Bandini 1100

The driver John Bracco in New York

Picture of Bandini Sports in 1100 USA

TheBandini 1100 is a 'car produced by 1947 1950 by the company Bandini Cars Forlì.

In 1947 Ilario Bandini, developed the project of a car that was suitable for everyday life but also to the races.

The prototype was fitted with an engine derived from a Fiat 1100 to whom Bandini adapted a tested bialbero a 'Alfa Romeo six 8-cylinder valves. The distribution, compulsorily amended as well as camshafts, it was a chain and gears.

The production of a small lot of this model provided by contrast, the use of engines and exchange Siata 1500 cc but, in fact, stopped a few examples.

This was the second Bandini to cross national boundaries. Tony Pompeo, importer italoamericano, I bought one, at the end of forty years, rigorously painted red, which led to New York to run it in the category FM League SCCA (Sports Car Club of America). In the photos, driving fast is the "climber and stradista" John Bracco, also winner of A Thousand Miles, 1952, Coppa Acerbo and Circuit Pescara.

The Frame

Ilario Bandini to work on the 1100 sports

The particular design dell'autotelaio and pipes steel special section elliptical-derived aircraft, Caproni, ensured the proper relationship between lightness and torsional rigidity. The first frame was made completely into the Bandini.

• suspensions:
  • Front: Independent, triangles overlapping with shock hydraulic telescopic tilted and springs cylindrical helical coaxial
  • Rear: a bridge with rigid leaf spring semiellittiche longitudinal
• Braking system:
  • Service: hydraulics, drum front and rear
  • Parking Mechanical tape, on ' transmission shaft
• Steering: a worm
• Wheels: ray Borrani
• Tank: 50 Litres
• Transmission: transmission shaft with joints cardanici, differential Central and semiassi the rear
• Guide: right (at the request left)

The Engine

In 1100 Fiat prototype bialbero

• Positioning: forward longitudinal, 4-cylinder in-line
• Capacity: 1089 c.c.
• Bore and race: 68 mm x 75 mm
• Head: Derivative Alfa Romeo 6 adapted to the 4-cylinder engine, 2 inclined valves per cylinder, 2 camshafts controlled by chain and gears
• Power maximum: 65 hp
• Power: 2 carburettors
• Lubricate: housing wet with pump gear and vertical radiator all'avantreno
• Cooling: forced liquid with centrifugal pump and radiator vertical all'avantreno
• Currency and clutch: 4 + marches RM, clutch monodisco dry
• Ignition and electrical equipment: coil and distributor switch battery 12 V and generator

In the Fiat-Siata 1500

• Positioning: forward longitudinal, 4-cylinder in-line
• Capacity: 1496 c.c.
• Power maximum: 97 hp 6000 rpm
• Power: 2 carburettors
• Compression ratio: 9,3:1
• Lubricate: housing wet with pump gear and vertical radiator all'avantreno
• Cooling: forced liquid with centrifugal pump and radiator vertical all'avantreno
• Currency and clutch: 4 + reverse gears, clutch monodisco dry
• Ignition and electrical equipment: coil and distributor switch, battery 12 V and generator

The Body

The second Bandini 1100

The body is in tandem aluminium, with large headlights and grille at the elliptical cross to elements that characterize a very rounded front. Two "slides" separated replace windshield. A "modanatura" part from the center front of the grid and having lapped the emblem enlarging section hyperboloid making and emphasizing the air-intake at the centre of the bonnet. The sides and the doors and shall not affect the main lines arising from the front, they affievoliscono in the back that is so soft and clean in complete harmony with the rest of the car. It was produced by the body Piedmont if Motto.

• Weight total in running order: 600 kg

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