Stanguellini e l'artigianato automobilistico modenese (Stanguellini and the Modenese automobile craftsmanship) was born from an idea of Nunzia Manicardi, and was the first book on Vittorio Stanguellini.
Vittorio Stanguellini's is the story of a dynasty with a passion for engines. The Stanguellini family history begins with the founder, Celso, in Modena in 1879, who ran a musical instrument workshop in the heart of the city. His son Francesco was a motor enthusiast, who loved to race motorized tricycles.
In 1925 Francesco became the first Fiat dealer in Modena and began to earn a name as Scuderia Stanguellini by racing his own tuned cars. However, in 1932 he died suddenly, leaving his son in control of the company: he was only 19 years old, but had inherited his father's intuition in motors.
Thanks to the Fiat and Maserati tuned by Vittorio, the team obtained good results in renowned competitions such as Targa Florio, up to the victory in the 1938 Mille Miglia with a 750 Stanguellini and triumph in the same competition in 1940, in 750 and 1100 classes.
After the break due to the war, Stanguellini returned to racing, achieving further successes and starting exciting battles with the young and fellow Scuderia Ferrari on circuits in Italy and abroad. Over the years, the company achieved further victories, such as in 1957 at the 12 Hours of Sebring.
At the end of the Fifties, also thanks to the advices of Juan Manuel Fangio, who had become a family friend, came the Stanguellini Junior 1100, a single-seater destined to remain in the imagination of motor enthusiasts, based on several production cars, especially Fiat.
With this model, Stanguellini won about a hundred victories in the International arena. The Modenese company also excelled in speed records, in particularly with the Colibrì, a futuristic aerodynamic car powered by a single-cylinder Guzzi 250 engine, which won six world records in 1963 on the high-speed track of Monza.
Vittorio Stanguellini died on 4th December 1981.
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