Fiat 508S Balilla Sport group S (1933)

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Specifications

508: 113,000 units built between 1932-1937
508S: 500 units built (including Simca, etc)

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Chassis 508014034 Fiat 508 Balilla Coupé '33
Chassis 508-091244 '35
Chassis 508 071328 '35
Chassis 48139 508S Balilla Sport

Fiat, straight 4 cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine
located front longitudinal
65 x 75 mm
998 cc
7.0:1, 7.1:1
Sport: 30 hp (22 kW) @ 4000 rpm
CS: 36 HP (26.8 kW) @ 4000 rpm
46 HP
single side camshaft with OHV
1 x Zenith carburetor
12V battery
water cooled

Rear wheel drive
4 speed manual gearbox, CS: synchromesh
1st: 14.4
2nd: 8.6
3rd: 5.7
4th: 4.1:1
final drive, 4.30/1
open two-seater bodywork with finned tail bodyshell designed by Ghia
tires, 4.00 x 17"
600 kg
fuel tank, 10 gal

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Results in Endurance Races

1933

Season

Group VU

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Mille Miglia	Targa Florio	Le Mans	Spa	Tourist Trophy	Brooklands
Date	9/4	28/5	18/6	2/7	2/9	16/9
Team	1600km	503km	24h	24h	750km	500mil
A. Romoli/ A. Mancini (508S Balilla Sport)	#1, dns
Franco Spotorno/ B. Ghiringhelli (508S Balilla Sport)	#2, 30th
Arcangelo Periccioli/ Milton Biagini (508S Balilla Sport)	#3, dnf
Luigi Villoresi/ Emilio Villoresi (508S Balilla Sport)	#4, 33rd
U. Villa/ P. Colombo (508S Balilla Sport)	#5, 42nd
U. Vernazza/ C. Di Vecchio (508S Balilla Sport)	#6, dnf
Sidoli/ Bertolotti (508S Balilla Sport)	#7, dnf
Renzo Ceschina/ Gino Guagnellini (508S Balilla Sport)	#8, 31st
Giuseppe Gilera/ P. Sertori (508S Balilla Sport)	#9, dnf
G. Bellini/ Silvagni (508S Balilla Sport)	#10, dnf
M. Lombardi/ F. Lombardi (508S Balilla Sport)	#11, dnf
Mellei/ Palmi (508S Balilla Sport)	#12, dnf
Ragnoli (508S Balilla Sport)	#13, dns
Ovidio Capelli/ C. Forni (508S Balilla Sport)	#14, dns
Umberto Capello/ N. Soprani (508S Balilla Sport)	#15, 44th
O. Ghizzoni/ A. Strada (508S Balilla Sport)	#16, 44th
Parravicini/ C. Gezzi (508S Balilla Sport)	#17, 48th
Francesco Apruzzi/ Bellocchi (508S Balilla Sport)	#18, 39th
L. Beccaria/ Cattaneo (508S Balilla Sport)	#19, 36th
S. Petriccioli/ C. Ricceri (508S Balilla Sport)	#20, dnf
G. Ricci/ Maggi (508S Balilla Sport)	#21, 29th
A. Vertunni (508S Balilla Sport)	#22, dns
John Cain/ G. Aymini (508S Balilla Sport)	#23, 32nd
A. Mattoli/ Selmini (508S Balilla Sport)	#24, 46th
L. Brussi/ P. Budellazzi (508S Balilla Sport)	#25, dnf
S. Montanari/ A. Mondini (508 berlina group VGI)	#26, dnf
T. Pacini/ T. Cucci (508S Balilla Sport)	#27, 35th
37 L. Cagna/ Fidora (508 berlina group VGI)	#37, dnf
Giorgio Ambrosini/ D. Menchetti (508 Siata Balilla berlinetta Ghia group S)	#44, 25th
P. L. Torriani Tavanti/ F. Amatori (508 berlina group VGI)	#45, 52nd
G. Peragallo/ M. Nardi (508 berlinetta aerodynamica group VGI)	#46, dnf
Statistics
Starts/finishes 31/15	31/15

