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\nMacdill AFB, Florida in February 1953. Paul Gougleman, left with his Nardi 750 and fans. Photo credit: Mark Brinker and Paul Gougleman Jr. <\/p>\n
\nMacdill AFB, Florida in February 1953. Paul Gougleman, left with his Nardi 750 and fans. Photo credit: Mark Brinker and Paul Gougleman Jr. <\/p>\n
By Cliff Reuter<\/strong><\/p>\n Nardis were some of the first Italian racing cars to be imported to America following World War II. The first three Nardis to come ashore were the Danese Alfa 2500cc cars, a coupe and two spyders with a cycle fendered \u201csiluro\u201d body. These raced with moderate success and were all eventually modified by their owners to race with Cadillac, Wayne Chevrolet, and other engines. Both of the spiders have survived and are in California, but the coupe has long since disappeared.<\/p>\n In early 1952 Paul Gougelman imported a ND 750 BMW, he then raced it many times and won the H mod class (750cc and under) at the 1952 Guttenberg Hill Climb, the 1953 Bergstrom AFB race, the 1953 Lockbourne AFB race, and the 1954 Wisconsin Grand Prix. After the 1954 season he sold the car to Bob Schroeder who raced it at Lawrenceville, Elkhart Lake, and Smartt Field (St. Charles Missouri).<\/p>\n This car still exists in a garage in Illinois with a blown engine and a seemingly uninterested owner. If you are enjoying this article, why not consider a donation to VeloceToday? Click here for details..it\u2019s easy!<\/a><\/strong><\/em> The next Nardi to be imported to America was actually the first post war car produced by Enrico, it was affectionately called the \u201cBoby Sport\u201d after Nardi\u2019s daughter Roberta. This car was raced extensively in Europe and was then purchased and modified by Berardo Taraschi who rebadged it a Giaur. Frank Dominianni owned the car next and he raced it in the US with great success but as a \u201cGiaur Crosley\u201d and not a Nardi. It is now restored to its original configuration and is in Italy.<\/p>\n Another early Nardi in the US was imported by Californian Al Coppel (through Tony Pompeo), it was a 750cc BMW Siluro and the car took class honors at its maiden race at Madera California in 1952. <\/p>\n Don Vitale imported and raced the ex-Gino Munaron Crosley 750cc Motto bodied barchetta with good success in the SCCA at tracks like Thompson, Suffolk County AFB, Westover AFB, Brynfan Tyddyn, and Beverly. <\/p>\n This car was last seen painted yellow in the central US in the 1970\u2019s. Nardi sports racing cars were an integral part of the American SCCA Etceterini racing scene. True survivors are among the most rare and cherished Etceterinis. <\/p>\n For more information about Nardis:<\/strong> And more, just click on the story of your choice.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Macdill AFB, Florida in February 1953. Paul Gougleman, left with his Nardi 750 and fans. Photo credit: Mark Brinker and Paul Gougleman Jr. By Cliff Reuter Nardis were some of the first Italian racing cars to be imported to America following World War II. The first three Nardis to come ashore were the Danese Alfa […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1158],"tags":[1173,1175,1176,1174,1172,1168],"class_list":{"0":"post-4153","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nardi","7":"tag-cliff-reuter","8":"tag-nardi-alfa","9":"tag-nardi-bmw","10":"tag-nardi-danese","11":"tag-nardi-in-america","12":"tag-nardi-in-the-us","13":"pmpro-has-access","14":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4153"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173275,"href":"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4153\/revisions\/173275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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This is the ex-Perry Fina Nardi-Danese Alfa spider, (chassis 948\/5) one of two spiders brought into the U.S., pictured here at Bridgehampton NY in 1951. For a free pdf article about this car, contact pete@velocetoday.com. Bill Giltzow photo. <\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/coupe-1956-06duryeahillclim.jpg\")
The Nardi-Danese Alfa coupe went through several iterations before disappearing. Here it is the Duryea Hillclimb in 1956. The chassis number is 948\/4. <\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/nardi255lawrencecille-s.jpg\")
Schroeder\u2019s BMW powered Nardi in the paddock at Lawrenceville. <\/p>\n
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\u201cBoby\u201d while in the hands of Frank Dominianni, at right in glasses. It was renamed a Giuar by Taraschi. <\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/copel-nardi-s1.jpg\")
\nAl Coppel\u2019s Nardi BMW 750, taken by John Ritchey at the 1953 Pebble Beach event.
\nThe Coppel Nardi BMW has since disappeared. <\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/velocetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/don-vitale-nardi-s.jpg\")
Don Vitale with the pretty Motto bodied Crosley powered barchetta at Thompson.<\/p>\n
\n*Visit Cliff Reuter\u2019s Etceterini Website<\/a>
\n*The the full history of the Perry Fina Nardi on pdf, free by emailing pete@velocetoday.com
\n*Buy Dino Brunori\u2019s fascinating book, \u201cEnrico Nardi, a fast life<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n
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