Re: Half the engine... twice the car

[Simon Favre <simon@domain.elided>]

When they said that Nuvolari flogged his cars, it was literally true.
He used to reach outside the car and beat on them to make them go faster.
I think he also referred to the German GP car as his "Muletto", or little
mule. Also, the car had a widened frame, a punched out motor, and some
suspension mods, so it wasn't exactly a 2-year old has-been.

Les Singh wrote:
> 
> Simon Favre wrote:
> 
> >Scott, as usual, a marvelous piece of writing. I think the German GP
> >you referred to was 1935. I also heard that the Alfa in question sold
> >at auction for $10 Mil a few years back. Nuvolari did drive like a
> >man possessed, but he had done that his whole career.
> 
> Couldn't agree more - Scott, take a bow for a great piece of prose that's
> poetry to my ears.

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