I've always wondered what the four leaf clover meant on an alfa romeo. I thought for a while that it had something to do with four valves per cylinder, but I thiunk I've seen it on other alfa's. Does anyone know?
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I've always wondered what the four leaf clover meant on an alfa romeo. I thought for a while that it had something to do with four valves per cylinder, but I thiunk I've seen it on other alfa's. Does anyone know?
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AFAIK it's because it represents luck. So they used to put it on their race cars for luck during races.
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Just wandering, did they do any goodOriginally Posted by Lagonda
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Yeah. Formula 1, Mille Miglia, Le Mans to name the big ones. And a lot of other races as well.Just wandering, did they do any good
EDIT: According to wikipedia this is where the quadrifoglio comes from: The image first appeared in 1923 when Ugo Sivocci presented one prior to the start of the 14th Targa Florio as a good luck token to the team.
Furniture
Better than Ferrari in their early days...Just wandering, did they do any good
Lack of charisma can be fatal.
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but then again ferrari was born of alfas racing division!!!
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
- George Bernard Shaw
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That's indeed true, and Enzo was "sad" the day they beat Alfa Romeo on the track.
Lack of charisma can be fatal.
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