Chassis no. 2004 - Engine no. 2501
Coachbuilder: Frua
Categories: E- Historic event cars; F- Cars owned by the famous; L- Limited edition cars
Owner: Private Collection
Coachbuilder: Frua
Categories: E- Historic event cars; F- Cars owned by the famous; L- Limited edition cars
Owner: Private Collection
history - owners & events
17th March 1954
event: Built
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country: Italy
from
29th March 1954
to
February 1955
29th March 1954
to
February 1955
owner: Luigi Piotti
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country: Italy
owner's details:
price: 6.500.000 Lire
owner's details:
Entrepreneur and italian racing driver
price: 6.500.000 Lire
4th April 1954
event: Giro di Sicilia
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city: Palermo
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country: Italy
note:
driver: Luigi Piotti (Italy)
co-driver: Bruno Cavallari (Italy)
entry number: 332
results/prizes: DNF
note:
XIV Giro di Sicilia
driver: Luigi Piotti (Italy)
co-driver: Bruno Cavallari (Italy)
entry number: 332
results/prizes: DNF
1st - 2nd May 1954
event: Mille Miglia
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city: Brescia-Roma-Brescia
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country: Italy
note:
driver: Luigi Piotti (Italy)
co-driver: Bruno Cavallari (Italy)
entry number: 524
results/prizes: 20th | 6th in class
note:
Group: Vetture Sport. Class: 2000 cc. Time: 13h 31'53''
driver: Luigi Piotti (Italy)
co-driver: Bruno Cavallari (Italy)
entry number: 524
results/prizes: 20th | 6th in class
1st - 2nd May 1954
event: Gran Premio Nuvolari
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city: Cremona - Mantova - Brescia
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country: Italy
driver: Luigi Piotti (Italy)
entry number: 524
driver: Luigi Piotti (Italy)
entry number: 524
16th May 1954
event: Gran Premio di Napoli
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city: Napoli
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country: Italy
driver: Luigi Piotti (Italy)
entry number: 58
results/prizes: 9th in class
driver: Luigi Piotti (Italy)
entry number: 58
results/prizes: 9th in class
21st - 23rd May 1954
event: 6 ore notturna di Bari
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city: Bari
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country: Italy
driver: Luigi Piotti (Italy)
results/prizes: DNF
driver: Luigi Piotti (Italy)
results/prizes: DNF
13th June 1954
event: Circuito di Caserta
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city: Caserta
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country: Italy
driver: Luigi Piotti (Italy)
entry number: 48
results/prizes: DNF
driver: Luigi Piotti (Italy)
entry number: 48
results/prizes: DNF
20th June 1954
event: Gran Premio Autodromo Imola Conchiglia d'Oro Shell
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city: Imola
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country: Italy
driver: Luigi Piotti (Italy)
entry number: 16
driver: Luigi Piotti (Italy)
entry number: 16
14th July 1954
event: L'Aosta - Gran San Bernardo
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city: Aosta
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country: Italy
driver: Luigi Piotti (Italy)
results/prizes: 5th in class
driver: Luigi Piotti (Italy)
results/prizes: 5th in class
19th September 1954
event: Bologna Passo della Raticosa
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city: Bologna
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country: Italy
driver: Luigi Piotti (Italy)
entry number: 188
results/prizes: DNF
driver: Luigi Piotti (Italy)
entry number: 188
results/prizes: DNF
from
February 1955
to
March 1956
February 1955
to
March 1956
owner: John Mecom
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country: United States - Texas
owner's details:
owner's details:
Entrepreneur in the oil industry, owner of Mecom racing Team
from
March 1956
to
1958
March 1956
to
1958
owner: Roy Cherryhomes
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country: United States - Ohio
owner's details:
owner's details:
United States racing driver and sponsor for Carol Shelby
29th April 1956
event: Cowboy Capital Sports Car Races - Boot Hill Trophy Race
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city: Dodge City
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country: United States - Kansas
note:
driver: Roy Cherryhomes (United States - Kansas)
entry number: 5
results/prizes: 2nd in class | 8th
note:
Boot Hill Trophy Race - Production cars Class D and Over, Modified Cars, Class F and Over. Distance: 30miles/10 laps.
