Taruffi Italcorsa/tarf Ii

'Bisiluro' is Italian for 'double torpedo', and based on that principle the Italian racing driver and engineer Piero Taruffi (1906-1988) builds the record cars Tarf I and this Tarf II.

'Bisiluro' is Italian for 'double torpedo' and based on that principle the Italian racing driver and engineer Piero Taruffi (1906-1988) builds the record cars Tarf I and this Tarf II. The first, from 1948, achieves six records in the 500 cc class and two in the 1,500 cc class. In 1951 the Tarf II is designed. Powered by a 1.7 liter 290 hp Maserati engine with supercharger, it reaches, with a flying start, a speed of almost 300 km/h over the kilometer and mile on the Via Appia near Rome. In later years, long distance records are also set on the circuits of Montlhery (France) and Monza (Italy). It is an experimental car and the technology is regularly modified. Later it is driven, among other things, with Ferrari engines. In the Tarf I the driver sits on the left and in the Tarf II on the right, while the engine is placed in the opposite gondola. Because there is not enough space to fit a steering wheel, the Tarf II is steered with levers. The rear wheels are chain driven. With the two directional rudders any crosswind can be compensated.