Isotta Fraschini Type 8 Flying Star Roadster
by Jack Pumphrey
Original - Sold
Price
$750
Dimensions
24.000 x 36.000 x 0.050 inches
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Title
Isotta Fraschini Type 8 Flying Star Roadster
Artist
Jack Pumphrey
Medium
Painting - Watercolor & Mixed Media
Description
A watercolor & ink plus mixed media of a 1930 Isotta Fraschini 8A Flying Star Roadster
Kings, tycoons, popes, and movie stars rode in Isotta Fraschinis, including the 1930 Isotta Fraschini 8A Flying Star Roadster. Clara Bow had an Isotta, and Rudolph Valentino owned two. The 1950 film Sunset Boulevard appropriately equipped fictional silent-film star Norma Desmond with an Isotta Fraschini landaulet.
The Italian automaker was best known for its big eights of the Twenties and Thirties, but Isotta Fraschini also built a broad range of sporting machines before World War I and was active in racing. In 1910, it was among the first to put brakes on all four wheels; most other makes didn't offer four-wheel brakes until the mid-Twenties.
After the Great War, Isotta changed course and offered a single luxury model powered by the first production straight eight. Luxury-car buyers wanted smooth, flexible multi-cylinder engines, but the early V-8 engines had vibration issues. Until V-8 technology advanced, straight eights were smoother and dominated the luxury-car market between the wars. Iota’s 5.9-liter eight with overhead valves developed 80 bhp in the Tipo 8.
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May 12th, 2017
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