Photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
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From the archives May 19,2015

Hugues Vanhoolandt

Belgian Hugues Vanhoolandt has been image-making for VeloceToday since 2007, and covered every major event from Monterey to Monaco. Below, he has gathered up 27 photos of what we call Etceterinis and a Formula Junior or two.

Ermini 357 Sport: Mille Miglia 2010, San Quirico

The term Etceterini may require some explanation. According to Andrea Curami in the indispensable La Sport e i suoi Artigiani (1937-1965), (The Sport and Its Artisans), there were at least 84 different constructors of small displacement racing cars to compete in the Italian National Championship races. There were many more that were simply listed as Fiat Specials, both in the 750 and 1100 cc classes. Etcetera, from which the word Etceterini is derived, means ‘and so on’ or ‘and the like’. Tacking on the ‘ini’ was a stroke of linguistic brilliance; not only were most of the artisan cars built from Fiat components and therefore somewhat like, all but seven of the 84 constructors had names that ended in a vowel such as “Stanguellini”; hence the ‘ini’. So fitting is the moniker that to try to categorize the cars by any other means seems hopeless. We believe the term was first used by an American enthusiast in California in the late 1980s. For more on this, read “The Essential Etceterini.”

In alphabetical order, with the event and year, Vanhoolandt’s Etceterinis:

Alfa Maserati Prete: Museo Mille Miglia, Brescia, 2011

Autocorse Gilco Panhard 750 Sport: Mille Miglia 2010, Urbino

Bandini 750 Siluro barchetta: Villa d\’Este 2013

Bandini 750 Sport saponetta: Museo Mille Miglia, Brescia, 2011

De Sanctis Formula Junior: RM Auction Monaco 2010

Ermini 1100 Sport: Mile Miglia 2011, Pieve Santo Stefano

Ermini sport siluro, Mille Miglia 2010, Brescia

Faccioli Formule Junior: Goodwood Revival 2010, Bonhams Sale

Giannini 750 Sport: Mille Miglia 2010, Urbino

Giaur Champion 750 (Motto): Villa Erba, Cernobbio, 2010

Gilco Fiat 1100: Mille Miglia 2011, Brescia

Monaci 8C Bimotore: Mille Miglia 2007, Buonconvento

Moretti 750: Rétromobile, Paris, 2012

Moretti 750 Grand Sport: Villa d\’Este 2012

Morettini Fiat 508 S: Mille Miglia 2011, Barberino di Mugello

Nardi Danese 1500 Sport: Mille Miglia 2007, Buonconvento

Nardi Danese Alfa Romeo: Rétromobile, Paris, 2010

Nardi-Danese 750 Boby Sport: Techno Classica Essen 2014

Patriarca 750 Sport: Mille Miglia 2010, Brescia

Stanga 750 Sport: Mille Miglia 2010, Urbino

Stanga 750 Sport: Mille Miglia 2007, Brescia

Stanguellini 1100 Bialbero Sport: Gooding Auction Monterey, 2010

Stanguellini 1100 Sport: Mille Miglia 2011, Brescia

Stanguellini Barchetta: Essen Motor Show, 2007

Taraschi Formule Junior: Monterey Reunion Laguna Seca, 2008

Taraschi-Fiat: Goodwood Revival, 2012

Ermini 357 Sport: Mille Miglia 2010, San Quirico

Photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
Click to enlarge

From the archives May 19,2015

Hugues Vanhoolandt

Belgian Hugues Vanhoolandt has been image-making for VeloceToday since 2007, and covered every major event from Monterey to Monaco. Below, he has gathered up 27 photos of what we call Etceterinis.

The term Etceterini may require some explanation. According to Andrea Curami in the indispensable La Sport e i suoi Artigiani (1937-1965), (The Sport and Its Artisans), there were at least 84 different constructors of small displacement racing cars to compete in the Italian National Championship races. There were many more that were simply listed as Fiat Specials, both in the 750 and 1100 cc classes. Etcetera, from which the word Etceterini is derived, means ‘and so on’ or ‘and the like’. Tacking on the ‘ini’ was a stroke of linguistic brilliance; not only were most of the artisan cars built from Fiat components and therefore somewhat like, all but seven of the 84 constructors had names that ended in a vowel such as “Stanguellini”; hence the ‘ini’. So fitting is the moniker that to try to categorize the cars by any other means seems hopeless. We believe the term was first used by an American enthusiast in California in the late 1980s. For more on this, read “The Essential Etceterini.”

