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  1. elads

    elads Formula Junior

    Dec 29, 2004
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    Image Unavailable, Please Login Hey, I just found this picture in my archives. I have no real clue about the location or serial number of the osca.

    Given the body shape, I would place it in serial numbers 1123-1136.

    Another clue is what appears to be Alfredo Momo standing with his back turned to the car in overallas. Also, the car sports an odd looking bar upfront, which I can assume is for extra night lights, which could help in identification.

    Good luck to all

    Elad
     
  2. GaetanVDK

    GaetanVDK Karting

    Oct 20, 2015
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    Still looking for an Osca 1100cc or more...
    if you know of any cars, please PM me
     
  3. elads

    elads Formula Junior

    Dec 29, 2004
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    Dear all,

    A website dedicated to OSCA - Fratelli Maserati has been launched.
    www.oscaownersgroup.com

    You are invited to visit.

    Stay well

    Elad
     
  4. alfieri107

    alfieri107 Karting

    Dec 4, 2011
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    Wow. Great website. Detailed information, right down to the very insightful explanation of the logo. Congratulations!!!!!
     
  5. AMLC

    AMLC Formula Junior

    Apr 4, 2009
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    Very interesting cars, great website!
    Last year I could take a closer look at an Osca in Holland, I think it was a 1600 GT, a dark blue car with the beautiful logo and also a very nice dashboard. The person who showed it (who also likes Khamsins and other classic Maseratis) said (in a friendly way ;)) that you could think of it as more of a "real Maserati" than my Khamsin, because the brothers had been really involved.

    I tried to find a photo of that car, couldn't find it, but did find 3 other photos. They are from the city archive of the city of Breda in Holland. The text is: “Ad den Teuling in the dark blue Osca, owned by the computer company from Prinsenbeek Mini-Micro”, date April 16, 1981. “He will drive it in the historic races on Easter Monday at Zandvoort”.
    If I understand correctly from the website www.teulingtuning.nl Ad den Teuling died in 2012, but his company still exists. At the website there are some more photos of Osca’s, like this one: http://teulingtuning.nl/images/fotos/watis-2.jpg, according to the website the ex-Giulio Cabianca-OSCA from 1952.

    Here are the photos from the Breda city archive:
    https://stadsarchief.breda.nl/collectie/beeld/films-en-foto-s/detail/859d8276-84e3-11e3-b92c-63bb32020060
    https://stadsarchief.breda.nl/collectie/beeld/films-en-foto-s/detail/859d0e40-84e3-11e3-81fa-0f066fb16d6d
    https://stadsarchief.breda.nl/collectie/beeld/films-en-foto-s/detail/859d482e-84e3-11e3-884d-27716ac11830
     
  6. AMLC

    AMLC Formula Junior

    Apr 4, 2009
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    Found a photo, this photo is in Assen Holland at April 28, 2019, I saw it somewhere else, but must be the same car, dark blue or black.

    https://i.imgur.com/6yAANec.jpg
     
  7. Nembo1777

    Nembo1777 F1 World Champ
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    I only drove one Osca but it was very very special, the one off 1600SP which was the very last Osca racing car, in fact it was right at the end when things turned sour and Count Agusta did not allow it to race.

    It has been owned since the company wound up by Ingegnere Alfieri Maserati junior. He had never ever shown the car, hardly anyone knew about it but at Villa d'Este 2012 suddenly it was there and me and my colleagues, all journalists went nuts wanting to do an article...but I prevailed:) 4 months after Villa d'Este I got to sample it.

    It looks much better than the shot above, more like a GTO 64 miniature crossed with some other very fine designs of that period...and shrunken.

    Great handling, brilliant little go kart but it was geared for Le Mans hence very long gears quite inappropriate for those hills and twisty roads, still a very special occasion:)

    The test drive and photoshoot took place from the Sauro garage in Bologna up into the hills on September 11 2012 in 40 degree heat.

    My article came out in Classic & Sports Car a few months later, if you google it you will see how gorgeous it is from various angles:)
     
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  8. elads

    elads Formula Junior

    Dec 29, 2004
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    Hey All,

    We have recently updated the OSCA Owners Group website.

    It now includes a brand new racing history section, what should be the most extensive OSCA Racing Database extant and a Resources section which includes movies, articles, links, books and others.

    The aim of the website is to provide an unbiased and detailed account of OSCA - Fratelli Maserati and its importance in motoring history. Another important aim is to connect OSCA owners past and present, as well as enthusiasts.
    Please feel free to register if you find this website helpful, in the future restricted access to an owners section (with specific content) will be granted only to the registered users with ownership links.

    WWW.OSCAOWNERSGROUP.COM

    Thank you.
     
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  9. wbaeumer

    wbaeumer F1 Veteran
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    Good work!
     
  10. GaetanVDK

    GaetanVDK Karting

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    Great website, congratulations!
     
  11. Merak1974

    Merak1974 Formula 3

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    A great initiative and a really nice and informative website.
    I am really impressed. Congratulations!
     
  12. Frank_Ford

    Frank_Ford Karting

    Mar 28, 2014
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    I'm trying to identify this French spider "373 NNN 75", photographed here at the 2001 Lousi Vuitton Classic Bagatelle, and at another show in 2002 - both times identified as "1117". However, it doesn't match the appearance of 1117 in historic photos, nur its recent presentation in shows where it wore race number 342 of the 1954 MM.

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  13. hanspeterk.

    hanspeterk. Rookie

    Jan 26, 2013
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    ... if it is #1117 (Feb. 1952 / engine 1100 and 1350), the car got a new bodywork in 1953 / 1954 and bodywork modifications in 1957 (source: Orsini / Zagari "OSCA") ...
     
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  14. Frank_Ford

    Frank_Ford Karting

    Mar 28, 2014
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    Yes - I came across that note as well, but never saw any details on how the "new" bodywork was different after '54, and how the appearance changed in '57.

    The only historic photos I've come across are from Monaco in 1952, with Franco Bordoni supposedly racing 1117 with the 1350 cc engine:
    https://library.revsinstitute.org/monaco-grand-prix/317479
    https://library.revsinstitute.org/monaco-grand-prix/292214
    https://library.revsinstitute.org/monaco-grand-prix/308302
    https://library.revsinstitute.org/monaco-grand-prix/306338

    There may be three cars claiming the identity of 1117:
    • The French "373 NNN 75",
    • the car entered into the MM 2021 by Mario Boglioli / Enrica Pezzia, and
    • a FIA-sanctioned car with the Italian registration "BS 955097" that was raced by Ferri Ragusa in the 1986 Targa Florio.
     

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