1952 Siata 300 BC 750cc at 1952 Watkins Glen, (Alan Isslehardt photo)
1948 Siata Orchidea Berlinetta MM
1950 Siata Amica Cabriolet 500cc
1952 Siata Daina Cabriolet 1400cc
1951-52 Siata Gran Sport Farina 1400cc
1952 Sebring Dick Irish Siata Gran Sport 1400cc
1952 Siata Daina Motto Sport 1400cc
1952 Siata 300 BC 750cc and 1100cc
1952 Siata 208 CS Bertone Berlina
1952 Siata 208 S Bertone Spyder Fiat 8V
1953 Siata 208 8V CS Farina Spyder
1953 Siata 200 CS Bertone Chrysler
1954 Siata 208 Coupe Michelotti
1954 Siata 1100TV Michelotti Vignale
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(photos courtesy of Joel Stein and the Mitiche web site) 1938 Siata Sport 500cc Minato collection
1946 Siata 500 Sport
1948 Siata Tipo TC 500cc #SC006
1948 Orchidea berlinetta MM
1950 Siata Amica Cabriolet 500cc
1950(?) Siata (Corrado Bacchi archives)
(photo courtesy of the Mitiche web site)
1950 Siata Sport 750cc #SC008 Corsa Bensi collection
1952 Sebring (Dick Irish photo)
1950 Siata Daina Coupe 1400cc
(2010 Amelia Island Concours Cliff Reuter photos and video) 1951 Siata Fiat 1400cc Coupe Peter Voorhees collection
(Rae R. Reuss photo)
1951 Watkins Glen (Frank Shaffer/VeloceToday.com photos)
1951 Siata Crosley 750cc
1954 Atterbury AFB (Clair Reuter photos)
1954 Atterbury AFB (Clair Reuter photos)
J.G. Whitlock
1960 Wilmot (?) (Jack Reuter archives) 1951 Siata Topolino 750cc Sport
1951 Siata 750cc Sport at 1952 Mille Miglia
1952 Siata Daina Cabriolet July 11, 1952 on "Vulcano Vesuvius" in Naples Italy, Ex Ciro Pane (Grazie Salvatore!)
1952 Siata Gran Sport 1400cc #SLO211
1952 Siata Gran Sport 1400cc #SLO212 Harry Hart collection
1952 Siata Gran Sport 1400cc #SLO216
1952 Siata Gran Sport 1400cc #SLO230 Dino Brunori collection
1952 Siata Gran Sport Farina 1400cc #SL0233 Ex Dick Irish
(Sportscardigest.com photo) 1952 Siata Gran Sport Farina 1400cc #SL0245
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1952 Siata 300 BC Coupe 750cc #ST417 Ex Sterner
(Ian Barber archives) 1952 Siata 300 BC Coupe 1100cc #ST434 Ex Pompeo
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Many thanks to Dick Irish for the following photos!
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1952 Siata Gran Sport 1400 GS #SL0233 3rd OA at 1952 Sebring Dick Irish Email from Dick Irish to etceterini.com: The Siata "adventure" was really fun. We ran two 12 hour races in a week and I don't think we ever saw 100 mph. As I mentioned, we had head gasket problems at Vero Beach. Tony Pompeo even brought us yet another head gasket in his suitcase for Sebring, but to say it arrived "rumpled" would be an understatement. We therefore borrowed a page from our midget experience and made a headgasket from annealed aluminum sheet. Tony also brought the shop manual which basically said one should torque the head, let it set over night to let the studs stretch, the re-torque it again, before running. The Siata Gran Sport would out handle most of the competitors though and I was able to run a whole stint with the ex-Bill Spear 2 liter 166 Barchetta driven by Dick Cicurel and Bob O'Brian. I'd pass them going into the first turn, lead them through the hairpin and down warehouse straight, the Ferrari would pass me on the airport runway straights, I'd catch them on the last turns and follow them past the pits, to repeat the pass. After the driver switch, I went down to their pits to tell them that I didn't mind following a Ferrari, but I hated following one with mufflers! It REALLY pissed them off! At our last pit stop, we lost time when the engine wouldn't fire for some reason. When it did fire, we'd dropped to third place behind an XK-120 Jag. We ended up 45 seconds behind it while gaining 19 seconds a lap. The kicker was the next morning the car threw the rod on the way back into town and we had to fit a tow bar and tow the car back to Cleveland. We had driven it down to break it in, as I had also driven it from New York to Cleveland. The dealer I worked for, who owned the car, hadn't a clue and repainted the car a different color before putting it on the showroom floor with the trophies!
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