86.7 hp, 1,089 cc inline four-cylinder engine, four-speed manual gearbox, independent front suspension with an anti-roll bar, live rear axle with coil springs and telescopic shocks, and four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes.

Wheelbase: 2,100 mm In 1958, Count Giovanni “Johnny” Lurani, one of the Italian aristocrats who had established the Mille Miglia in 1927, was concerned at the lack of young Italians coming through as potential Formula One drivers.

He initially established the Lurani Championship for Formula Junior racing cars in Italy, but it was eventually sanctioned by the FIA.

Cars were to be based on Fiat’s 1,100-cubic centimetre engines, with a substantial proportion of the mechanical parts also sourced from Fiat.

As these were readily available and at low cost, a number of Italian marques used them to produce attractive front-engine race cars, and amongst those marques were Stanguellini, Taraschi, Volpini, Autosud, Bandini, and the Maserati brothers’ specialist company, OSCA.
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