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[O Racer]

My other race car an 1955 OSCA MT4 at Monterey and Mille Miglia

[Automoda]

I love it! I've never seen one before. Its the kind of car that would attract my attention at a show.

[Croc]

Gorgeous! I am a sucker for classic lines on a car. What engine spec powers it?

[xcarguy]

John,

 

Great photos of an awesome car. Thanks for sharing with all.

 

Shane

[Kitcat]

What a beaut! The 50's produced some timeless car shapes, including this OSCA, Mini, XK 120, Elite, Porsche 356, all Ferrari's, 'Vettes, T-Bird, etc.

 

I view the modern but bland, generic, derivative shapes emerging from major manufacures now (Exhibit #1 & 2- the Scion FR-S (Fresh?), and Suburu BRZ (Breeze?)) as abject stying failures. They started with a blank sheet of paper and produced this??? Give us more OSCA's!

Edited April 21, 2013 by Kitcat

[O Racer]

Hi Croc

 

OSCA's are the result of the Maserati brothers selling their company and their name and setting out on their own in 1948, there after they built about 100 coach built racers over a ten year period winning their class in many prestigious international races including first OA in 1954 Sebring 12 hour

 

The engine has a 1500cc steel block with twin cam, twin plug aluminum head. Twin Weber DCO3 40mm carbs with about 135 HP

engine

 

The car is aluminum bodied and weight 1200 lbs

 

There is an interesting article if you want to read the history of the marque...Google

 

OSCA Automobile Quarterly Lawrence Crain

[TheDingo8MyBaby]

What year did you run the Mille?

 

I've always wanted to go see it.

 

I've seen your OSCA at the historics in years past. If I see you pitted I'll be sure to stop by and say hello

[O Racer]

I was lucky enough to run the Mille 4 times, 1996, 1998, 2001 and 2003. Finished them all too which was our goal. In 2002 I ran the Targa Florio in Sicily which had incredible runs on the old Madonoe Mountain Circuit.

 

Going to spectate the Mille is fun too, you can see the cars fill the squares for tech in the afternoon, see the Thurday night start that night, drive in the morning to an Umbrian city like Gubbio and sit in a road side bar and watch the cars go by feet away, same the next day in Tuscany and make it back to Brescia for the finish that Saturday night, friends have done it too. For the driver, 48 hours start to finish with a few hours sleep two nights

 

I ran Monterey from 1995 to 2006, year 2000 the best at it was the Maserati year and we had 5 OSCA's there.

 

I retired the OSCA after 2006, can't afford to hurt it and cannot seem to drive less than 10 tenths.

 

We go to Monterey every year, stay a week in our trailer in Moss Landing and take in all the events.

 

Take Care,

 

john

[timax]

Pure Class! do you have any other pictures under the skin?