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Ilario Bandini was born in Forli Italy a farmer’s son.  He was trained as a mechanic and in 1936 traveled to Africa where he made a small fortune.  He returned to Forli in 1938 and opened his own shop and then a Lancia dealership.  His first racing car, produced in 1946, featured a fiat chassis (which was cut in half in order to avoid it being appropriated during WWII), a tuned Fiat 1100cc engine, and a hand hammered aluminum body by Rocco Motto.  From then on he concentrated on producing purpose built racing cars to compete in races such as the Mille Miglia in Italy and the SCCA series in America.  His biggest success in America came in 1955 (Gandolph Vilardi) and 1957 (Melvin Sachs) when a Bandini Siluro won the SCCA National Class H Modified championship.  Ilario Bandini moved on to the Saponetta "envelope body" racer starting in 1957, these raced with 750cc, 850cc, and 1000cc engines.  In 1959 he produced one of the most successful and beautiful Formula Juniors.  Bandinis won SCCA Class HMod races well in to the mid 1960’s, Jack Reuter's 1955 750cc Twin Cam Siluro #358 was undefeated and won the SCCA Southwest Regional Championship from 1961-1963 and the Dave Lang Saponetta SAAB took 3rd in the National Hmod class in 1961.  Bandini continued to make one off racing cars well into the 1980’s and the great "Drake of Forli" passed away in 1992.  75 Bandini cars were produced and 46 are known to exist in the world today.  Ilario Bandini's Nephew, Dr. Dino Bandini, has honored his Uncles memory by creating the Ilario Bandini Museum in Forli, Italy.

 

 1963 Green Valley Texas, Hugh Grammer 1st in class

2002 Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance

2002 Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance 

2000 Concorso Italiano 

2002 Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance 

CLICK HERE TO VIEW MORE PICTURES AND SCCA RACING HISTORY OF BANDNI SILURO DOHC #358

1955 Bandini Siluro 750cc DOHC # 358 Ex T.B. Davis, Hugh Grammer, Ken Jones, Dave Miles, and Jack Mays; Jack Reuter collection.  

1952 Vero Beach, Chuck Hassan

 1952 Sebring, Chuck Hassan

1953 James Riley

1954 Atterbury AFB, Sandy MacArthur

1955 Lawrenceville, Sandy MacArthur

1959 Meadowdale, Clair Reuter 

CLICK HERE TO VIEW MORE PICTURES AND HISTORY OF THE CLAIR REUTER BANDINI SILURO MOTTO CROSLEY DEVIN

Bandini Devin Restoration Pictures 

Bandini Devin SCCA Racing History

Bandini Devin VeloceToday.com Article 1/10/07

1951 Bandini Siluro Motto Crosley Devin Ex Chuck Hassan, James Riley, Sandy MacArthur, and Clair Reuter (owner from 1956-2006); Jack Reuter collection 

2008 Mille Miglia

 

2005 Mille Miglia 

CLICK HERE TO VIEW MORE PICTURES AND HISTORY OF BANDINI SILURO DOHC #211

2006 Bandini Mille Miglia Siluro #211 Videos  

1953 Bandini Siluro 750cc Series "Uno" DOHC # 211 Ex T.B. Davis, Jack Reuter; Dino Bandini collection

CLICK HERE TO VIEW MORE PICTURES AND HISTORY OF BANDINI SILURO CROSLEY SCCA HMOD NATIONAL CHAMPION

1954 Bandini Siluro 750cc SOHC Crosley 1955 and 1957 SCCA H Modifed Champion Gandolph Vilardi and Mel Sachs; Ex Jerry Greaves

1954 Bandini Siluro 750cc Saab Ex Hank Rudkin 2nd in SCCA Hmod Championship 1954, 1956, and 1957; Cecil Stockard

1954 Bandini Siluro 750cc SOHC Crosley Ex Dave DuBrul; Dr. Norifumi Uryu collection

1952 Bandini Siluro Motto 750cc SOHC Crosley now with Bandini Series "Uno" 750cc DOHC Ex Hector Scheffer, Gransee, and Johnston

1957 VIR (Bill King Photo)

 1957 VIR (Harlen Hadley Photo)

1953 Bandini Siluro Ex George Tipsword 

1954 Bandini Siluro Cadillac Dragster  

1957 Eagle Mountain

Dick Irish photo

1953 Bandini Siluro MG 1250cc "Uihlein Special" Karl Brocken driver; Dave Uihlein collection 

1952 Bandini Siluro Motto Siata 1400cc Offy 1625cc Ex Jim Pauley and Dave Michaels; Tom O'Brian collection

Beverly Airport Sports Car Races Inaugural July 4th, 1955

1952 Bandini Siluro 1478cc Ex Roger Merrill, Fanelli, Dowd; 14th in the SCCA National Fmod class in 1954 and 26th in the SCCA National Fmod class in 1955

 

