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| − | [[File:Corat MV2 Lupetta.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''1949 Corat MV2 Lupetta had a 250cc 5.5bhp single-cylinder 4-stroke engine and was presented at the 1949 Turin Motor Show''']] | + | [[File:Corat MV2 Lupetta.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''Fiertler Louis in his 1949 Corat MV2 Lupetta had a 250cc 5.5bhp single-cylinder 4-stroke engine and was presented at the 1949 Turin Motor Show''']] |
Revision as of 13:26, 3 April 2010
1949
Fiertler Louis, born in Cosenza (1909-1970), was a unique character in the sports car of Calabria fifties, the ability to engage with his family, almost inexhaustible energy, worked dealer's how to workshops for car manufacturer Alfa Romeo and how to prepare a sports car. During the war, while stationed at the airport in Reggio Calabria as an airman, he even managed to build replacement parts then unavailable.
The Lupetta was a masterpiece, a jewel of design and technology: a small low spider, close to the ground, aggressive enough to encourage sporty driving, forerunner of the current minicar. Passion for whole nights devoted to the preparation of sports cars which participated in the racing, the Mille Miglia, the Giro di Calabria, the Giro di Sicilia and hillclimbs.
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