Re: Flying Star

[jack@domain.elided (Jack Hagerty)]

From: JHertzman@domain.elided

>After Bill Bergman commented on the white-on-white Alfa at the Blackhawk 
>museum Jack Hagerty wrote: 

>"That's the "Flying Star," Bill. It is an absolutely gorgeous one-off
>by...by... waaaall shoot. I'm having a senior moment here. I think it
>was by Zagato, but I don't know if they were around that far back."

>"Flying Star", absolutely correct; "absolutely gorgeous", understatement of 
>the year. "One-off", sorta; there were five Flying Stars, two Alfas, two 
>Isotta Fraschinis, and one Fiat. 

Well, that's hardly a threat to GM's production! There' may have been five, 
but I'm sure each one is unique to itself. After reading your summary, I
pulled my IF book off the shelf ("Isotta Fraschini" by Angelo Anselmi). It 
does look very similar to the Alfa at Blackhawk (only BIGGER!). It has dark 
upholstery though. This is the one on chassis #1681. The other one was on 
chassis #1717. These were very near the end as production stopped at #1754 
according to the Register at the end. My only Fiat book (by Michael Sedgwick) 
doesn't seem to have a photo or mention of it.

>"by...by... waaaall shoot. I'm having a senior moment here"- welcome to 
>the club, junior. 

:-)

>Huge differences between Touring and Zagato, some quite visible and some 
>important ones in the background of the founders, Ugo Zagato and Felice 
>Bianchi Anderloni. 

[marvelous summary snipped for bandwidth]

>There is more to Alfa than cars and a company.

Thanks, John. This is what the digest is all about, not political 
diatribe, even if we do have to wade through the daily dose of V6
tensioner posts and laments of 164 stepper motors.

- - Jack

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