1934Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Mille Miglia	Le Mans	Tourist Trophy	Brooklands
Date	8/4	17/6	1/9	22/9
Team	1600km	24h	750km	500mil
A. Facchetti/ F. Venosta (508CS Balilla Sport)	#2, 24th
Vittorugo Mallucci/ O. Astolfi (Siata 508S)	#4, 19th
Ragnoli/ 'Torni' (Siata 508S)	#5, dnf
Ettore Bianco/ A. Mignanego (Siata 508S)	#7, 18th
Luigi Villoresi/ Emilio Villoresi (508CS Balilla Sport)	#10, dnf
Moris Bergamini/ E. Guastalla (508CS Balilla Sport)	#11, dnf
O. Chilesotti/ G. Goti (508CS Balilla Sport)	#12, 15th
Francesco Apruzzi/ A. Antelmi (508CS Balilla Sport)	#13, 29th
L. Beccaria/ Attilio Battilana (Siata 508S)	#14, dnf
Giuseppe Gilera/ Sebastiano Manzoni, 013327 (Siata 508S)	#15, 14th
P. L. Torriani/ S. Petruccioli (508CS Balilla Sport)	#17, 28th
P. Ravano/ M. Lenzi (Siata 508S)	#18, dnf
D. Bignami/ U. Cavanna (508CS Balilla Sport)	#21, dnf
Macchia/ M. Jelmini (508CS Balilla Sport)	#22, 20th
G. Coppola/ Bacciocchi (508CS Balilla Sport)	#23, dnf
Statistics
Starts/finishes 15/8	15/8

1935Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Mille Miglia	Le Mans	Tourist Trophy	Brooklands
Date	14/4	16/6	7/9	21/9
Team	1600km	24h	750km	500mil
M. Lombardi/ E. Brigatti (508 Balilla)	#1, dnf
C. Benedetti/ Zanella (508 Balilla)	#2, 33rd
A. Biamino/ G. Mainardi (508 Balilla)	#3, dnf
L. Musso/ Favero (508 Balilla)	#4, 27th
Franco Spotorno/ B. Ghiringhelli (508 Balilla)	#5, 46th
G. Panzacchi/ D. Becchetti (508 Balilla)	#6, dnf
J. McCain/ Enrico Nardi (508 Balilla)	#7, 23rd
Pietro Peroni/ Gaetano Vitali (508CS Balilla Sport)	#8, 47th
E. Balzano/ E. Perosio (508 Balilla)	#9, dnf
Francesco Apruzzi/ A. Antelmi (508CS Mille Miglia berlinetta Ghia)	#10, 38th
Luigi Rossi Scotti/ A. Mantovani (508CS Balilla Sport)	#11, 19th
Umberto Vernassa/ Carlo di Vecchio, 508S.043481 (508CS Balilla Coppa d'Oro)	#12, dnf
Luigi Villoresi/ Emilio Villoresi (508CS Balilla Sport)	#14, 18th
S. Petruccioli/ G. Casi (508CS Balilla Sport)	#16, 21st
C. Vigentini/ C. Fumagalli (508 Balilla)	#18, dnf
Renzo Ceschina/ Gino Guagnellini (508 Balilla)	#19, dnf
U. Mazzaferro/ E. Mariano (508CS Balilla Sport)	#22, dnf
Alberto Comirato/ S. Buosi (508 Balilla)	#24, dnf
I. Radice Fossati/ A. Radice Fossati (508 Balilla)	#25, dnf
L. Bergamo/ D. Agnelli (508 Balilla)	#27, 43rd
Ovidio Capelli/ A. Milani (508 Balilla)	#28, dnf
Umberto Capello/ G. Girelli (508 Balilla)	#29, 40th
Mario Nardilli/ Francesco Matrullo (508 Balilla)	#30, 24th
Quintavalla/ P. Lavezzini (508 Balilla)	#31, 41st
A. Bellocchi/ L. Gianstefani (508 Balilla)	#32, 44th
Raffaello Faini/ V. Petrini (508 Balilla)	#33, dnf
C. Albertini/ R. Benvenuti (508 Balilla)	#34, 48th
Cappelli/ L. Lanfranconi (508 Balilla)	#35, dnf
Zordan/ F. Borgo (508CS Balilla Sport)	#37, 31st
Milton Biagini/ Arcangelo Periccioli (508 Balilla)	#39, 20th
F. Ronchi/ A. Varisco (508 Balilla)	#40, 39th
Faccioni/ F. Feruglio (508 Balilla)	#41, 34th
Piero Dusio/ G. B. Ferrari (Siata 508S berlinetta compr)	#42, dnf
G. Zannino/ C. Mussetta (508 Balilla)	#44, 32nd
U. Beltracchini/ G. Gilardoni (508 Balilla)	#45, dnf
F. Romualdi/ S. Lelli (508CS Balilla Sport)	#46, 29th
F. Russi/ A. D'Antinone (508 Balilla)	#48, dnf
Minio/ V. Collavo (508CS Balilla Sport)	#49, 30th
G. Rivola/ Rossi (508 Balilla)	#50, dnf
Giorgio Ambrosini/ Dante Bertone (Siata 508S berlinetta compr)	#51, dnf
Aimée Gordini/ Carlo Nazarro (508S Balilla Coppa D' Oro)		#44, dnf
Mme Anne Itier/ Robert Jacob (508S Balilla)		#45, 18th
Austin Dobson (508S Balilla)			#32, disqua lified
Austin Dobson (508S Balilla)			#33, fuel
F. H. ffrench Davis (508S Balilla)			#34, eng ine
Statistics
Starts/finishes 45/23	40/22	2/1	3/0
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Austin Dobson
Austin Dobson			32
Arthur Dobson			33

