Mille Miglia

By peterm95018, 27 September, 2026

Car 351

Fiat 8V

Carlo Fabi / Aldo Pagliacci

39th overall

This is a Fiat 8V (Otto Vu). I’m not positive on the coachwork but it is likely Zagato given the double bubble roof. I’m still learning the very complicated ecosystem of coach building, tuning and chassis manufacturing of this time period. 

Note the extra windshield wiper over driver position. Wire wheels, small hood scoop.

By peterm95018, 7 September, 2026

Finding Dad's Mille Miglia Photographs

For years, I knew that my father had been in Italy during his Army service in the mid 1950’s. While cleaning the family home this past year, I’ve had to sort through boxes and boxes of photographs, slides, family albums and ephemera from the Marstons and McMillans. 

Tucked away among old family photographs and negatives, was a small collection of 3x5” black and white pictures of old sports cars in what looked like a race.

The cars in this photo collection.