Chassis #special-001 — Engine #644
A Moretti 600 single cam, which first participated in the Mille Miglia 1951 (#2359) with a Motto Body. It was then rebodied participated in the Mille Miglia 1952 with Mario Avalle - B. Tesio. They finished 11th in their Category (S750)
Extract from the Moretti Book by Alessandro Sannia, the Revs Institute.:
© Archivio Vetture
This car has been initially commissioned by Vittorio Mazzonis from Torino with, as a basis a Fiat 500 Topolino. The car was entered in several races between 1947 and 1950. In 1951, he decided to sell his precious little gem, without an engine. It was bought by Mario Avalle. He initially wanted to put a Renault 4ch engine in it but couldn't find one and instead decided to put a Moretti 600 engine (#644) which he modified to 721cc. With this car, Mario, and his Father Antonio (in his eighties !!) participated to the 18th Mille Migglia and finished 9th in their class. After other races they had an accident in the Suse-Moncenisio Hillclimb. The car was then stripped of its engine and stored away, in the family garage until Mario decided to put the moretti engine back in. It was his son , Osvaldo, that finished the restoration of the car in 2006. The car was up for auction in 2019 and reportedly sold for 178 000 €
