Bandini GT

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The 'Bandini GT' 750 is a 'car road produced in 1955 from Bandini Cars Forlì.


This is the first type of deck biposto to bring the emblem Bandini. He was born as a road car, although shared with the 750 sports torpedochassis and engine developed for the races.

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The body coupé carries the characteristic features of company Zagato who created it completely in aluminum. High only 1.14 m, far less than 4 is very compact and lightweight with a style well-defined.

In 1957 she was recognized first prize in the Concorso d'elegance city of Rimini. " From 1959 was launched at a racing career that saw overseas disputare famous racing circuits such as Daytona and Sebring where he was forced to retire after 27 laps for the broken radiator. Pilots were Victor Lukens and Fred Haynes, portacolori team Racemaster.


The Frame

Bandini 750 GTto Sebring in 1960 .

The frame of750Bandini GT comes directly from that of 750 sports torpedo with a slight and insignificant increase in size and the adoption of a bar anti also to rear.

  • Structure and material: a tower pipe section elliptical, steel special derivation aeronautics; patent No. 499843
  • Suspensions:
    • Front: Independent, triangles overlapping with shock hydraulic telescopic tilted and soft cylindrical helical coaxial; bar Account
    • Rear: a bridge disk, with two leaf spring semiellittiche longitudinal vertical telescopic hydraulic shock absorbers, bar Account
  • Braking system:
    • Service: hydraulics, drum
    • Parking: mechanical tape onto transmission
  • Steering: a worm with damper vibration
  • Guide: on the left (right upon request)
  • Wheels: ray Borrani of 12 "
  • Tyre: 5.20 "x 12" (a request with white band)
  • Tank: 45 Litres
  • Transmission: transmission shaft with joints cardanici, differential Central and semiassi the rear
  • Weight: bare chassis 27 kg
  • Weight total vacuum: 450 kg


The Engine

In race to Sebring in 1960

On BandiniGTwas used engine Bandini bialbero, the first and second series depotenziati for road use.

  • Positioning: forward longitudinal, 4 cylinders in line
  • Materials and particularity: base 5 media bench and cup aluminium of 5 litres capacity, head alloy of allumninio bialbero gear with 8 valves inclined, hemispherical chambers of the outbreak, chrome cylinders dismantled in monoblock iron.
  • Bore: 63.5 mm
  • Running: 59 mm
  • Capacity: 747 cm ³
  • Compression ratio: 8,4:1
  • Power: 2 Weber carburetors double body 35DCO3
  • Power: 62 CV @ 7000 rpm
  • Lubricate: Carter wet with a pump gears, aluminum radiator barrel
  • Cooling: forced liquid with centrifugal pump controlled by pulley and belt, radiator vertical all'avantreno
  • Currency and clutch: 4 + marches RM, clutch monodisco dry
  • Ignition and electrical equipment: reel and distributor switch on the head, 12 V battery and generator

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