Davestuff

I take a strange satisfaction from a well-formed spec page. After poring though FIA homolgation documents, in Italian, I think I've got them for the OSCA. The story won't use them except perhaps in abbreviated form, so I'm releasing them to the world. Fly, little OSCA specs. Fly! 1961 OSCA 1600 GT Specifications ENGINE Displacement 1568cc (95.7-cu.in.) Bore x stroke 80 x 78 mm Compression ratio 9.2:1 Horsepower @ rpm 125 @ 7,000 Torque @ rpm NA-lbs.ft. @ 6,000 Main bearings Five Fuel system Dual sidedraught Weber 38 DCOE carburetors, electric fuel pump Ignition system 12-volt, Marelli ignition Lubrication system Pressure, mechanical oil pump Electrical system 12 volts Exhaust system Fiat-Osca tubular 4-2 header, single steel exhaust TRANSMISSION Type Fiat four-speed, 8.5-inch single dry plate clutch Ratios: 1st 2.688:1 2nd 1.660:1 3rd 1.254:1 4th 1.000:1 Reverse 2.688:1 DIFFERENTIAL Type Semi-hypo...

Of all the times I dearly love, There’s one I love the best; It’s not a song of  turtledove, Nor of a feathered nest; It has a hum that’s all its own, Without a skip or jar, It is that muffled throbbing tone of my big Staver car. The world is striving all the time, To master speed and pow’r, And wise brains full of cog-wheels claim two hundred miles an hour; But what’s the use of  flying when You can’t go half so far? Just take a tip from me, my friend, Go buy a Staver car. Chorus: Staver, Staver, never yield, A wounded stag upon your shield, Swift and pow’rful on your way, Vic-to-ry will crown your day; First upon the road and track, Foemen always see your back; Your speed and strength are on a par, Staver, Staver, you’re a grand old car!