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Ilario Bandini's sports cars - small masterpieces

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Created on January 1, 1984

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Wim Oude Weernink

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Bandini Berlinetta 1965 - Small masterpieces from Bandini

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Bandini Barchetta 1958 - Six Bandini in a row, photographed in 1958, and thus almost 10% of the entire production

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Bandini 750-cc-GT 1958 - Rare, because Bandini only built one of them - The 750-cc-GT 1958 with a Motta body

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Bandini 1100 cc 1958 - The 1100 cc Vetturetta from the late forties

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Bandini Chassis 1955 - The slim, lightweight and patented Kohrrahmen chassis

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Bandini 750-cc Bialbero 1956 - Motoring specialty - The beautiful 750-cc Bialbero

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Bandini Barchetta 1958 - Sechs Bandini in einer Reihe, fotografiert im Jahre 1958, und damit fast 10% der ganzen Produktion

Bandini 750-cc-GT 1958 - Selten, denn Bandini baute nur ein einziges Stück davon - Der 750-cc-GT 1958 mit einer Motta-Karosserie

Bandini 1100 cc 1958 - Der 1100-cc-Vetturetta aus den späten vierziger Jahren

Bandini Chassis 1955 - Das schlanke, leichte und patentierte Kohrrahmenchassis

Bandini 750-cc-Bialbero 1956 - Motorische Spezialität - Der schöne 750-cc-Bialbero

Summary

Ilario Bandini was one of the Italian mini manufacturers, his name appears with or alongside brands such as Ermini, Volpini, Stanguellini, Giaur or Taraschi, Osca, Moretti, Siata or Nardi. Bandini was an inventor, he even patented a chassis construction. Bandini laid the foundations for his success with his choice of engines. He built sports cars that looked like small Ferraris and Maseratis. The program also included a number of Formula Junior cars. Around 1960, Bandini could no longer resist the temptation to produce his own engines. The switch to mid-engines did not cost him any effort. Although his total production did not amount to 100 cars, the Bandini cars enjoyed many successes in Italy and the United States.

This article contains the following chapters

A fan club for Bandini
A foreign engine brought success
Like a Dino racing coupé, but slightly smaller

Estimated reading time: 6min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Bandini laid the foundations for his success with his choice of engines. He built sports cars that looked like small Ferraris and Maseratis. The program also included a number of Formula Junior cars. Around 1960, Bandini could no longer resist the temptation to produce his own engines . The switch to mid-engines did not cost him any effort. There are no family connections with the late Lorenzo Bandini - the talented Ferrari driver who was killed in an accident in Monaco in 1966. Another name in addition to that of the great Lorenzo still rings through car-fanatic Italy today: Ilario Bandini - 70 years old (in 1984) - is still the "spiritual father" of the racing car brand of the same name, which was founded in 1947 in Forli in the province of Romagna. A mini manufacturer, in fact an exponent of the traditional Italian domestic industry, with rare racing cars that were hardly ever built in series. I'll just mention a few of these types in passing: Ermini, Volpini, Stanguellini, Giaur and Taraschi or better known names such as Osca, Moretti, Siata and Nardi. However, they had much in common in their extensive technical refinements, which could only be realized in Italy. On the racetracks, the same manufacturers often engaged in a kind of prestige battle between different regions or cities.

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