The Beast of Turin starts up after 100 years
Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2014 6:32 pm
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2014 ... to-life-2/
In the early days of motor racing, there really was no replacement for displacement. Going faster meant constructing ever larger engines, and in 1910, Fiat set the bar by designing a 28.5-liter (1,729-cu.in.) inline four-cylinder to power its S76 Grand Prix car. Two were built, but just one survives today; now, thanks to the efforts of restorer Duncan Pittaway, the surviving “Beast of Turin” has awakened after its century-long slumber.
In the early days of motor racing, there really was no replacement for displacement. Going faster meant constructing ever larger engines, and in 1910, Fiat set the bar by designing a 28.5-liter (1,729-cu.in.) inline four-cylinder to power its S76 Grand Prix car. Two were built, but just one survives today; now, thanks to the efforts of restorer Duncan Pittaway, the surviving “Beast of Turin” has awakened after its century-long slumber.