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Title: Augustas in the Mille Miglia Post by: MichaelElsom on 11 April, 2022, 03:39:25 PM All of us are aware that Augustas competed in the Targa Florio, but even Morris was unaware that they had competed in the Mille Miglia until I told him about these pictures.
I learned about Foto Locchi when some friends visited Florence some time ago, but only recently thought about searching their archive for Augusta pictures. If you go to https://www.fotolocchi.it/it/archivio/?query=Lancia+Augusta&_=1649691114502 you will find a number of photos - there are two unusual cars (to my eyes anyway) and I wonder whether either have survived. Title: Re: Augustas in the Mille Miglia Post by: Kari on 11 April, 2022, 08:45:13 PM Number 89 of MM 1937 is still around and being restored. It was for sale at Padova 2018.
Karl Title: Re: Augustas in the Mille Miglia Post by: MichaelElsom on 14 April, 2022, 04:54:04 PM I wonder whether those are the same tyres that were fitted in the MM!
Title: Re: Augustas in the Mille Miglia Post by: JohnMillham on 14 April, 2022, 05:59:44 PM It's interesting to see they fitted sidelights on the Mille Miglia cars. I thought it was only the British imports that had them.
Title: Re: Augustas in the Mille Miglia Post by: MichaelElsom on 20 April, 2022, 10:40:45 AM Interestingly car 89 in the race picture didn't have sidelights (nor did any of the other Augustas) and it didn't have wire wheels.
Title: Re: Augustas in the Mille Miglia Post by: JohnMillham on 20 April, 2022, 01:04:04 PM So it seems the sidelights and wire wheels are both more recent than the actual MM race.
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