Bandini 750 Sport Internazionale
The Bandini 750 international sport also called simply "Saponetta", is a racing car built from 1957 until 1961 by Bandini Cars.
This new type of car, prepared for categria 750 sports, replaced the production of "sport torpedo. The adjective International wanted to pay tribute to the merits collected from overseas 750 sports torpedo while "Saponetta" (little bar of soap) is the name under which it was identified by the same Ilario Bandini for its forms, similar to those of just a bar of soap.
As the model which replaced the bar of soap was much in demand USA where it was used both as auto racing that as "out of range" to be submitted to the streets in the city. His debut in the race dates back to Mille Miglia, 1957 led by Bruno Garavini, with an engine 750 cc Bandini-Crosley updated (second series) especially in the Head recognizable for the distributor mounted between the two camshafts and the lids of punterie inclined at 45 ° with glaring longitudinal ribs.
The "Saponetta", maintained the characteristics of simplicity and lightness while improving road holding and penetration aerodynamics. Dote which was exploited in motordromes as the famous circuit Daytona and the ring of high-speed Track of Monza.
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