Class: FM.
driver: Roy Cherryhomes (United States - Kansas)
entry number: 5
results/prizes: 2nd in class | 8th
13th May 1956
event: St. Louis races
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city: St. Louis
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country: United States - Missouri
3rd June 1956
event: Texas National Championship Sports Car Races
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city: Fort Worth
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country: United States - Texas
note:
driver: Roy Cherryhomes (United States - Kansas)
entry number: 24
results/prizes: DNF
note:
Fourth Race. Distance: 43,5 miles. Classes: B, C, D & E modified. Class: EM.
driver: Roy Cherryhomes (United States - Kansas)
entry number: 24
results/prizes: DNF
29th - 30th September 1956
event: Sacramento Sport Car Races
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city: Sacramento
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country: United States - Texas
3rd - 4th November 1956
event: Palm Springs Road Race
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city: Palm Springs
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country: United States - California
note:
note:
Palm Springs National Championship Road Race
25th November 1956
event: Mansfield Races
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city: Mansfield
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country: United States - Texas
note:
driver: Roy Cherryhomes (United States - Kansas)
entry number: 132
results/prizes: 1st in class | 2nd
note:
Class: FM
driver: Roy Cherryhomes (United States - Kansas)
entry number: 132
results/prizes: 1st in class | 2nd
from
1958
to
1961
1958
to
1961
owner: Jim Hall
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country: United States - Texas
owner's details:
note:
owner's details:
United States racing driver and co-founder of Chaparral Cars. Brother of Dick and Chuck Hall.
note:
1959: Chucks engineers Gary Knutson and Jerry Mallet install a Chevy V8 fuel injected engine, supercharged by a Mc Culloch Supercharged as testing device for later Chaparrals. The original OSCA six cylinder, double ignition engine, already wrecked, was left abandoned in an alley in Albuquerque (New Mexico, USA).
September 1959
event: Unknown
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country:
note:
entry number: 174
note:
Class: BM.
entry number: 174
from
30th April 1960
to
1st May 1960
30th April 1960
to
1st May 1960
event: Continental Divide Raceways
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city: Castle Rock
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country: United States - Colorado
note:
driver: Chuck Hall (United States - Colorado)
entry number: 117
note:
Entered car: OSCA-Corvette. Class: BM.
driver: Chuck Hall (United States - Colorado)
entry number: 117
from
1961
to
1963
1961
to
1963
owner: Ron Hunter
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country: United States - Colorado
owner's details:
owner's details:
United States racing driver and friend of Hall brothers
1st May 1961
event: Continental Divide USAC Race
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city: Castle Rock
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country: United States - Colorado
driver: Gary Knutson
driver: Gary Knutson
2nd July 1961
event: Continental Divide USAC Race
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city: Castle Rock
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country: United States - Colorado
note:
driver: Ron Hunter (United States - Colorado)
entry number: 20
results/prizes: DNF
note:
Class: CM.
driver: Ron Hunter (United States - Colorado)
entry number: 20
results/prizes: DNF
4th July 1961
event: Pikes Peak international Hill Climb
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city: Colorado Springs
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country: United States - Colorado
driver: Ron Hunter (United States - Colorado)
driver: Ron Hunter (United States - Colorado)
from
1963
to
1978
1963
to
1978
owner: Joe Uhl Iii
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country: United States - Colorado
note:
note:
"Weekend racer" and stewarrd SCCA Colorado. After 1964 the OSCA #2004 was retired from racing and kept in a Colorado garage without being properly maintained and only used occasionally for streetracing.
from
1979
to
1986
1979
to
1986
owner: John Robson
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country: United States - California
note:
note:
Rescues OSCA sn 2004 and starts restauration with help from Dr. Ing. Alfieri Maserati (Torino, Italy).
