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I vaguely remember this one... Isn't it Italian, and built sometime during the war and right after it?
Quote from: Lorenzo721 on November 17, 2016, 02:36:51 PM
I vaguely remember this one... Isn't it Italian, and built sometime during the war and right after it?
It is Italian, yes, from the late 1940s.
1948 Lucciola, powered by a 250cc Condor Giudetti engine.
Quote from: Lorenzo721 on November 18, 2016, 06:27:03 AM
1948 Lucciola, powered by a 250cc Condor Giudetti engine.
Correct; and I thought this was quite hard! Shows what I know...
But there's one question you haven't answered, so it's locked for you to do so.
Thanks, I had skipped one of the questions... Engineer Giorgio Pennachio, from Milan, was behind the project.
Quote from: Lorenzo721 on November 18, 2016, 06:04:37 PM
Thanks, I had skipped one of the questions... Engineer Giorgio Pennachio, from Milan, was behind the project.
Yes indeed, he designed it.
It never took off though, figuratively speaking..
another Lucciola by G.B. Pennacchi (this from 1942):
I found an old 1982 QR magazine clipping that might be of interest for this puzzle.
Now I learned that Lucciola means firefly in Italian and that it was used for several cars obviously.
Before I thought it is a brand name :bag:
This is the automated Bing-translation for the photo text:
QuoteThe electric "Firefly" built in 1949 by Piero Patria (photo on the side). A model of the same name, which fitted a Condor-Guidetti engine with valves at the head of 250cc and forced air cooling, was presented in 1947 by the Milanese G.B.Pennacchio (photo below)