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| − | The car | + | The car was a 1949 Sighinolfi 1100 Sport built by [[Sergio Sighinolfi]], a race car driver. It has a [[Fiat 1100]]S engine with it’s own tube frame chassis and aluminum body. The naming of some of the 1950's low-volume [[Italian]] cars is always tricky. They largely used [[Fiat]] components and sometimes were described as Fiats and sometimes named for their creators, i.e. the person who had a chassis made by one specialist, the body by another, the Fiat-based engine developed by another, etc. It is suspected that retaining the [[Fiat]] name may have been for taxation purposes. [http://www.autopuzzles.com <small>Source</small>] |
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1953 Nardi Sighinolfi Source
1949
The car was a 1949 Sighinolfi 1100 Sport built by Sergio Sighinolfi, a race car driver. It has a Fiat 1100S engine with it’s own tube frame chassis and aluminum body. The naming of some of the 1950's low-volume Italian cars is always tricky. They largely used Fiat components and sometimes were described as Fiats and sometimes named for their creators, i.e. the person who had a chassis made by one specialist, the body by another, the Fiat-based engine developed by another, etc. It is suspected that retaining the Fiat name may have been for taxation purposes. Source
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