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1951 Fiat 750 derivata MM Gran Turismo

Chassis no. 500C*275882*
Engine no. 57784956 ex officio
Coachbuilder Zagato
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20th June 1951
Manufacturing
From 20th June 1951
to 17th June 1952
Plate: MI-174300
Country: IT
1951
Interior
20th June 1951
Engine no. 500b*280215*
Manufacturer: FIAT AUTO S.P.A. 151 AR0 (IT)
20th June 1951
Body
Coachbuilder: Fiat
Type: Two-door saloon
Note: Full canvas roof
20th June 1951
Chassis no. 500c*275882*
Manufacturer: FIAT S.P.A
From 28th June 1951
to 5th April 1952
Owner: Mario Pettigioni (IT)
15th July 1951
Event: V Coppa d'Oro Internazionale delle Dolomiti
Locality: Cortina d'Ampezzo (IT)
Race number: #11
Category / Group: Gran Turismo Internazionale
Class: 750 cmc
Driver: Roberto Lippi (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
28th July 1951
Event: Rallye del Mare e dei Monti
Locality: Genova (IT)
Category / Group: Gran Turismo Internazionale
Class: 750 cmc
Driver: Roberto Lippi (IT)
2nd September 1951
Event: Recco - Uscio
Locality: Recco (IT)
Category / Group: Gran Turismo Internazionale
Class: I fino a 750 cmc
Driver: Roberto Lippi (IT)
Results / Prizes: 3rd CL
Time: 12'28''2.
9th September 1951
Event: Bologna - Passo della Raticosa
Locality: Bologna, Italia (IT)
Category / Group: Gran Turismo Internazionale
Class: 750 cmc
Driver: Roberto Lippi (IT)
Results / Prizes: 4th CL
Time: 34'37''3/5
1952
Event: Circuito di Ospedaletti
Locality: Ospedaletti (IT)
Category / Group: Gran Turismo
Driver: Roberto Lippi (IT)
4th April 1952
Engine update no. 0025252 ex officio
Manufacturer: FIAT AUTO S.P.A. 151 AR0 (IT)
Note: Tuned engine - unknown displacement, probably around 700 cc (registered as 8 fiscal hp)
From 5th April 1952
to 2nd August 1954
Owner: Roberto Lippi (IT)
Famous owner: F1 racing driver and CSAI trainer.
18th April 1952
Press review: Unknown, "Il Secondo Elenco Di Iscritti Alla Mille Miglia", Tuttosport , 04-1952, pp. 1
19th April 1952
Press review: Unknown, "Piloti Per La Mille Miglia", La Gazzetta dello sport , 04-1952, pp. 1
20th April 1952
Press review: Unknown, "Quaranta Vetture Straniere Nella Xix Mille Miglia", Corriere Sportivo , 04-1952, pp. 1
From 3rd May 1952
to 4th May 1952
Event: XIX Mille Miglia - Coppa Franco Mazzotti
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #2305
Category / Group: Gran Turismo Internazionale
Class: 750 cmc
Driver: Roberto Lippi (IT)
Co-Driver: Parisini (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
Note: Departed from Brescia at 23:05 but did not reach the first checkpoint in Ravenna; forced to retire from the race.
1st June 1952
Event: IV Coppa della Toscana
Locality: Firenze (IT)
Race number: 950
1952
Body update
Coachbuilder: Zagato
Type: Fastback coupe
Colour: Red
1952
Interior update
Material: Leatherette
Seats: Black
12th June 1952
Event: IV Giro Automobilistico dell'Umbria - Coppa della Perugina
Locality: Perugia (IT)
Race number: #156
Category / Group: Gran Turismo Internazionale
Class: Fino a 750 cc
Driver: Roberto Lippi (IT)
Results / Prizes: 3rd CL
Time: 4h 00'01''3/5
From 17th June 1952
to 7th August 1954
Plate: GE-61315
Country: IT
6th July 1952
Event: Coppa della Consuma
Locality: Firenze (IT)
Category / Group: Turismo di serie
Class: Fino a 750 cmc
Results / Prizes: 6th CL
Time: 12'43''1
7th September 1952
Event: IV Coppa Intereuropa
Locality: Monza (IT)
Race number: #10
Category / Group: Gran Turismo
Class: Fino a 750 cmc
Team: SCUDERIA SANT AMBROEUS (IT)
Driver: Roberto Lippi (IT)
Results / Prizes: 2nd CL
Time: 3'09''1
Note: Lippi was the first unfortunate driver of the day to retire from the race, doing so immediately after the second lap.
