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- 1957 Balino MM 'Special'
1957 Balino MM 'Special'
Lot Number: 301
1957 Balino MM 'Special'
An elegant, aluminium-bodied race car 'Special' in-the-style-of a 1950s Sports racer or Mille Miglia entrant.
- Sold for: £10,575
LIVE AUCTION: This lot was auctioned on Friday 23rd August, 2024 at 2.30pm BST at The Wing, Silverstone Circuit, NN12 8TN
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BODY COLOUR
Red -
DRIVE
RHD -
REG NUMBER
N/A
SUMMARY
An elegant, aluminium-bodied race car 'Special' in-the-style-of a 1950s Sports racer or Mille Miglia entrant.
DESCRIPTION
The car presented here is a 1957 Balino MM, a one-off Italian Fiat ‘Special’ built by a very talented engineer-racer. It's an aluminium-bodied/steel space-framed car in the style of a 1950s sports racer or Mille Miglia-type entrant, built by its owner (our vendor) and has been campaigned in VSCC and hillclimb events with much success.
It was fastidiously built over three years and completed in 2010, immediately enjoying its first outing, then further evolved/refined and campaigned over an eight year period (VSCC Invited Class & MSA papers). All the mechanical parts are period Fiat, the engine being ‘upped’ to 1,290cc with a seven-port head, Simca conrods, high-compression pistons, four Amal carburettors, a longer duration 290° camshaft, electric water pump and tuned tubular exhaust. The rear axle is Fiat Balilla on ¼ elliptic springs, the front suspension is Topolino, whilst the elegant body is aluminium over a round tube steel space-frame. Our vendor: 'The main target during the build was to make the car as light as possible, it ended up at 400kgs, pleasingly 100kgs at each corner'.
The car was given a VSCC acceptance form for 'Post-1940' cars in 2010 and an MSA logbook in 2012. It's been raced successfully at Silverstone, Donnington, Oulton, Snetterton and Pembrey, but was most effective on the hills and sprints due to its low weight. It was last used in 2018, but has been started and moved regularly since, the last time just before consignment.
What a stunning machine, lovingly created and maintained by its maker, is there a more cost-effective way into 1950s-style aluminium-bodied racing?
SPECIFICATION
- Lot Number
- 301
- Make
- BALINO
- Model
- MM
- Registration Number
- N/A
- Chassis Number
- TBC
- Transmission
- Manual
- Body Colour
- Red
GALLERY
CONSIGNOR
Joseph Watts
- Car Specialist
- 07779 082707
- joe@iconicauctioneers.com
For further information regarding this lot please contact Joseph.
CONTACTPayment is due by 5pm on Monday 26th August.
Payment should be made by bank transfer where possible. Payment by card can be made (in person only)
Due to venue restrictions, all vehicles must be collected on Monday 26th August between 9am and 2pm.
Any vehicles not collected by this time will be transported to a secure storage facility in Northampton by our transport partner EM Rogers, the charges for which are £175 plus VAT for removal and £10 plus VAT per day for storage. We will make contact on Sunday to confirm how you will be removing your vehicle(s). If we do not hear back from you by 5pm on Sunday evening, we will arrange collection with EM Rogers on your behalf.
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