1936Season
Le Mans was canceled due workers strike

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Mille Miglia	Marseille	ACF	Tourist Trophy	Brooklands	Targa Florio
Date	5/4	24/5	28/6	5/9	19/9	20/12
Team	1600km	3h	GP	650km	500mil	144km
Francesco Matrullo/ L. De Santis (508 Balilla)	#1, dnf
Ferdinando Righetti/ Mario Camellini (508CS Balilla Cd'O Stanguellini)	#2, 17th
O. Randaccio/ I. Radice Fossati (508 Balilla)	#3, 31st
Raffaello Faini/ E. Leva (508 Balilla)	#4, dnf
M. Trivero/ Enrico Nardi (508CS Balilla Sport)	#5, 23rd
Giuseppe Berti/ G. Coin (508 Balilla Berlina leggera)	#6, 19th
Colabattisti/ Al. Rosa (508 Balilla)	#7, dnf
Romeo/ Angelo Marelli (508 Balilla)	#8, 32nd
Ferrara/ Giordano Aldrighetti (508CS Balilla Sport)	#9, dnf
Rossi/ Zammarini (508 Balilla)	#10, 20th
Leo Spoletini/ C. Simoncelli (508 Balilla)	#11, 30th
Alberto Comirato/ Lia Comirato Dumas, 508S.076019 (508CS Balilla Berlinetta)	#14, 14th
Watzl/ Kurz (508 Balilla)	#15, 33rd
A. Giannelli/ A. Morini (508 Balilla)	#16, 36th
Milton Biagini/ Arcangelo Periccioli (508CS Balilla)	#18, 12th
Zanella/ Minio (508 Balilla)	#19, 21st
Ovidio Capelli/ G. Nagas (508CS Balilla Sport)	#20, dnf
Augusto Zoboli/ Archimede Rosa (508CS Balilla Sport)	#21, 27th
A. Varisco/ Casiraghi (508 Balilla)	#22, 26th
Luigi Villoresi/ Emilio Villoresi (508CS Balilla Sport)	#23, dnf
Mazzonis/ N. Leumann (508 Balilla)	#24, 28th
Renzo Ceschina/ M. Ceschina (508CS Balilla Sport)	#25, 18th
Winteler/ Marcon (508 Balilla)	#26, 35th
Ermini/ Giorgio Castelnuovo (508CS Balilla Sport)	#27, dnf
A. Lanza/ Lozenzini (508 Balilla)	#30, 16th
Mimy Aymler/ Gambellini (508 Balilla gas)	#40, dnf
R. Guzman/ Paletti (508 Balilla gas)	#41, 37th
Ferraguti/ Facetti (508 Balilla gas)	#42, dnf
A. La Porta/ I. Bricchi (508CS Balilla Sport compr)	#43, dnf
Aldo Marazza/ C. Benedetti (508CS MM Berlinetta)	#45, 34th
Giuseppe Gilera/ B. Ghiringhelli (508CS Balilla Sport compr)	#46, dnf
Moris Bergamini/ Arialdo Ruggeri (508CS Balilla Sport compr)	#47, dnf
J. McCain/ G. Gallinari (508CS Balilla Sport compr)	#48, dnf
Leonardo Quadri/ Spessa (508CS Balilla Sport compressor)	#49, 24th
M. Colini/ De Leonardis (508CS Balilla Sport compr)	#50, dnf
Quintavalla/ Bardiani (508CS Balilla Sport compr)	#51, dnf
Amedée Gordini (508S Balilla)			#12, 20th
Amedée Gordini (Simca-Fiat)			#14, dnf
Georges Sarret/ Paul Ducos (Simca-Fiat)			#16, dnf
Victor Camerano/ Largeaut (Simca-Fiat)			#18, 24th
Charles Auguste Martin/ Marcel Horvilleur (Simca-Fiat)			#24, 23rd
Arthur Dobson (508S Balilla)				#32, OTL
F. H. ffrench Davis (508S Balilla)				#33, dnf
Major R. G. Heyn (508S Balilla)				#34, 13th
C. H. Masters (508S Balilla)				#35, dnf
Francesco Sartarelli (508S Balilla)						#4, 9th
Romano Malaguti (508 Balilla)						#10, 5th
Edoardo Teagno (508S Balilla)						#20, dnf
Renato Danese (508S Balilla)						#22, 6th
Francesco Toia (508S Balilla)						#24, dnf
Statistics
Starts/finishes 50/28	36/21		5/3	4/1		5/3
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Amedée Gordini
Amedée Gordini			12
Athos Querzola			12
de Gabardie			14
Alin			14
Arthur Dobson
Mrs. Elsie Wisdom					32
Major R. G. Heyn
Billie Sullivan					34

