00:00So Bruno, we came back here to the start of the Mille Miglia, the greatest road car race in the world, in the midst of indescribable confusion. Here you can hardly produce images, but we were lucky enough to immediately fish out this magnificent Alfa Romeo. What Alfa Romeo is it?
00:17It's a 1500 SS that we're going to describe because it's something exceptional, coming from the Alfa Romeo museum in Arese. Let's start with this beautiful example, it's a 1500 6 with supercharger, a six-cylinder with supercharger, it's an SS that many confuse with the Mille Miglia, the 1928 car.
00:41My name is Luciano Viaro, do you know the car well?
00:45Yes yes yes, the car is a 1928 model, it is the model with which Campari won the Mille Miglia in 1928, it is a compressor, the famous small compressor, then when they passed the 1750 they used a larger compressor, in fact the power went up to over 100 horsepower, this one 80 horsepower scassi, 76.
01:08I think this specimen has a little more, frankly.
01:13I have a little more for the simple fact that by rebuilding it, because it was an engine that had been in the museum for a long time, the engine was revised, disassembled, and rebuilt exactly in its original condition.
01:29In making, in redoing the engine, I think the compression was perhaps increased a little, which is still low, it will be 6.5 to 1, something like that.
01:39Very high by then?
01:41Well, for then yes, given the petrol, the fuels that were available at the time, it was undoubtedly high and therefore they didn't push it that far.
01:48Well, tell me, have you driven this car again?
01:51I drove it, I drove this car at the Mille Miglia last year.
01:55And how does it behave?
01:56It's a fantastic car now, you have to get used to it, obviously, because it's right-hand drive, the gearbox isn't synchronized and so...
02:07Made for roads that are not...
02:08Yes, and then thinking about how those people walked the streets back then is an extraordinary thing, something that makes my heart skip a beat, obviously.
02:15Modern cars don't give me any thrills.
02:18This one is a really nice piece though.
02:20Yes, this is a fantastic example, what I like, sorry to interrupt you, is that the condition was restored a few years ago, that is, you can see the state of use, so it is not a car that has been spruced up, no, because they didn't make them like that, the embellishments were not there.
02:41A small detail, because I too have driven certain cars very, let's say, very...
02:48Dated.
02:48Difficult, no, difficult to drive, yes, dated and difficult to drive.
02:52How does this behave when the compressor kicks in?
02:56But the compressor pushes straight away, so it has the progression of a modern car, I'd say.
03:02I understand.
03:03Road holding and visibility, and here it has the will.
03:08Yes, yes, visibility is there. Road holding requires a bit of attention.
03:12We have to stay a while...
03:13A little careful, yes.
03:14There is a way...
03:15The brakes, as we know, are rod brakes, so they have no hydraulic assistance.
03:22What you press on the pedal is what you apply to the front and rear brake shoes.
03:27The brakes are small, though powerful for their time, but small, so...
03:31And what about the bodywork?
03:33The body is a flour, it is all in aluminum, it is a car obviously born to race,
03:39and as a result, everything is very light.
03:41The part above the frame is extremely light.
03:43The line is beautiful though.
03:45The line is fantastic.
03:46It's essential, it's essential.
03:48This machine was subsequently developed, moving on...
03:51We can practically also say that...
03:54It's the Baby 1750.
03:55It's the Baby, exactly.
03:56Yes, yes, it went to 1750 which had a development until 1909.
04:02Until 1909, with all the results we have seen.
04:04With all the results.
04:05And then they moved on to the 8C, with two four-cylinder engines coupled together.
04:10Why do you think they are mistaken for the 1000 Miglia model?
04:15But because in those years, when Iano came along, it was clear that everything that weighs was the enemy of speed.
04:27And consequently the line, since it participated in the 1000 Miglia, probably the next model was implemented for the 1000 Miglia and they called it that way.
04:39But they were machines whose lines recall essentiality.
04:43So it's the memory, the heart transports you to the race.
04:46Here, the designer and the engine?
04:48Iano, Vittorio Iano, of course.
04:50He was a phenomenon, he was great.
04:53He invented everything.
04:55This is an engine scheme that is still used today, in short.
04:59The pattern doesn't change.
05:00It doesn't change.
05:00I remember, we met a few years ago, now I'm starting to remember a little, but we met in Monzo.
05:08Yes, it's possible, I travel a lot in this environment.
05:13And so it's a pleasure that he gave you a beautiful illustration.
05:17Thanks to Filippo.
05:18You're welcome, thank you.
05:19Have a good trip.
05:20Let's hope so.
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