Mille Miglia Madness ( update: 1953 O.S.C.A. MT4 1100 2AD )

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If you’d ever drive the Mille Miglia – what car would you choose? While the choice is abundant with stashes of exiting cars eligible, an ‘Etceterini’ would be the best, wouldn’t it? Imagine driving those twisty Italian b-roads passing sleepy villages, which for a change are anything but sleepy when you do so in your pretty loud Siata or Zanussi. There are spectators everywhere, trying to get a glimpse of that mad parade of brightly coloured toys, and the police doesn’t stop you when you floor the throttle. Au contraire actually. Okay, there are quite a few pace cars, mechanics cars, journalists cars, photographers bikes and other motors just having a look, but the event still oozes an atmosphere unlike any other. Oh – and there are some tough girls having a go, too, like the ones seen here, who seem to be enjoying themselves in their - er - you tell us! But whatever it is - that's the spirit ladies!

(Words Jeroen Booij, picture courtesy Picture Beast) 

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