Poslato: Pon Mar 05, 2007 5:40 pm
Alfa Romeo 6C 3000 CM by Colli 1953
Zauzela drugo mesto na Mille Miglia 1953 god. u kombinaciji Fangio-Salo ali na koji nacin
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.In the mountains between Florence and Bologna...the Alfa suddenly stopped answering its helm. Fangio and Sala lifted the bonnet and found, as Juan said, 'that the chassis itself had broken just where the steering box was mounted, and as I wound the steering from lock to lock so the broken support too moved around and allowed the steering box to .think for itself.! I found that when I steered to the left it went where I wanted, but when I steered to the right it would only really go straight on. So I drove on, keeping well down to the right of the road camber where I had the best chance of getting around the right-handed corners..'
'At the Alfa pits in Bologna they asked if welding equipment was available but were told it wasn't. .I went along braking with the gears alone,. Fangio recalled, .so that only the rear end of the car would slow it down. Bridges were the most dangerous thing, because I had to take aim on them from a long way back to ensure we met them between the parapets. My mechanic and I sat in grim silence in the car, as we knew that something nasty could happen to us at any time.'.
Fangio went on to finish in second place, only eleven minutes behind the winner
Zauzela drugo mesto na Mille Miglia 1953 god. u kombinaciji Fangio-Salo ali na koji nacin
Evo price
.In the mountains between Florence and Bologna...the Alfa suddenly stopped answering its helm. Fangio and Sala lifted the bonnet and found, as Juan said, 'that the chassis itself had broken just where the steering box was mounted, and as I wound the steering from lock to lock so the broken support too moved around and allowed the steering box to .think for itself.! I found that when I steered to the left it went where I wanted, but when I steered to the right it would only really go straight on. So I drove on, keeping well down to the right of the road camber where I had the best chance of getting around the right-handed corners..'
'At the Alfa pits in Bologna they asked if welding equipment was available but were told it wasn't. .I went along braking with the gears alone,. Fangio recalled, .so that only the rear end of the car would slow it down. Bridges were the most dangerous thing, because I had to take aim on them from a long way back to ensure we met them between the parapets. My mechanic and I sat in grim silence in the car, as we knew that something nasty could happen to us at any time.'.
Fangio went on to finish in second place, only eleven minutes behind the winner
