

The single small exhaust pipe is the correct side for a Fiat 1100 engine - is this a Gilco chassis?

[BERTRAND]

No connection with Gilco

[nicanary]

Well Bertrand, this puzzle  "ce n'est plane pour moi"  . (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?

[oko94]

Was this car built before 1955 ?

[BERTRAND]

Nicanary: I have no informations for the engine
oko94: Yes, Italian car built before 1955

[oko94]

Was this car built after 1952 ?

[nicanary]

1947 Nardi Danese.

[BERTRAND]

Yes, good job nicanary. Now you can sing Plastic Bertrand "ca plane pour moi"

[BERTRAND]

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