1937Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Pau	Mille Miglia	Marseille	Le Mans	ACF	Donington	Tourist Trophy	Brooklands
Date	21/2	4/4	6/6	20/6	4/7	24/7	4/9	18/9
Team	GP	1600km	3h	24h	GP	12h	500km	500km
Giuseppe Berti/ G. Coin (508CS Balilla Sport)		#34, 30th
Renato Cornia/ Rangoni (508 Balilla Coppa d'Oro Stanguellini)		#35, dnf
Lotario Rangoni Macchiavelli, 043830 (Stanguellini TN1100 Coppa d'Oro)		#36, dnf
Angelo Della Cella/ S. Novello (508 Balilla)		#37, dnf
Vladimiro Zerini/ M. Torrigiani (508 Balilla)		#38, 49th
N. Ferraro/ G. Ferraro (508 Balilla)		#39, dnf
A. Lanza/ L. Nesti (508 Balilla)		#40, dnf
Corrado Forti/ A. Alfieri (508CS Balilla Sport)		#41, 23rd
P. U. Gobbato/ Mario Camellini (508CS Balilla Sport)		#42, dnf
Checcacci/ Giuseppe Banti (508CS Balilla Sport)		#43, 25th
A. Caspani/ A. Pozzoni (508 Balilla)		#45, dnf
G. Munaretto/ G. Fenici (508 Balilla)		#46, dnf
Art. Varisco/ A. Varisco (508 Balilla)		#47, dnf
Casalegno/ L. Di Rovasenda (508 Balilla)		#48, dnf
U. Villa/ Castelli (508 Balilla)		#49, dnf
Lia Comirato Dumas/ Alberto Comirato (508CS Balilla Sport)		#52, dnf
Ricc. Gasparotto/ D. Comin (508 Balilla)		#55, dnf
B. Salvoni/ E. Mazzi (508 Balilla)		#56, dnf
F. Romualdi/ S. Lelli (508 Balilla)		#57, 32nd
A. Panarello/ P. Gianni (508 Balilla)		#58, dnf
Leo Spoletini/ C. Simoncelli (508 Balilla)		#59, 34th
F. Maestri/ L. Ridolfi (508CS Balilla Sport)		#60, dnf
Quintavalla/ A. Quintavalla (508 Balilla)		#61, 42nd
G. Girelli/ Umberto Capello (508 Balilla)		#62, dnf
Guardiani/ G. Ciboldi (508CS Balilla Sport)		#63, 47th
Ermini/ Giorgio Castelnuovo (508CS Balilla Sport)		#64, dnf
U. Mazzaferro/ "Mindo" (508 Balilla)		#66, dnf
Mario Braida/ B. Jesi (508CS MM Berlinetta)		#67, 18th
M. Traverso/ R. Prada (508 Balilla)		#68, 35th
O. Longhi Gorla/ Aldo Marazza (508 Balilla)		#96, dnf
M. Colini/ A. Prosperi (508CS Balilla Sport)		#97, 24th
P. Municchi/ Morettini (508 Balilla)		#98, dnf
G. Mainardi/ V. Paterlini (508CS Balilla Sport)		#99, dnf
L. Musso/ M. Franceschini (508CS Balilla Sport)		#100, 46th
Gordini (508S Balilla)				#44, dnf
Gordini, 0770 (508S Balilla)				#45, dnf			#27, dnf
Gordini (508S Balilla)				#46, disqua lified
Gordini, 12478 (Simca 5CV)				#58, dnf
Just Emile Vernet (Simca Ballila)				#48, 12th
Carlo Nazarro/ R. Robert (Simca 6CV)				in entry list
Mrs. A. C. Dobson (508S Balilla)						#14, in entry list	#28, OTL
Statistics
Starts/finishes 1/0				2/0			2/0
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Lotario Rangoni Macchiavelli
L. Bicchi		36
U. Chiesa		36
Gordini
Angelo Molinari				44
Marino Zanardi				44
Jacques Blot				45
Henri Ferrand				45
Amedée Gordini				46
Philippe Maillard-Brune				46		27
Adrien Alin				58
Athos Querzola				58
Just Emile Vernet
Just Emile Vernet				48
Mme Suzanne Largeot				48

