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MBM Sport 1960 - Monteverdi's first sports car for the sixties

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Created on April 24, 2012

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Written by:

Bruno von Rotz

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Daniel Reinhard

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MBM Sport (1960) - schlanke Front

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MBM Sport (1960) - nur fliegen ist schöner

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MBM Sport (1960) - Aerodynamik war nicht oberstes Gebot

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MBM Sport (1960) - der Kopf ist dem Fahrtwind voll ausgesetzt

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MBM Sport (1960) - man sitzt aufrecht im flachen Sportwagen

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MBM Sport (1960) - fühlt sich auf schnellen Landstrassen wohl

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MBM Sport (1960) - der Fahrer ragt weit aus dem Wagen

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MBM Sport (1960) - Brille und Helm helfen im Windsturm

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MBM Sport (1960) - ein unbekanntes Gesicht für die meisten

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MBM Sport (1960) - genügend Luft zum Atmen sollte er kriegen

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MBM Sport (1960) - die Windschutzscheibe schützt nur Teile des Körpers

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MBM Sport (1960) - knapp über der Strasse

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MBM Sport (1960) - Platz für zwei Personen

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MBM Sport (1960) - der Motor liegt hinter der Vorderachse

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MBM Sport (1960) - in der Mitte der Tank, bei der Hinterachse das zweite Getriebe

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MBM Sport (1960) - Der Osca-Motor mit Nr. 768 leistete 100 PS

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MBM Sport (1960) - Zwei obenliegende Nockenwellen und Leistung bei hohen Drehzahlen sind sein Markenzeichen

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MBM Sport (1960) - Ziel bei der Konstruktion waren kompakte Dimensionen und leichtes Gewicht

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MBM Sport (1960) - der Motor lieferte seine Maximalleistung bei 7'500 U/min

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MBM Sport (1960) - Instrumente für Drehzahl, Öldruck, Öl- und Wassertemperatur

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MBM Sport (1960) - karges Interieur mit den Nötigsten

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MBM Sport (1960) - das Vierganggetriebe ist unsynchronisiert, das hintenliegende Lotus-Fünfganggetriebe zur Anpassung der Gesamtübersetzung wird ohne Kupplung direkt am Getriebe im Stand geschaltet

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MBM Sport (1960) - der Hebel links schaltet das Vierganggetriebe, rechts davon ragt die Handbremse empor

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MBM Sport (1960) - Pedalerie mit stehenden Pedalen

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MBM Sport (1960) - aus jeder Perspektive ien erfreulicher Anblick

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MBM Sport (1960) - das Design stammt von Peter Monteverdi

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MBM Sport (1960) - Der Zugang zur Technik erfolgt durch zwei Klappen

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MBM Sport (1960) - Blick in den "Kofferraum" - gut sichtbar die innenliegenden Scheibenbremsen

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MBM Sport (1960) - die Elektron-Räder werden von je sechs Schrauben gehalten

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MBM Sport (1960) - direkter Blick auf den Wasserkühler

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MBM Sport (1960) - ein Rückspiegel in der Mitte

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MBM Sport (1960) - eine gewisse Ähnlichkeit zu zeitgenössischen Ferrari-Sportwagen ist nicht abzusprechen

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MBM Sport (1960) - Individuelle Heckgestaltung

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MBM Sport (1960) - kurze Überhänge

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MBM Sport (1960) - stark am Rennwagenbau orientiert

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MBM Sport (1960) - die Karosserie wölbst sich nur knapp über die grossen Räder

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MBM Sport (1960) - dieselben Räder taten auch an den Lotus-Monoposti der Zeit ihren Dienst

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MBM Sport (1960) - Elektron-Räder und Motorentlüftung

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MBM Sport (1960) - der seitliche Auspuff

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MBM Sport (1960) - MBM stand damals für Monteverdi-Basel-Mitter

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MBM Sport (1960) - Fahrgestell-Plakette im Wageninneren

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MBM Sport 100 (1960) - Ansicht des Chassis von hinten

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MBM Sport 100 (1960) - Blick auf den Vorderbau des Chassis mit Wasserkühler und Osca-Motor

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MBM Sport 100 (1960) - Blick auf die verkleidete Heckpartie

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MBM Sport 100 (1960) - Chassis mit 1100 ccm OSCA-Motor

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MBM Sport 100 (1960) - der Osca-1,1-Liter-Motor

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MBM Sport 100 (1960) - der Osca-Motor sitzt hinter der Vorderachse, gut sichtbar die Aufnahmepunkte für die Pedalerie

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MBM Sport 100 (1960) - die noch unbemalte Alu-Karosserie von oben gesehen

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MBM Sport 100 (1960) - es fehlen nur noch die Türen

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MBM Sport 100 (1960) - fast fahrfähiges Chassis von der Seite

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MBM Sport 100 (1960) - Innenliegende Scheibenbremsen und zweites Getriebe hinten

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MBM Sport 100 (1960) - Osca-Motor und -Getriebe, Schalthebel für das hintere Getriebe

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MBM Sport 100 (1960) - Peter Monteverdi mit einem Mitarbeiter vor dem fast fertiggestellten Fahrzeug

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MBM Sport 100 (1960) - weitgehend fertiggestellte Alukarosserie

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MBM Sport 100 (1960) - mit hoher Scheibe

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MBM Sport 100 (1960) - zusammen mit dem MBM Formel Junior an der London Racing Car Show 1962 ausgestellt

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MBM Sport (1960) - am Bergrennen Altbüron im Jahr 2004

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Peter Monteverdi im Jahr 1991

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Peter Monteverdi im Jahr 1991

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Summary

In 1960, the well-known Swiss designer and sports car builder Peter Monteverdi built a one-off called the MBM Sport with a four-cylinder OSCA engine and two (!) gearboxes. Thanks to its attractively shaped barchetta body, advanced suspension and low weight, the car would have had a good chance in racing, but it was not to come to that. This report tells the story of the MBM Sport from 1960, describes driving impressions and shows the sports car when it was built and today.

This article contains the following chapters

The only one of its kind
Front mid-engine design
From racing car to road sports car
Few racing assignments
Dilapidated and rebuilt
Pleasure for the eye
At the steering wheel of the MBM Sport
It doesn't work without glasses
Unfiltered music for the ears
Technical specifications
Further information

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

One vehicle, two gearboxes. This did not happen very often. But this is exactly how Peter Monteverdi built the MBM Sport 100 in 1960, as an open sports car trimmed for low weight with an OSCA twin-camshaft engine, a four-speed gearbox at the front and a five-speed gearbox at the rear. Only the front gearbox was used to change gear while driving, while the other gearbox allowed the final ratio to be varied in five stages. A stroke of genius or a mistake? With the Formula Junior racing car, Peter Monteverdi had gained a great deal of experience in the construction of motorsport-oriented chassis at the end of the 1950s. It therefore made sense to apply this expertise to the construction of a sports car. Today, it is no longer possible to determine whether the choice of components was strategic or simply a case of recycling leftovers. In any case, a 1.1-liter OSCA engine with needle bearings, two overhead camshafts, a flange-mounted four-speed gearbox and a Lotus five-speed gearbox were used, as well as various other Lotus parts, which presumably came from the Lotus 12 purchased from Charles Vögele.

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