1959 Stanguellini Formula Junior
Offering at $120,000
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Ready to race when stored, will need race prep
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FIA HTP Papers valid until 2019
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Engine is a correct-displacement Fiat, 1100 cc, which has been professionally rebuilt with upgraded internal parts which tested 107 hp on a dynamometer at assembly
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Original-type alloy cylinder head was modified by the engine builder to increase power
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Less than two hours on engine
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Has a fuel cell, rear brake proportioning system, an Accusump oil accumulator to prevent oil pump cavitation
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Includes all the parts which were removed during the rebuild in 1996-99: original fuel tank, single master cylinder, engine block, cylinder head, internal engine components, seats, front and rear suspension components, and rear end gears
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The chassis # is CS00121, an early chassis which was very successfully raced by Roberto Bussinello in 1959
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Car now features sliding block rear suspension, longer trailing arms in the rear, body cutouts for the external rear damper, and long-nose bodywork
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In present ownership since 2006
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A multi-year restoration began in 2006. This car was stripped to its bare frame, and completely rebuilt in the United States by Stanguellini specialists, Vintage Machine Works
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Sheet metal is 100 % aluminum, as original (no filler)
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Front suspension has been upgraded for security and greater strength
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Safety upgrades consist of dual master cylinder, fire suppression system, rev limiter, fuel cell, and electronic tachometer for quicker display of engine rpm. The original tachometer is present and working.
History
Stanguellini Chassis number CS00121, factory team car raced by Roberto Bussinello in the 1959 Formula Junior season in Italy. Bussinello won the first three races he entered, as a Factory driver. He and the Factory were co-owners of the car, and Bussinello sold his half-ownership back to the Factory after the 1959 season. The owner has a letter from Roberto Bussinello to Jerry Bensinger to confirm this. It is presumed that the factory rebuilt and updated CS00121 to the later spec it now is in, with the long nose, later tail profile, longer rear parallel arm suspension, rear body cutouts for rear shock absorbers, and “sliding-block” differential housing mounting system found on the later cars.
CS00121 was imported from Italy to France and raced by Msr. Philippe Rucheton in the 1970s and has been in the United States since 1990 when it was imported by Jerry Bensinger. Was raced in the VSCCA (Logbook), sold to John Risch, and then to the present owner in 2006.
