The Iconic Sale at Silverstone Festival 23rd - 25th August 2024

The Iconic Sale at Silverstone Festival 2024 Competition Cars 8 Registration: N/A Chassis No.: TBC Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000 Specialist: Joseph Watts Telephone No: 07779 082707 Lot 301 1957 Balino MM ‘Special’ The car presented here is a 1957 Balino MM, a one-off Italian Fiat ‘Special’ built by a very talented engineer-racer. It’s an aluminium-bodied/steel space-framed car in the style of a 1950s sports racer or Mille Miglia-type entrant, built by its owner (our vendor) and has been campaigned in VSCC and hillclimb events with much success. It was fastidiously built over three years and completed in 2010, immediately enjoying its first outing, then further evolved/refined and campaigned over an eight year period (VSCC Invited Class & MSA papers). All the mechanical parts are period Fiat, the engine being ‘upped’ to 1,290cc with a seven-port head, Simca conrods, high-compression pistons, four Amal carburettors, a longer duration 290° camshaft, electric water pump and tuned tubular exhaust. The rear axle is Fiat Balilla on ¼ elliptic springs, the front suspension is Topolino, whilst the elegant body is aluminium over a round tube steel space-frame. Our vendor: ‘The main target during the build was to make the car as light as possible, it ended up at 400kgs, pleasingly 100kgs at each corner’. The car was given a VSCC acceptance form for ‘Post-1940’ cars in 2010 and an MSA logbook in 2012. It’s been raced successfully at Silverstone, Donnington, Oulton, Snetterton and Pembrey, but was most effective on the hills and sprints due to its low weight. It was last used in 2018, but has been started and moved regularly since, the last time just before consignment. What a stunning machine, lovingly created and maintained by its maker, is there a more cost-effective way into 1950s-style aluminium-bodied racing? An elegant, aluminium-bodied race car ‘Special’ in-the-style-of a 1950s Sports racer or Mille Miglia entrant. More Details Lot 301 Bid On Lot 301