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Officine Specializzate Costruzioni Automobili - Fratelli Maserati SpA (established 1947 in Bologna, discontinued 1967) was an Italian brand of sports car automobiles, usually abbreviated to O. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bologna (boloɲa from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in Bolognese dialect is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest A sports car is a term used to describe a class of Automobile. S. C. A. , OSCA or Osca.
It was founded by Ernesto (engineering manager) and his two brothers Ettore, and Bindo Maserati (operations managers). Ernesto Maserati ( August 4 1898 - January 12 1975) was an Italian automotive engineer and racer with Maserati of Modena Ettore Maserati ( 1894 - August 4 1990) was an Italian automotive engineer one of five brothers who founded the Maserati firm in Bologna Bindo Maserati (1883 - September 1980 was an Italian automotive engineer and businessman known as the manager of Maserati and one of the Maserati Brothers. The brothers left Maserati after their ten-year contract with Adolfo Orsi had terminated. Maserati is an Italian manufacturer of racing cars and Sports cars established on December 1, 1914, in Bologna. Adolfo Orsi (1888 – December 20, 1972) was an Italian industrialist known for owning the Maserati automobile maker Ten years earlier, in 1937, the remaining Maserati brothers had sold their shares in the company to the Orsi family, who, in 1940, had relocated the company headquarters to their hometown of Modena, where it remains to this day. Modena (ˈmɔːdena Mòdna in Modenese dialect is a city and a Comune ( Municipality) on the south side of the Po valley, in the The new workshop for O. S. C. A. was established at San Lazzaro di Saveno outside Bologna,[1] where Maserati was originally made 1926 to 1940. Maserati is an Italian manufacturer of racing cars and Sports cars established on December 1, 1914, in Bologna. Their basic business goal was to develop an automobile to compete in the 1100 cc racing class.
O. S. C. A. 's first automobile was the MT4, for Maserati Tipo 4 cilindri. The 1092 cc engine (72 bhp at 6000 rpm) had a FIAT-derived block, alloy top, and the coach was built as a two-seater barchetta. Fiat SpA (an Acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Italian Automobile Factory of Turin) is an Italian automobile manufacturer An alloy is a Solid solution or Homogeneous mixture of two or more elements, at least one of which is a Metal, which itself has The Fiat Barchetta (pronounced "bar-KET-ta" is a Roadster produced by the Italian manufacturer Fiat from 1995 to 2005 (though production The MT4 first raced in 1948 at the Pescara Circuit and the Grand Prix of Naples, where it was driven to a win by Luigi Villoresi. The Coppa Acerbo was an automobile race held in Italy, named after Tito Acerbo, the brother of Giacomo Acerbo, a prominent fascist politician The Grand Prix of Naples was an Auto racing event held in Posillipo, outside Napoli. Luigi Villoresi ( May 16, 1909 - August 24, 1997) was an Italian Grand Prix motor racing driver who continued racing on the Formula The engine was modified to 1342 cc form (with 90 bhp at 5500 rpm) in 1949. [2]
In 1950, a new DOHC (MT4-2AD) raised power (to a maximum of 100 bhp at 6300 rpm), and until 1953 the engine would be enlarged to a maximum of 1453 cc (110 bhp at 6200 rpm). Overhead camshaft, commonly abbreviated to OHC, Valvetrain configurations place the engine Camshaft within the Cylinder heads above the A twin spark with 1491 cc (120 bhp at 6300 rpm) was later used in the O. S. C. A. TN of 1955.
Mostly these automobiles were barchettas, but a few were built as more luxurious berlinetta coaches by Pietro Frua, Michelotti, and Vignale. The Fiat Barchetta (pronounced "bar-KET-ta" is a Roadster produced by the Italian manufacturer Fiat from 1995 to 2005 (though production Berlinetta is a term used to designate a coupe car (as opposed to spider, a Convertible car Pietro Frua ( May 2, 1913 - June 28, 1983) was one of the leading Italian coachbuilders and car designers during the 1950s and 1960s Giovanni Michelotti (1921-1980 was one of the most prolific Designers of Sports cars in the 20th century Vignale was an Italian Automobile Coachbuilder company Carrozzeria Alfredo Vignale was established in 1948 at Via Cigliano Turin by Alfredo A Vignale was run in the 1500 cc class at the 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans. The 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 21st Grand Prix of Endurance and took place on June 13 and 14, 1953.
The 1954 12 Hours of Sebring was won by drivers, Stirling Moss and Bill Lloyd, in an O. Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss OBE (born September 17, 1929 in London) is a retired racing driver from England. S. C. A. MT4 [1] as part of the Briggs Cunningham Team. Briggs Swift Cunningham II ( January 19 1907 - July 2 2003) was an American sportsman who raced cars and yachts [3]
From 1951 to 1962, automobiles or engines made by O. S. C. A. also were entered in some Formula One and Formula Two events although they mainly built small sports cars of which some were designed by Pietro Frua. Formula Two, abbreviated to F2, was a type of Formula racing. Pietro Frua ( May 2, 1913 - June 28, 1983) was one of the leading Italian coachbuilders and car designers during the 1950s and 1960s In the World Sportscar Championship OSCA vehicles ranked 10 (1953), 4 (1954), 6 (1957), 5 (1958) and 4 (1961). World Endurance Championship redirects here For the motorcycle endurance
The Formula Junior (FJ) used a Fiat engine of 1089ccm, saw wins by Colin Davis (driver), Stanguellini and Taraschi (1959). Formula Junior is a Formula racing class first adopted in October 1958 by the CSI ( International Sporting Commission, the part of the FIA Fiat SpA (an Acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Italian Automobile Factory of Turin) is an Italian automobile manufacturer For the famous English conductor see Colin Davis Colin Charles Houghton Davis (born in Marylebone, London, Automobili Stanguellini was a maker of small sports cars in Italy
In 1963 the brothers sold the company to Count Domenico Augusta, owner of MV Agusta,[1] They did design work for Augusta until 1966. MV Agusta is a Motorcycle manufacturer founded in 1945 near Milan in Cascina Costa Italy. One of their final designs was a desmodromic four cylinder engine. In general mechanical terms the word desmodromic is used to refer to mechanisms that have different controls for their actuation in different directions It ended operations in 1967.
Vehicles
- MT4 (1947)
- 750S (1957)
- 1100 FJ for Formula Junior
- 1100 (1960)
- 2000 Desmodromico Morelli (1959/60)
- 1600 GT2, bodied by Zagato (1962)
- 1600 SP (1963)
References
- ^ a b Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of O.S.C.A. from maserati-alfieri. Formula Junior is a Formula racing class first adopted in October 1958 by the CSI ( International Sporting Commission, the part of the FIA Morelli was an Italian coachbuilding firm based in Ferrara and active in Zagato (SZ DESIGN srl is a design consultancy and Engineering services company situated just outside Milan, Italy. co. uk
- ^ story from maserati-alfieri. co. uk
- ^ In the April 6, 1992 issue of AutoWeek, Cunningham stated that, of all the automobiles he built, owned, and raced, O. AutoWeek is a weekly automotive enthusiast consumer magazine based in Detroit, Michigan S. C. A. was his favorite racecar.
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