Edwardian giant to stretch its legs at Goodwood

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In 1911 Fiat built two giant racing cars to capture the records for the flying kilometre and flying mile. Called the Tipo S76, car number one achieved the mile record with driver Pietro Bordino at the wheel, seen here in a colorized photo. After World War I, one of the two racing cars was broken up by Fiat, the other eventually ended up in Australia. In 2003 Duncan Pittaway, among many other things one of the competitors of the 100 Miles of Amsterdam, bought the remains of the S76 and has spent the past ten years restoring the Fiat to its original specification. The 28.5-litre, four-cylinder engine from the dismantled car was fitted and all of the original S76 components that have survived have been restored, with gearbox, radiator and bodywork being recreated using the original Fiat drawings. The full process was photographed by Stefan Majoram. And now, after more than ten years of hard work, the huge Fiat is ready and will run for the first time at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on June 26-29. We can’t wait to hear that engine roar again after more than 100 years!

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