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1953 Fiat 8V "Corsa"

Chassis no. 106*000032*
Engine no. 104.000*000080*
Coachbuilder Carrozzerie Speciali Fiat
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20th April 1953
Manufacturing
20th April 1953
Description: Export date 20/04/1953 to Milano
20th April 1953
Engine no. 104.000*000080*
Manufacturer: FIAT S.P.A
Note: V-type 70 degree. Aluminum heads. Corsa (104.004) engine type.
20th April 1953
Body
Coachbuilder: Carrozzeria Speciale Fiat
Type: Fastback coupe
Note: Lightweight, sliding windows
20th April 1953
Chassis no. 106*000032*
Manufacturer: FIAT S.P.A
From 22nd April 1953
to 24th April 1953
Owner: DITTA OVIDIO CAPELLI (IT)
Famous owner: Capelli Ovidio is an italian entrepreneur and racing driver
From 24th April 1953
to 6th April 1954
Owner: SCUDERIA AMBROSIANA (IT)
Famous owner: Italian racing team
From 24th April 1953
to 20th April 1954
Plate: MI-213193
Country: IT
From 1953
to 26th April 1953
Event: Mille Miglia 1953 - Un film Shell
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #506
Driver: Franco Mosters (IT)
Co-Driver: Gaetano Vitali (IT)
From 25th April 1953
to 26th April 1953
Event: XX Mille Miglia - Coppa Franco Mazzotti
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #506
Category / Group: Sport
Class: 2000 cc
Team: SCUDERIA AMBROSIANA (IT)
Driver: Franco Mosters (IT)
Co-Driver: Gaetano Vitali (IT)
Results / Prizes: 18th OA / 6th CL
Time: Start: 5.06'00"- Brescia-Roma: 6.39'23"- Brescia-Roma-Brescia: 12.29'18"
15th August 1953
Event: XX Circuito 12 Ore A.C. Pescara
Locality: Pescara (IT)
Race number: #48
Team: SCUDERIA AMBROSIANA (IT)
Driver: Ovidio Samuele Capelli (IT)
Co-Driver: Franco Mosters (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
From 6th April 1954
to 7th June 1954
Owner: Vincenzo Auricchio (IT)
Famous owner: Italian racing driver
From 20th April 1954
to 20th June 1954
Plate: CR-24916
Country: IT
From 1st May 1954
to 2nd May 1954
Event: XXI Mille Miglia - Coppa Franco Mazzotti
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #502
Category / Group: Sport
Class: 2.000 cm3
Driver: Vincenzo Auricchio (IT)
Co-Driver: Piero Bozzini (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
Time: Start: 5.02'00"- Brescia-Roma: ritirati
2nd May 1954
Event: I Gran Premio Nuvolari della Mille Miglia
Locality: Cremona-Mantova-Brescia (IT)
Race number: #502
Driver: Vincenzo Auricchio (IT)
Co-Driver: Piero Bozzini (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
16th May 1954
Event: II Castell'Arquato - Vernasca
Locality: Vernasca (IT)
Race number: #156
Category / Group: Sport Internazionale oltre 1500 cc
Driver: Vincenzo Auricchio (IT)
Results / Prizes: 1st OA / 1st CL
Time: 6'48''2
2nd June 1954
Event: VI Giro Automobilistico dell'Umbria - Coppa della Perugina
Locality: Perugia (IT)
Race number: #1015
Class: Sport +1100
Driver: Vincenzo Auricchio (IT)
Co-Driver: Piero Bozzini (IT)
Results / Prizes: 16th OA / 8th CL
From 7th June 1954
to 3rd November 1955
Owner: Domenico Scaramella (IT)
Famous owner: Italian racing driver
From 20th June 1954
to 29th December 1955
Plate: SA-19732
Country: IT
17th April 1955
Event: XV Palermo - Monte Pellegrino, VIII Coppa Achille Varzi, XII Salita del Monte Pellegrino
Locality: Palermo (IT)
Race number: #68
Class: Turismo speciale +1300