1959 Bandini Formula Junior as driven by Ken "Wrongway" Williams photos taken at 1968 Hobo Hill, Belvale NY, the car was scrapped in the early 1970's (William G Giltzow photos)

1959 Bandini Formula Junior #052 Ex Dick Baker and Harvey Siegelman (Bill Giltzow photo)

2008 Monte Carlo Historics

1959 Bandini Formula Junior #053 T. Robinson collection 2008 Laguna Seca raceway (Jack Reuter photos)

2008 Laguna Seca (Jack Reuter photo)

1959 Bandini Formula Junior #054 Hugh Ruthven collection at 2006 Monterey Historics Laguna Seca Raceway

1959 Bandini Formula Junior #055 Ex Jack Reuter; Tony Pearson collection

1959 Bandini Formula Junior (8 produced)

 

1957 Bandini Saponetta Dr. Tetsuya Shimoda collection

Henk Vasmel photos

1957 Bandini Saponetta 1000cc Tom Ottevanger collection

1958 Bandini Saponetta at the 1961 Governor's Cup Race Dave Lang 1st H Modified and G Production; Marconi Museum collection

1957 Bandini Saponetta #1002A

1957 Bandini Saponetta Ex Jerry Greaves; Marc Richelsoph collection

Bandini Saponetta (9 remaining), click HERE to view the November 2006 issue of Autoweek magazine article on the Saponetta

CLICK HERE TO VIEW MORE PICTURES AND HISTORY OF BANDINI SAPONETTAS

 

1954 Bandini 750cc DOHC Formula 3 (two remaining)

CLICK HERE TO VIEW MORE PICTURES AND HISTORY OF THE BANDINI FORMULA 3

 

1960 Sebring

1955 Bandini 750cc DOHC Zagato Coupe (only one) Ex Jerry Greaves; Dino Bandini collection

CLICK HERE TO VIEW MORE PICTURES AND HISTORY OF  THE BANDINI ZAGATO COUPE

 

1952 Bridgehampton 

Watkins Glen September 1951 Dick Gent

Elkhart Lake August 1951 Dick Gent

1949 Bandini Fiat 1100cc Ex Pompeo and Dick Gent second Bandini built; Bill King collection

 

1953 Bandini Maserati 1500cc Strada collection (photo courtesy of the Mitichi web site and digitmotorsport.com)

 

(Graham Gauld photo February 2008)

(Michele Orsi Bandini photos February 2008)

1946 Bandini Motto Fiat 1100cc first Bandini Made 

 

1968 Bandini Saloncino Coupe

 

Bandini 1100 Sport, third Bandini produced and is sadly MIA

 

 

Etceterini.com list of American Bandini racing drivers:

  • Chuck Hassan

  • Beau Clarke

  • James Riley

  • Sandy MacArthur

  • Clair Reuter

  • Dolph Vilardi

  • Dick Gent

  • Mel Sachs

  • Hugh Grammer

  • Gordon Wright

  • Jack Connolly

  • George Tipsword

  • Jim Pauley

  • Tony Pompeo

  • Henry “Hank” Rudkin

  • Henry G Fanelli

  • Harold L Miller

  • Bob Said

  • Hector Scheffer

  • Sheldon Morrill

  • Norman Christianson

  • George Parsons

  • John Norwood

  • James Eichenlaub

  • Roy Hopkins

  • Dave Lang

  • Ralph Semler

  • Dave Miles

  • Paul Richards

  • Dick Yares

  • Carles Callanan

  • John Brooks

  • K.A. Dormeyer

  • Max Goldman

  • M. Schellenberg (1100 Sport)

  • Johnny Gaeto (Bandini Offy with Devin body)

  • Alex Raymond (Flash Gordon designer)

  • Roger Merril

  • Bob Deschon

  • C.E. Harkrader

  • Dave Michaels (Bandini Offy)

  • Miles Collier

  • Herb C. Gussin

  • Arthur Peck (Bandini OSCA)

  • Earl Dow

  • Curly Brooks

  • Tom Waring

  • John Haas

  • R.R. Simpson (1955 Delta Region Races)

  • Siefert Kendall

  • Karl Brocken

  • Cecil Stockard

  • James Sheffield (Lake Garnett Kansas July7, 1962)

  • Ed Zuhorst (Marlboro April 7, 1963)

  • Jon Clifton

  • J. Dunn

  • James Lang (Saponetta)

  • L. C. Pessolano

  • J Dowd

  • Jerry Titus (FJR)

  • Neil Babbs (FJR)

  • George Constantine (FJR)

  • Dick Thompson (FJR)

  • Alan Dameron (FJR)

  • Ray English (FJR)

  • Rod Kennedy (FJR)

  • Harvey Siegelman (FJR)

  • Radger Ward (FJR)

  • Lionel R Wier (FJR)

  • Ken "Wrongway" Williams (FJR)

  • Roger Penske (FJR tested at 1961 Sebring)

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