Description
1970 ANGELO MOLINARI MA 165 Type : Class O I / FB CORSA Length : 4,60 m Width : 1,85 m Weight : approx. 300 kg Number of seat(s) : 1/2 Engine : Mercury 1100 SS Type : 6 cylinders in line Displacement: 1000 cm3 Power : 110 hp. The Italian name Molinari is omnipresent in the history of international motorcycle racing from the post-World War II period. It all began when Angelo, the son of a furniture maker from Lombardy, set up a small craft boatyard in Tavernola near Como. Angelo Molinari's technical skills soon attracted requests from Milanese champions looking for rigid and light hulls for outboard motors. In 1953 he set his first world record by adapting an American design of a small Swift three-point hull for the Milanese champion Massimo Leto di Priolo, who broke the world's best performance in the 1000 cc X category. From then on, not a year went by without new records or championship titles obtained on a boat built by the first Molinari. Italy is one of the great homelands of motor sports in all its forms, with unique races such as the Pavia-Venezia. The race is over 400 kilometers long and has a finish line in St. Mark's Square, which has created a yearly craze that has never ceased. Since its foundation in 1929, the sole participation in this legendary raid has motivated the construction of hundreds of boats of all styles, which have been honored with the prestige of the exploit. Angelo Molinari's renowned shipyard was obviously no exception, from the 1950s to the 1980s. The racer outboard presented here is one of the units specially ordered in two-seater version by pilots to "do" the Pavia-Venezia. The second bucket is, according to the rules of certain categories, reserved for the mechanic. It is in charge of the refuelling and is also and above all intended to descend into the river bed to get out of possible groundings due to the numerous sandbanks whose position is unpredictable. This Angelo Molinari, number 290, made its debut at the Pavia-Venezia in 1974, driven by Natale Biancardi in the O I / FB CORSA category. It is then found in the annals of the race until the 1980s before being stored in the area of Boretto. In the 2000s, it was impeccably restored by Jean Van Praet to its original features and colors, with the exception of the Belgian flag, a small sentimental and family addition that the collector allowed himself. Its six-cylinder Merc 1100 SS engine, produced from 1967 to 1967, is equipped with a special "endurance" base.
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1970 ANGELO MOLINARI MA 165 Type : Class O I / FB CORSA Length : 4,60 m Width : 1,85 m Weight : approx. 300 kg Number of seat(s) : 1/2 Engine : Mercury 1100 SS Type : 6 cylinders in line Displacement: 1000 cm3 Power : 110 hp. The Italian name Molinari is omnipresent in the history of international motorcycle racing from the post-World War II period. It all began when Angelo, the son of a furniture maker from Lombardy, set up a small craft boatyard in Tavernola near Como. Angelo Molinari's technical skills soon attracted requests from Milanese champions looking for rigid and light hulls for outboard motors. In 1953 he set his first world record by adapting an American design of a small Swift three-point hull for the Milanese champion Massimo Leto di Priolo, who broke the world's best performance in the 1000 cc X category. From then on, not a year went by without new records or championship titles obtained on a boat built by the first Molinari. Italy is one of the great homelands of motor sports in all its forms, with unique races such as the Pavia-Venezia. The race is over 400 kilometers long and has a finish line in St. Mark's Square, which has created a yearly craze that has never ceased. Since its foundation in 1929, the sole participation in this legendary raid has motivated the construction of hundreds of boats of all styles, which have been honored with the prestige of the exploit. Angelo Molinari's renowned shipyard was obviously no exception, from the 1950s to the 1980s. The racer outboard presented here is one of the units specially ordered in two-seater version by pilots to "do" the Pavia-Venezia. The second bucket is, according to the rules of certain categories, reserved for the mechanic. It is in charge of the refuelling and is also and above all intended to descend into the river bed to get out of possible groundings due to the numerous sandbanks whose position is unpredictable. This Angelo Molinari, number 290, made its debut at the Pavia-Venezia in 1974, driven by Natale Biancardi in the O I / FB CORSA category. It is then found in the annals of the race until the 1980s before being stored in the area of Boretto. In the 2000s, it was impeccably restored by Jean Van Praet to its original features and colors, with the exception of the Belgian flag, a small sentimental and family addition that the collector allowed himself. Its six-cylinder Merc 1100 SS engine, produced from 1967 to 1967, is equipped with a special "endurance" base.
