395A7660 2024 Mille Miglia - O.M. 665 SPORT SUPERBA 2000 CM3 1927

6) ALBERT WETZ L UMBERTO GALLONI I
O.M. 665 SPORT SUPERBA 2000 CM3 1927

O.M. stands for Officine Meccaniche

It was an Italian car and truck manufacturing company, founded in 1918 in Milan as Società Anonima Officine Meccaniche. It disappeared as such in 1975, subsumed into Iveco, but still exists as a forklift builder.

The inception of the company had resulted from the merger of two companies, Grondona Comi & C and Miani Silvestri & C.

Originally, OM manufactured railway stock. Car production started in 1918, using the plant of the former Brixia-Zust (Brixia-Züst), just after OM took over Zust car company of Brescia, Northern Italy. The first OM car, Tipo S305, primarily an old Zust model, appeared in 1918 with a 4712 cc four-cylinder side-valve in-line engine.

Further models were Tipo 465 (with a 1327 cc four) in 1919, Tipo 467 (1410cc) and Tipo 469 (1496cc) in 1921.

1923 saw an all new model, Tipo 665 'Superba' with a 2-litre six-cylinder engine. This model was extremely successful in racing, winning top five positions in the 2-litre class in 1925 and 1926 at the Le Mans but its greatest achievement was the victory in the first Mille Miglia race in 1927 where Ferdinando Minoia and Giuseppe Morandi led home an O.M. '123' at an average speed of 48.27 miles per hour (77.7 km/h) for 21 hours 4 minutes 48 seconds. Some cars were equipped with Roots superchargers.

OM was taken over by the Fiat Group in 1938 and in the following year passenger car production ceased.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officine_Meccaniche

My Fifth Mille Miglia. See also:
1) 2017: 2017 Mille Miglia, Furlo Pass.
2) 2018: 2018 Mille Miglia, Pesaro
3) 2019: 2019 Mille Miglia, Corinaldo.
4) 2021: 2021 Mille Miglia, Arezzo and Monza.
5) 2024: 2024 Mille Miglia Ferrara.

Taken on: June 15, 2024

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Camera: Canon EOS R6, f/10.0, 1/200 sec, 33mm, ISO 2000 (more info) (hide info)

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