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• Husqvarna
  ...rna’s motorcycle history is very much associated with the long series of [[World Championship]] victories in motocross that Husqvarna enjoyed in the 1960s, ...ne. It soon becomes very popular. During the years before the Second World War, thousands upon thousands of machines are produced, which means that Sweden
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• Romanazzi
  Despite the vicissitudes that in the late 20's characterized the world economy, while [[Italy]] had buckled in the minor effects of the economic c From that moment, and until the outbreak of the Second World War, production was specialized in the field of motor vehicles for the new cent
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• X engine
  Most examples of X-engines are from the [[World War II]] era, and were designed for large military aircraft. The following are *[[Rolls-Royce Vulture]], an [[x-24_engine|X-24]] based on two [[Rolls-Royce Peregrine|Peregrines]] and the powerplant of the ill-fated [[
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• Ansaldo
  ...s excess production capacity, because the war had ended and the demands of war products had ceased. ...ne in line 1846cc., (4C in the age of 35 hp). 4C was built on a chassis of two different lengths. Short chassis models for long torpedo and chassis for th
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• Benelli
  ...20 the company built its first complete engine in-house, a single-cylinder two-stroke 75 cc model, immediately adapted to a bicycle frame. Two years after that, using a version specially designed for competitions, Toni
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• Mondial
  ...age:mondial-250-1957-1600.jpg|right|thumb|300px|'''1957 F.B. Mondial 250cc World Champion''' <small>[http://www.cyberium.net/imagine/M/index.html Source]</s ...its time, winning 5 [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Championships]]. After the [[1957 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1957
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• Pescara Grand Prix
  ...s. In F1 1957 the Pescara Grand Prix formed a round of the [[Formula One]] World Championship, a race which still holds the record as having the longest cir ...yout holds the record as the longest circuit to ever to host a Formula One World Championship event, with the [[Nürburgring]] Nordschleife coming second at
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• MM
  ...igi Bonazzi]], [[Dorino Serafini]] and [[Mario Mazzetti]] with the MM 175, world record in 1933''']] ...ph Massi-Deck]]. In 1924 MM debuted a 125[[cubic centimeter|cc]] monocycle two speed (with the engine patented by [[Mazzetti]]) with success because of th
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• Gilera
  After the first world war, Gilera centimeter [[cc]] piston displacement produces motion from 500 and ...linders online from 500 cc equipped of compressor that established the new World-wide Record of the hour (to 274,181 Km/h, [[established record]] in [[1937]
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• Lancia D50
  ...r better weight distribution and aerodynamics. Six of the cars were built, two of them are displayed in Italian museums. ...ed by Ferrari. During their competition lifespan D50s were entered into 14 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, winning five.
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• Colombo
  ...e war, the 158 starts racing again successfully, until in 1950 it wins the World Formula 1 title. [http://www.alfa.co.nz/History/1940-to-1950/default.aspx <
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• 1952 Bizzarrini 500 Macchinetta
  ...936, while both the Volkswagen and Citroen 2CV had to wait until after the war to reach the public. ...os, introduced in 1948, were marginally better than the As; the tiny 569cc two-main-bearing engine now had overhead valves (instead of side valves) and 16
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• Maserati 4CL/50
  ...|| 6 <small>(pre-war Voiturette)</small><br>25 <small>(post-war Grand Prix)</small><br>0 <small>(Formula One)</small> ...orld Championship in 1950. In the immediate post-war period, and the first two years of the Formula One category, the 4CLT was the car of choice for many
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• AAC 815
  ...r was sold to racer [[Enrico Beltrachini]] and it reappeared after [[World War II|WW II]], but Rangoni's was scrapped in 1958 after being passed on to Lot ...he engine was high-tech for the time, with a [[single overhead camshaft]], two [[valves]] per [[cylinder]], and a semi-[[dry sump]] lubrication system. A
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• Garelli
  In [[1912]] [[Adalberto Garelli]] patented a [[two-stroke cycle]] cylinder sdoppiato. This engine, 350cc motorcycle equipagger ...the final version of the previous "350". It initially will be available in two versions: the "normal by Tourism" and "Raid North-South".
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• AC Cars
  ...s was launched. Production remained on a small scale until the outbreak of war in 1939. == Post War Mechanical details ==
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• Maserati A6
  ...berto Massimino]]. This became the '''A6 1500''' [[Pininfarina]]-designed two-door [[berlinetta]], first shown at the 1947 [[Salon International de l'Aut A 2-litre [[straight-six]] (120&nbsp;bhp) was used in the '''A6 GCS''' two-seater racing car, «G» denoting ''Ghisa'', cast iron block, and «CS» de
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• Enrico Nardi
  After [[World War II]], he and [[Renato Danese]] established a workshop in ''Via Vincenzo La *an [[Formula Two|F2]] prototype developed with [[Gianni Lancia]] (1952).
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• Rapallo
  ...rgence of Russia and Germany from the diplomatic isolation caused by World War I (1914-1918). During [[World War II]] numerous partisans from Rapallo were shot by German occupation troops.
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• Piaggio
  ...aggio initially produced locomotives and railway carriages. During [[World War I]] the company focused on producing airplanes. During [[World War II]] the company produced fighter planes, but Piaggio emerged from the conf
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