Driver: Giuseppe De Sarzana (IT)
Results / Prizes: 8th OA / 2nd CL
16th October 1955
Event: XXXIX Targa Florio
Circuit: Piccolo Circuito Madonie
Locality: Cerda (IT)
Race number: #4
Class: Turismo speciale +1300
Driver: Clemente Ravetto (IT)
Co-Driver: Giuseppe De Sarzana (IT)
Results / Prizes: 13th OA / 2nd CL
From 3rd November 1955
to 6th March 1956
Owner: Giuseppe De Sarzana (IT)
Famous owner: Racing driver
From 29th December 1955
to 13th March 1956
Plate: PA-36616
Country: IT
From 6th March 1956
to 21st April 1956
Owner: Alessandro Tognetti (IT)
From 13th March 1956
to 28th November 1956
Plate: VR-45898
Country: IT
1956
Body update
Coachbuilder: Carrozzeria Speciale Fiat
Type: Fastback coupe
Colour: Red
Note: Lightweight, sliding windows
From 21st April 1956
to 18th June 1956
Owner: Silvio Stoia (IT)
From 18th June 1956
to 27th December 1956
Owner: Lorenzo Bandini (IT)
Famous owner: Italian racing driver
2nd September 1956
Event: I Garessio - San Bernardo
Locality: Garessio (IT)
Class: Gran turismo +1300
Driver: Lorenzo Bandini (IT)
Results / Prizes: 2nd CL
9th September 1956
Event: Lessolo - Alice
Locality: Lessolo (IT)
Category / Group: Turismo Speciale fino a 2000 cc
Driver: Lorenzo Bandini (IT)
Results / Prizes: 1st CL
Time: 5'24''4/10
Note: this was the first race Bandini entered with the 8V
14th October 1956
Event: XIX Pontedecimo - Giovi
Locality: Genova (IT)
Race number: #0216
Category / Group: Turismo Serie Speciale
Class: Class oltre 1300cc
Driver: Lorenzo Bandini (IT)
Results / Prizes: 3rd CL
From 28th November 1956
to 31st December 1956
Plate: MI-327601
Country: IT
From 27th December 1956
to 3rd May 1957
Owner: Giuseppe Calderoli (IT)
From 31st December 1956
to 5th November 1957
Plate: BG-40292
Country: IT
From 3rd May 1957
to 9th September 1957
Owner: Italo Petrelli (IT)
8th September 1957
Event: IX Coppa Intereuropa
Locality: Monza (IT)
Race number: #76
Category / Group: GT 2600
Results / Prizes: 5th OA / 1st CL
From 9th September 1957
to 21st October 1957
Owner: Gaetano Bossa (IT)
29th September 1957
Event: XX Pontedecimo - Giovi
Locality: Genova (IT)
Race number: #392 (302)
Category / Group: Sport Class oltre i 1500cc
Driver: Lorenzo Bandini (IT)
Results / Prizes: 5th CL
Note: Lorenzo Bandini's Fiat 8V was painted with the number 302 to compete in the Gran Turismo category; it will subsequently be transferred to the fierce "over 1500 cc" class of the Sport category and the number will consequently be corrected to 392.
From 21st October 1957
to December 1959
Owner: Vincenzo De Biasi (IT)
From 5th November 1957
to 1960
Plate: NO-45339
Country: IT
15th June 1958
Event: IX Varese - Campo dei Fiori
Locality: Varese (IT)
Race number: #105
Class: Gran Turismo fino a 2600 cc
Driver: Lorenzo Bandini (IT)
Results / Prizes: 18th OA / 5th CL
Time: 8'16''30
7th September 1958
Event: X Coppa Intereuropa
Locality: Monza (IT)
Category / Group: GT
Class: +2600
Driver: Lorenzo Bandini (IT)
Results / Prizes: 5th CL
From 1960
to 1980
Owner: Jerry Sullivan
Famous owner: Racing driver
Note: Car was sold by Michele Vernola and Bill Brehaut
1960
Event: Riverside Gymkhana
Locality: Riverside (US)
Race number: #69
Driver: Jerry Sullivan
1960
Description: Jerry entered it for a Sports Car race at Pomona fairgrounds for his first and only race. That must have been in the early si...
