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14/01/2025 11:07 am
Enrico Nardi (of the famed Nardi steering wheels) was a contemporary of Enzo Ferrari in the 1930s when both were using Fiat underpinnings. By the late '30s, the philosophy of light weight and aerodynamics over horsepower pioneered by the likes of Andre Dubonnet became wide spread. Perhaps the most extreme example of this was the wildest and weirdest Nardi's "Bisiluro" or 'twin torpedo'. With its two asymmetrical ultra-streamlined sponson-like pods, the starboard pod contained the driver and the gas tank and the port contain a tiny Gianni built 0.7 liter 4 cylinder engine finely tuned ala Abarth to produce a whopping 62 HP giving it a top speed of, if you dared, 134 mph. Connecting the two pods was an airfoil shaped radiator. Entered in the catastrophic 1955 Le Mans event, its light weight and aerodynamic shape was its undoing. A passing Jaguar's side draft blew the Bisiluro off the track and with the damaged it suffered, it was a DNF. Rebuilt, the car now resides in the National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci in Milan, Italy.
14/01/2025 11:35 am
Approaches Alex Xydias' So-Cal belly tanker for aerodynamics.
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14/01/2025 12:03 pm
14/01/2025 12:15 pm
Wow, talk about lightweight !!
14/01/2025 12:15 pm
Beautiful design but just too light for the high speeds and cross winds usual at Le Mans.
14/01/2025 12:40 pm
Wow! Who is the model maker?
14/01/2025 7:55 pm
Shame on that big bad Jaguar. That Jag needs to pick on someone it's own size. Lends new meaning to the term "blown away".
14/01/2025 9:23 pm
@rich-sufficool - Ahhhh, thanks! Thankfully, it's 1:43 scale, which I intentionally do not collect. The selections in that scale are unmatched by any other. I'd go broke buying up all of the magnificent models that are available in 1:43.
14/01/2025 9:29 pm
@marty-johnson My wife will back up that statement Marty! She puts far too much budget emphasis on things like housing, food and clothing.......she just doesn't get it!
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14/01/2025 9:32 pm
@rich-sufficool - Ahhhh, thanks! Thankfully, it's 1:43 scale, which I intentionally do not collect. The selections in that scale are unmatched by any other. I'd go broke buying up all of the magnificent models that are available in 1:43.
Come on Marty, you know that's the whole point of bringing out all these gorgeous 1/43rd scale models 😉
Just think of all the room you'll have in your home after you replace all your 1/18, 1/8 and 1/12 !
When does your "model car collector garage sale" begin ?
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14/01/2025 11:09 pm
@marty-johnson Marty, this is 1/18 scale. I guess Bizarre also did it in 1/43 if that's what you found.
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