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Grand Prix History in Scale Models

1922, Brian Phipps, Carlo Gasparin, Fiat

1922 FIAT 501 SS Gasparin

For the 2022 Targa Florio trace FIAT entered three works cars in the category up to 1500 cc for works drivers  Evasio Lampiano and Enrico Giaccone and for Carlo Gasparin, a FIAT agent in Palermo. The cars were FIAT 501. They did not have a regular 501 engine and the car might have been called 501 SS, while Giaccone drove a model 501-404. Tersilio Bergese with another Fiat 501 SS was an independent entry.

Carlo Alberto Gasparin was Fiat and later Alfa Romeo agent in Palermo. Veteran racer who  sometimes raced under the pseudonym “Febo” raced from before WWI up to 1930. In the 1922 Targa Florio Gasparin retired on the second lap.

SeasonSeriesEvent
1922FLTarga Florio
Driver No.Entrant
Carlo Gasparin4Fiat SpA
Scale ManufacturerCollection
1:43Brian Phipps
Cat. No.QualityRarity

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