1960
Plate: PSX359
Country: US
From 5th March 1960
to 6th March 1960
Event: SCCA Pomona Road Races
Circuit: Los Angeles County Fairgrounds
Locality: Pomona (US)
Race number: #128
Category / Group: BM+CM+DM+EM+FM
Class: EM
Driver: Jerry Sullivan
Results / Prizes: 15th OA / 3rd CL
1965
Generic fact: Jerry Sullivan is standing with his back to the camera, talking to schoolmate Ernie Pascal
1980
Record: The car when was found, abandoned in a shed for many years
1980
Body update
Coachbuilder: Carrozzeria Speciale Fiat
Type: Fastback coupe
Note: Lightweight, sliding windows
1990
Body update
Coachbuilder: Carrozzeria Speciale Fiat
Type: Fastback coupe
Colour: Red
Note: Lightweight, sliding windows
October 1990
Bibliography: Orsini Luigi, Mille Miglia Una Corsa Italiana , Abiemme, n.p. 1990
2003
Bibliography: Anselmi Angelo, Mille Miglia Identikit , Le Edizioni Dell'opificio, n.p. 2003
February 2005
Bibliography: Adriaensens Tony, Ottovu Fiat 106 Sport no. 214, Corsa Research Photo Archive - Corsa Research Bvba, n.p. 2005
2007
Bibliography: Caffarena Nicolò, La Pontedecimo-giovi 1922-1967 , Fratelli Frilli Editori, n.p. 2007
2011
Bibliography: Facconi Attilio, Classic Team Eberhard E La Mille Miglia 2011 , Unknown publisher, n.p. 2011
2011
Bibliography: Unknown author, Mille Miglia 2011 , Ati Mac Group Meet Comunicazione Sanremorally, n.p. 2011
From April 2011
to 2014
Owner: Martin Gruss (US)
May 2011
Bibliography: Facconi Attilio, Automobili E Città Mille Miglia 2011 , Unknown publisher, n.p. 2011
May 2011
Plate: NA550W
Country: US
From 12th May 2011
to 15th May 2011
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #225
Driver: Martin Gruss (US)
Co-Driver: David Sydorick (US)
Results / Prizes: DNF
February 2014
Plate: OAZD801
Country: BE
From 2014
to currently
Owner: Private collection
2014
Bibliography: Unknown author, Mille Miglia 2014 , 1000 Miglia Srl, n.p. 2014
From 15th May 2014
to 18th May 2014
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #263
Driver: Martin Gruss (US)
Co-Driver: Michel Brogard (US)
Results / Prizes: DNF
From 17th May 2016
to 22nd May 2016
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #260
Driver: Sabine Goethals (BE)
Co-Driver: Sylvie De Mueleneere (BE)
Results / Prizes: 300th OA
From 2nd September 2016
to 4th September 2016
Event: Concours of Elegance Windsor Castle
Locality: Molesey (GB)
From 8th October 2016
to 9th October 2016
Event: Zoute Gran Prix
Locality: Knokke-Heist (BE)
Driver: Jan De Reu (BE)
Results / Prizes: Best of Show
2017
Bibliography: Unknown author, 90 Mille Miglia - Numero Unico Catalogo 2017 , 1000 Miglia Srl, n.p. 2017
From 18th May 2017
to 21st May 2017
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #302
Driver: Sabine Goethals (BE)
Co-Driver: Sylvie De Mueleneere (BE)
Results / Prizes: 302nd OA
From 22nd June 2018
to 24th June 2018
Event: Swiss Concours d'Elegance
Locality: Coppet (CH)
Driver: Jan De Reu (BE)
December 2018
Bibliography: Dolcini Carlo, Orizzonte Perduto Mille Miglia 1947-1956 , Ela, n.p. 2018
From 27th June 2019
to 30th June 2019
Event: Elégance et Automobile à Monte-Carlo
Locality: Monaco-Ville (MC)
Race number: #12
Driver: Jan De Reu (BE)
From 7th September 2019
to 8th September 2019
Event: Salon Privè Blenheim
Locality: Oxfordshire (GB)
Driver: Jan De Reu (BE)
2021
Description: Today the car is completely restored (retaining its original engine) and part of a impressive collection in the USA
June 2023
Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Mille Miglia's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume Iii , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2023
2025
Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Coppa Intereuropa's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume I , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2025
2025
Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Targa Florio's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume I , Automotive Masterpieces S.r.l., Genova 2024