![]() 08/27/2016 at 13:58 • Filed to: Alfa Romeo | ![]() | ![]() |
![]() 08/27/2016 at 14:03 |
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Wow, that is really cool!
![]() 08/27/2016 at 14:05 |
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It’s apparently famous enough it has a model but I don’t know what it did. My guess from the Bianchi decal is it was a cycling team vehicle, bikes can load on the back.
![]() 08/27/2016 at 14:14 |
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Alfa all the utility vehicles!
![]() 08/27/2016 at 14:15 |
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Neat. Yeah could very well have been a cyclist team vehicle.
![]() 08/27/2016 at 14:19 |
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I would drive this
![]() 08/27/2016 at 14:44 |
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Badass! Now they need to restore it, and make it look brand new again.
![]() 08/27/2016 at 14:54 |
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They won’t and they shouldn’t! Not many cars with the original hand painted liveries on them. I’m torn sometimes, sometimes if it might hurt the car over time then maybe. But this Datsun is my favorite and should never be touched, it has hand painted numbers that were painted over and over. Beautiful.
![]() 08/27/2016 at 15:07 |
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F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi S.p.A made Motorcycles , not bicycles. That’s what this one was used for, assistance of the motorrace team. Close call though!
![]() 08/27/2016 at 15:09 |
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Ah, I thought it was some kind of transporter, the back of the cab has that round angle for wheels, was my guess.
![]() 08/27/2016 at 15:12 |
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all the awesome.
![]() 08/27/2016 at 15:13 |
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Note correct location of wheel.
![]() 08/27/2016 at 15:16 |
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Yeah the info is scarce, couldn’t find a single picture from back then...
![]() 08/27/2016 at 15:19 |
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Me either, I found a cool Gilera truck though
![]() 08/27/2016 at 16:28 |
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Awesome. The only Gilera I ever wrenched/rode on was this one.
![]() 08/28/2016 at 21:39 |
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Not sure if serious but:
“ F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi S.p.A (pronounced bee-AHN-kee in Italian ) is the world’s oldest bicycle -making company still in existence, having pioneered the use of equal-sized wheels with pneumatic rubber tires in 1885. The company was founded in Italy in 1885 and in addition to bicycles it produced motorcycles from 1897 to 1967. In 1955 the joint-venture Autobianchi was created together with Fiat and Pirelli for the manufacturing of cars – Autobianchi was subsequently sold to Fiat in 1969.”
![]() 08/29/2016 at 03:42 |
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Yeah, but still: This Alfa was used for motorbike race assistance. that’s what I meant to say. Many (maybe even the most) European motorbike companies started as bicycle shops actually. Makes sense.
I actually have a Bianchi race bicycle ;-)
![]() 08/29/2016 at 11:50 |
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That’s really interesting and cool. Thank you! Now I’m going down a Bianchi/Autobianchi rabbit hole.