Moretti 750 Gran Sport Barchetta Motto

The Moretti 750 Gran Sport Barchetta was a limited-production racing car of the early 1950s, according to the carrozzieri-italiani.com listing. It had a Moretti-designed 750 cc inline four-cylinder engine with chain-driven dual overhead camshafts, a tubular spaceframe chassis numbered 1251S with many lightening holes, and aluminium bodywork by Carrozzeria Rocco Motto of Turin. The page says only one was completed in this form. It made its public debut at the 1953 Geneva Auto Salon and was then exported to the United States, where the Los Angeles importer and driver Ernie McAfee modified it for SCCA racing. It took several class wins in 1954, including at the Pebble Beach Road Races, and was raced on the West Coast until 1961. It was later preserved and restored to its 1954 form. The page names no fuel and no engine class.