The unique OSCA engine #2501 wich was the only 6 cylinder double ignition engine that was ever developed by OSCA WORKS into 2,5 litre capacity for formula one and the 3000 cc sportscar racing class is located by Dr. Alfieri Maserati for the chassis sn 2004.
The experimental engine is found in a Caproni hangar near Milano airport. It was stored there, after the OSCA WORKS closed down and it had been run occasionally on a test bed just to maintain its function (ref. Dr. Alfieri Maserati).
from
1986
to
1987
1986
to
1987
owner: Anthony Mayman
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country: United Kingdom
note:
note:
Historic racer of ERA fame/collector
from
1987
to
May 1988
1987
to
May 1988
owner: Classic Car Associates B. V.
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country: Netherlands
note:
note:
Co-owner Rudy Pass and Marcel Rocks. Classic car dealers.
from
May 1988
to
1990
May 1988
to
1990
owner: Robert Walduck
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country: United Kingdom
note:
price: 80.000 pounds
note:
Walduck pays 80.000 pounds the car come complete but lots of parts in boxes. Co-ownership with Trevor Stokes: well known restored fot Maserati and Ferrari, partly restores OSCA chassis #2004 and continues Prof. Robsons work in preparation to drive the 1989 Mille Miglia.
price: 80.000 pounds
from
29th April 1989
to
1st May 1989
29th April 1989
to
1st May 1989
event: Mille Miglia
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city: Brescia-Roma-Brescia
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country: Italy
driver: Roberth Walduck (United Kingdom)
co-driver: Trevor Stokes (United Kingdom)
entry number: 215
results/prizes: DNF
driver: Roberth Walduck (United Kingdom)
co-driver: Trevor Stokes (United Kingdom)
entry number: 215
results/prizes: DNF
from
1990
to
2003
1990
to
2003
owner: Charles Nall Cain
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country: United Kingdom
owner's details:
price: 300.000 pounds
owner's details:
3rd Baron Brocket "Lord Charles Brocket"
price: 300.000 pounds
from
2003
to
30th October 2007
2003
to
30th October 2007
owner: Abraham Kogan
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country: Monaco
owner's details:
owner's details:
Owner of "Taito of Brazil" a pinball and arcade manufacturer. Enthusiast, collector and racer.
31st October 2007
event: RM Auctions - London
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city: London
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country: United Kingdom
note:
note:
RM Auctions - Automobiles of London. Lot 270. Estimate: 500.000/625.000 GBP - 726.000/908.000 Euro. Unsold
November 2007
owner: Private Collection
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country:
20th - 21st July 2014
event: Schloss Bensberg Classics
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city: Schloss Bensberg
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country: Germany
note:
driver: Michael Trosser (Germany)
results/prizes: 1st in class
note:
Class: Roaring 50's - Racing cars of the 1950s.
driver: Michael Trosser (Germany)
results/prizes: 1st in class
2nd June 2015
event: Modena Trackdays
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city: Spa-Francorchamps
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country: Belarus
note:
driver: Michael Trosser (Germany)
note:
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
driver: Michael Trosser (Germany)
6th September 2015
event: Chantilly Arts & Elegance Richard Mille
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city: Chantilly
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country: France
note:
driver: Michael Trosser (Germany)
results/prizes: 1st Prize
note:
Class: Open Grand Touring cars: From the city to the track (Prix Carmignac Gestion).
driver: Michael Trosser (Germany)
results/prizes: 1st Prize
17th - 22nd May 2016
event: Mille Miglia
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city: Brescia-Roma-Brescia
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country: Italy
driver: Michael Trosser (Germany)
co-driver: Andreas Rapin (Germany)
entry number: 306
results/prizes: DNF
driver: Michael Trosser (Germany)
co-driver: Andreas Rapin (Germany)
entry number: 306
results/prizes: DNF
26th August 2018
event: Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance
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city: Carmel
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country: United States - California
driver: Michael Trosser (Germany)
driver: Michael Trosser (Germany)
Via Rivoli, 5/2 - 16128 Genova Italy