In alphabetical order, with the event and year, Vanhoolandt’s Etceterinis:

Alfa Maserati Prete: Museo Mille Miglia, Brescia, 2011

Autocorse Gilco Panhard 750 Sport: Mille Miglia 2010, Urbino

Bandini 750 Siluro barchetta: Villa d\’Este 2013

Bandini 750 Sport saponetta: Museo Mille Miglia, Brescia, 2011

De Sanctis Formula Junior: RM Auction Monaco 2010

Ermini 1100 Sport: Mile Miglia 2011, Pieve Santo Stefano

Ermini sport siluro, Mille Miglia 2010, Brescia

Faccioli Formule Junior: Goodwood Revival 2010, Bonhams Sale

Giannini 750 Sport: Mille Miglia 2010, Urbino

Giaur Champion 750 (Motto): Villa Erba, Cernobbio, 2010

Gilco Fiat 1100: Mille Miglia 2011, Brescia

Monaci 8C Bimotore: Mille Miglia 2007, Buonconvento

Moretti 750: Rétromobile, Paris, 2012

Moretti 750 Grand Sport: Villa d\’Este 2012

Morettini Fiat 508 S: Mille Miglia 2011, Barberino di Mugello

Nardi Danese 1500 Sport: Mille Miglia 2007, Buonconvento

Nardi Danese Alfa Romeo: Rétromobile, Paris, 2010

Nardi-Danese 750 Boby Sport: Techno Classica Essen 2014

Patriarca 750 Sport: Mille Miglia 2010, Brescia

Stanga 750 Sport: Mille Miglia 2010, Urbino

Stanga 750 Sport: Mille Miglia 2007, Brescia

Stanguellini 1100 Bialbero Sport: Gooding Auction Monterey, 2010

Stanguellini 1100 Sport: Mille Miglia 2011, Brescia

Stanguellini Barchetta: Essen Motor Show, 2007

Taraschi Formule Junior: Monterey Reunion Laguna Seca, 2008

Taraschi-Fiat: Goodwood Revival, 2012

Jack and Cliff Reuter in Bandini #358 at the 2010 Amelia Island Concours

By Pete Vack and Cliff Reuter
Photos courtesy Cliff Reuter

VeloceToday has been publishing articles weekly since 2001, but Cliff Reuter’s excellent site, Etceterini.com, is almost as old. “I started my first web site cliffreuter.com in 2002 as a way to connect with friends around the world (before Facebook) and then in 2005 launched Etceterini.com”, said Cliff.

In 2006, Cliff and VeloceToday shared a unique experience we found the ex-Clair “Sonny” Reuter Bandini. VeloceToday did the story and Cliff and his father Jack (no relation to Clair Reuter) rescued the car and it is now being restored. A few years later in 2010, Cliff helped organize an Etceterini show at Amelia Island Concours, and with Sportscardigest.com, we ran a series of articles and a contest for the favorite Etceterini entry at Amelia.

Etceterini.com has turned out to be the ‘go to’ site for anyone interested in SCCA racing in the 1950s and 60s. “I started my SCCA results pages in 2006 after we purchased the ex-Sandy MacArthur 1951 Bandini Siluro Motto Crosley Mercury Devin. We knew some of the history of the car but wanted to know more. I searched the Internet for 1950s SCCA results and was VERY disappointed with what I found – almost nothing. I then began going through my Father’s boxes of 1950s-60s race photos, car magazines, racing memorabilia, SCCA race programs and these yielded some very enlightening information!”

While Cliff’s site focuses on Etceterinis, all cars are included, particularly Ferraris. “I’m constantly buying and adding to this collection of American sports car racing history so keep checking back (and refreshing)! Also, PLEASE help me grow these pages by sending YOUR scans of SCCA race results, programs and articles,” said Cliff.

Jack Reuter, left, with his 330 GTO Ferrari and at right, Dick Merritt.

Cliff’s background is as interesting as his site. He is originally from St. Louis Missouri, and his mother is from Liverpool, UK. Father Jack is from St. Louis and was a passionate car enthusiast from early on. Growing up, Cliff says he “played a lot of tennis and shared my dad’s love of European cars.”