Augustas in the Mille Miglia

[MichaelElsom]

All of us are aware that Augustas competed in the Targa Florio, but even Morris was unaware that they had competed in the Mille Miglia until I told him about these pictures.
I learned about Foto Locchi when some friends visited Florence some time ago, but only recently thought about searching their archive for Augusta pictures.
If you go to https://www.fotolocchi.it/it/archivio/?query=Lancia+Augusta&_=1649691114502 you will find a number of photos - there are two unusual cars (to my eyes anyway) and I wonder whether either have survived. 

[Kari]

Number 89 of MM 1937 is still around and being restored. It was for sale at Padova 2018.

Karl

[MichaelElsom]

I wonder whether those are the same tyres that were fitted in the MM!

[JohnMillham]

It's interesting to see they fitted sidelights on the Mille Miglia cars. I thought it was only the British imports that had them.

[MichaelElsom]

Interestingly car 89 in the race picture didn't have sidelights (nor did any of the other Augustas) and it didn't have wire wheels.

[JohnMillham]

So it seems the sidelights and wire wheels are both more recent than the actual MM race.