12th October 1952
Event: V Bologna - Passo della Raticosa
Locality: Bologna (IT)
Race number: #82
Category / Group: Gran Turismo Internazionale
Class: Fino a 750 cmc
Driver: Roberto Lippi (IT)
Results / Prizes: 8th CL
19th October 1952
Event: Vermicino - Rocca di Papa | Coppa Gallenga
Locality: Vermicino (IT)
Category / Group: Gran Turismo
Class: Fino 750 cc
Driver: Roberto Lippi (IT)
Results / Prizes: 2nd CL
Time: 10'02''4
1953
Body update
Coachbuilder: Zagato
Type: Fastback coupe
Colour: Two tone, Z shaped scheme
12th April 1953
Event: Giro Automobilistico di Sicilia
Locality: Palermo (IT)
Race number: #039
Category / Group: Gran Turismo
Class: Fino a 750 cmc
Driver: Roberto Lippi (IT)
Co-Driver: Panini (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF / 2nd CL
Time: 14.10'31''
24th May 1953
Event: 1° Coppa Lerici
Locality: Lerici (IT)
Category / Group: Gran Turismo Internazionale
Class: 750 cmc
Driver: Roberto Lippi (IT)
Results / Prizes: 1st CL
Time: 4'34''7 media 61,856.
31st May 1953
Event: V Coppa Toscana
Locality: Firenze (IT)
Category / Group: Gran Turismo Internazionale
Class: 750 cmc
Driver: Roberto Lippi (IT)
Co-Driver: Chiesa (IT)
Results / Prizes: 4th CL
Time: 6.43'11''
28th June 1953
Event: V Giro Automobilistico dell'Umbria - Coppa della Perugina
Locality: Perugia (IT)
Race number: #759
Category / Group: Gran Turismo
Class: Fino a 750 cc
Driver: Roberto Lippi (IT)
Co-Driver: D'Alessandro (IT)
Results / Prizes: 46th OA / 1st CL
Time: 3h 47'50''0\0
Route: media 100,862km\h
5th July 1953
Event: Coppa della Consuma
Locality: Firenze (IT)
Category / Group: Gran Turismo Internazionale
Class: Fino 750 cmc
Driver: Roberto Lippi (IT)
Results / Prizes: 3rd CL
Time: 10'19'' e 1\5.
9th August 1953
Event: Circuito di Reggio Calabria - Trofeo d'Oro del Turismo
Locality: Reggio Calabria (IT)
Category / Group: Gran Turismo Internazionale
Class: Fino a 750 cmc
Driver: Roberto Lippi (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
Note: Moving on to Gran Turismo, the 750 had a brilliant start thanks to Lippi and the Zagato but ultimately saw the strong Monteverdi’s D.B. Zagato cross the finish line first.
23rd August 1953
Event: 4° Corsa in salita Savona - Cadibona
Locality: Savona (IT)
Category / Group: Gran Turismo Internazionale Sport Commerciale
Class: Fino a 750 cmc
Driver: Roberto Lippi (IT)
Results / Prizes: 2nd CL
Time: 6'52''4/5.
From 27th August 1953
to 30th August 1953
Event: VII Stella Alpina
Category / Group: Gran Turismo
Class: Fino a 750 cmc
Driver: Roberto Lippi (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
Note: After an excellent race and finishing third in Classelunga, Lippi had to withdraw from the competition.
13th September 1953
Event: V Coppa Intereuropa
Locality: Monza (IT)
Race number: #5
Class: I fino a 750 cmc
Driver: Roberto Lippi (IT)
Results / Prizes: 33rd OA / 5th CL
Time: 3'03''2
Route: Km 244,047
27th September 1953
Event: Bologna - Passo della Raticosa
Locality: Bologna (IT)
Category / Group: Gran Turismo Internazionale
Class: Fino a 750 cmc
Driver: Roberto Lippi (IT)
Results / Prizes: 1st CL
Time: 32'23''1
Route: Km 43.200 at an average speed of 80.032 km/h.
Note: The focus then shifts to the international Gran Turismo category, starting with the up-to-750cc class, where Roberto Lippi claims victory over Giuliano Ronzoni and Luciano Rambaldi, who finish in the places of honor.
