Solved FW #18 Lancia Aprilia Zagato 1938, Eugenio Minetti, TT Donington

Started by fromwien, October 25, 2020, 05:58:06 PM

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fromwien

Please identify this car: Make? Type? Coachbuilder? Race? Driver? Year?

Good luck!

727

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Lancia Aprilia by Zagato, I think the picture is from around 1938? I found an identical #32 but not #27

fromwien

Locked for you! Perfect found!
It is a Lancia Aprilia Zagato and it raced in 1938! Now you have three trials to find the race and car's driver....

727

Was the driver Luigi Villoresi?

fromwien

No, far less known than Villoresi

727

I've been digging with no results.  :(
Feel free to unlock.

fromwien

I will give you a hint: The first letter of the surname is an M, followed by six letters....

fromwien

Sorry, but unlocked...

727


fromwien

Yes! Correct! You have it! There is now only a short way to your most deserved point: Where did he race #27 in 1938? Should be very easy now...
Locked for you

727

Targa Abruzzi, Pescara, Italy.

fromwien

No, not Targa Abruzzi, Pescara. And not Italy!

727


fromwien

Yes! Tourist Trophy, Donington.
The point is yours!

727


fromwien

Here within the reason, why I insisted to name the driver (copy from another website) with this puzzle:
'...Eugenio Minetti (Milan, 1908-1995) was one of the founder of the Scuderia Ambrosiana of Milan with Cortese, Lurani and Villoresi. His father Enrico was the most important Lancia dealer in Italy since 1911, he was also the first to sell Lancias in the USA, opening a commercial office in the 6th street of New York in late '20s.
And Enrico Minetti was the man, who commissioned the construction of the three or four racing Aprilia Sport at Ugo Zagatos bodyshop. All these cars have been destroyed due to WW II. To celebrate the centenary of Lancia (2006) Andrea Zagato decided to create a Lancia Aprilia Sport identical to the car his grandfather Ugo built in 1938.