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The Giaur shown earlier in this thread with race #13 is chassis #BT-035. Although I did assist with the restoration, it was raced for some time by my father, Jarl de Boer and I never drove it at all. Not even once.

The chassis number appears on the support structure supporting the transverse leaf spring of the front suspension that is nominally Fiat 500 ("Topolino") in origin.

The Giaur (GIA-UR) name is derived from Berardo Taraschi's initial sports category cars ("Urania") that were built utilizing leftover (from WWII) BMW motorcycle engines set in a tubular chassis that was made by Taraschi. When the BMW engine was replaced (and relocated in the chassis) with a Giannini-modified Fiat 500 ("Topolino") engine, the cars became known as "Giannini-Urania" or "Giaur".

According to Taraschi ledger information, BT-035 was the only car completed by Taraschi with a Crosley engine but it was not the only similar car to make racing history with Crosley engines. While doing the restoration, it seemed clear that the Crosley engine was not the first engine that had ever been fitted, so earlier "Taraschi" history seems likely for this car.

So far as I can determine, no car was known as "Giaur-Lancia" or "Giaur-Abarth" but there were some cars known as "Giaur" that were not actually constructed by Taraschi.

One was the Nardi-BMW "Boby" of 1947 that was fitted later with a Crosley engine and raced for some time in the 1950's by Frank Dominianni. It was apparently modified by Taraschi but it was not a true "Giaur" car despite the name that was on it when it arrived in the USA.

Another non-Giaur car, despite the name applied to it, was a car that was imported for Paul Gougelman who raced it initially as a "Lancia" but when it was sold to Sandy MacArthur it somehow became a "Giaur", fitted for a time with a Moretti bialbero engine and then a Mercury 2-stroke outboard engine modified suitably for use in an Hm racing car.

Best regards,

John de Boer
The Italian Car Registry