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Originally Posted by islero  Wow! Nice one there Ram, had us all puzzled for a bit.
Here's ID 354:
What is this breathtakingly beautiful-looking coupe? I want Model, and year of manufacture.  |
Grazie molto islero. Il vostro automobile era una prova vero dura in pieno sfida, Mamma mia! 
ID:354 is the aluminium bodied
1954 Moretti 750 Gran Sport Berlinetta Coupé
This charming baby Gran Turismo was designed by the illustrious Giovanni Michelotti of Turin for Giovanni Moretti. Sig. Moretti made motorbikes and microcars. His company was called Fabbrica Automobili Moretti SpA, Turin.
(If you think that's one Giovanni too much, Giovanni Moretti was a great friend of Gianni Agnelli, grandson of Giovanni Agnelli who founded Fiat SpA. In fact Moretti used a lot of Fiat mechanicals. Karlos Fiatwale are you tuned in?)
Love the recessed door handles and one piece 15" alloy wheels that look like stamped-steel wheels to the untrained eye. Those are 4.25-15 tires.
It was also a very minimalist racing car. That meant Plexiglas windows, race bucket seats...
...and among the most spartan of spartan dashboards.
Don't miss the Fiat Millecento-esque switches and ignition keyswitch.
The 1954 Moretti 750 GS had a tiny
748 cc Bi-Albero (meaning twin-cam or DOHC) 4-cylinder engine.
The engine breathed through two Weber DCOE (Doppio Corpo Orizzontale ) carburetors (
like what I dream for (Weber Double-body Horizontal-draught carb) on my Padmini S1).
It developed 75 bhp @ 8000 rpm, pushing the little car to 175 km/h.
But the car weighed only 495 kg. So you still got a racing power-to-weight ratio of 133+ bhp/ton -- a little sprightly car truly worthy of the Mille Miglia!
Here's a pic of the Moretti engine.
Don't miss the twin Weber DCOEs, the twin aluminium valve covers, the Magneti Marelli ignition coil and distributor turned by the left camshaft.
Ram