11th October 1953
Event: Coppa Gallenga
Locality: Vermicino (IT)
Category / Group: Gran Turismo Internazionale
Class: Fino a 750 cmc
Driver: Roberto Lippi (IT)
Results / Prizes: 2nd CL
Time: 9'47''
1st November 1953
Event: Firenze - Siena
Locality: Firenze (IT)
Driver: Roberto Lippi (IT)
Results / Prizes: 15th CL
From 2nd August 1954
to 13th November 1956
Owner: Roberto Cecchini (IT)
From 7th August 1954
to 27th November 1956
Plate: ROMA-206822
Country: IT
7th August 1954
Engine update no. 57784956 ex officio
Manufacturer: FIAT AUTO S.P.A. 151 AR0 (IT)
Note: Preparazione Galassi - 10 fiscal hp
From 13th November 1956
to 29th February 1960
Owner: Gianmario Buffone (IT)
Purchase price: Lire 180.000
From 27th November 1956
to 30th December 1982
Plate: VA-51795
Country: IT
From 29th February 1960
to 7th February 1961
Owner: Ivano Taurini (IT)
Purchase price: Lire 40.000
From 7th February 1961
to 5th December 1961
Owner: Pietro De Clementi (IT)
Purchase price: Lire 50.000
From 5th December 1961
to 3rd December 1963
Owner: Arturo Bonetti (IT)
Purchase price: Lire 50.000
From 3rd December 1963
to 9th October 1964
Owner: Bruno Tanelli (IT)
Purchase price: Lire 30.000
From 9th October 1964
to 30th December 1982
Owner: Giovanni Landini (IT)
Purchase price: Lire 120.000
From November 1982
to 2020
Owner: Luigi Marignani (IT)
Note: After the death of Luigi became owner the widow Marignani.
30th December 1982
Record: Plate VA-51795 radiation of office.
1983
Plate: ZA836CL
Country: IT
October 1990
Bibliography: Orsini Luigi, Mille Miglia Una Corsa Italiana , Abiemme, n.p. 1990
1997
Bibliography: Santovetti Francesco, Vermicino Rocca Di Papa - Una Corsa Castellana , Giorgio Nada Editore S.r.l., n.p. 1997
1998
Body update
Coachbuilder: Zagato
Type: Fastback coupe
Colour: Red
2000
Bibliography: Cancellieri Gianni, Polvere E Gloria: La Coppa D'oro Delle Dolomiti (1947-1956) , Giorgio Nada Editore S.r.l., n.p. 2000
2003
Bibliography: Anselmi Angelo, Mille Miglia Identikit , Le Edizioni Dell'opificio, n.p. 2003
1st February 2003
Identification document: ASI Identification card n.019648.
5th December 2003
Identification document: FIVA Identify card n.021271; Categorized A3; ASN that issued the certificate ASI Automotoclub Storico Italiano; Owner' country Italy.
5th January 2004
Identification document: ASI Certificate.
2007
Bibliography: Cifarelli Nanni, Stella Alpina 1947-2006: Dalla Storia Ai Giorni Nostri, La Stessa Passione , Asi - Automotoclub Storico Italiano, n.p. 2007
December 2012
Bibliography: Minutoli Nino, Il Giro Di Sicilia A Messina 1948-1957 Gli Anni Del Dopoguerra , Libreria Ciofalo Editrice, n.p. 2012
May 2014
Bibliography: Prisco Giuseppe, Coppa Della Perugina - Giro Automobistico Dell'umbria - Giuseppe Prisco , Asi - Automotoclub Storico Italiano, n.p. 2014
May 2018
Record: Car exhibited at the exhibition '' Marignani Collection'' on Auto e Moto d'epoca museum in Frosinone.
December 2018
Bibliography: Dolcini Carlo, Orizzonte Perduto Mille Miglia 1947-1956 , Ela, n.p. 2018
From 2020
to 11th March 2024
Owner: Fausto Zanetti (IT)
10th January 2024
From 11th March 2024
to 2024
Owner: Giuseppe Bianchini (IT)
11th March 2024
Identification document: Circulation paper.
11th March 2024
Identification document: Circulation paper.
23rd July 2024
Identification document: Circulation paper.
From 2024
to currently
Owner: Private collection
3rd April 2025
Identification document: Automotive Masterpieces certificate AU-34340 car officially counted among the Automotive Masterpieces in its eligible categories.
4th April 2025
Identification document: Rina Certificate N. RAM-20. for the historical research conducted on the car through a validation process of its proven historicity and provenance by Automotive Masterpieces.
2025
Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Coppa Intereuropa's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume I , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2025
2025
Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Coppa D'oro Delle Dolomiti's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume I , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2025
2026
Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Giro Di Sicilia's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume I , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2026