1938Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Mille Miglia	Le Mans	Spa	Tourist Trophy	Paris
Date	3/4	19/6	10/7	3/9	11/9
Team	1600km	24h	24h	12h	12h
Quintavalla/ S. Bardiani (508CS Balilla Sport)	#30, 33rd
Luigi Della Chiesa/ Paola Della Chiesa (Sport)	#32, dnf
'Sette'/ B. Donnini (Sport Spider Zagato)	#51, dnf
V. Campigli/ E. Acquadro (508CS Balilla Sport)	#63, 53rd
Mario Braida/ Franco Venturi (508CS Balilla Sport)	#64, 20th
Just Emile Vernet, 0770 (508S Balilla)		#39, dnf	#66, 12th		#58, 6th
Just Emile Vernet (Simca 508S Balilla)		#45, dnf
Amedée Gordini (508S Balilla)		#43, dnf
Statistics
Starts/finishes 1/0
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Just Emile Vernet
Angelo Molinari		39	66		58
Georges Sarret		39
Gaston Tramer		45
Paul Samuel		45
Adrien Alin		43	66		58
Amedée Gordini
Robert Lévy		43

1947Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Bremgarten	Mille Miglia	Dolomiti
Date	8/6	22/6	20/7
Team		1600km	300km
Ferdinando Bassi (508 Sport)			#154, ftm
Statistics
Starts/finishes 1/0			1/0

1950Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Targa Florio	Mille Miglia	Carrera Pan	Le Mans	Dolo miti	Tourist Trophy	Sebring
Date	2/4	23/4	10/5	25/6	16/7	19/9	31/12
Team	1080km	1600km	3000km	24h	300km	3h	6h
Domenico Rotolo (Siata Balilla Coppa d'Oro)	#336, ?
Silvio Serafini (508S MM)					#122, ftm
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 2/0	1/0				1/0

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Source
508 Balilla Mille Miglia Berlinetta Ghia