{"id":8833,"date":"2016-02-04T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/museonicolis.com\/?p=8833"},"modified":"2024-07-12T14:07:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T12:07:39","slug":"bianchi-tipo-s2-1915","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/bianchi-tipo-s2-1915\/","title":{"rendered":"Bianchi, 1915, Tipo S2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bianchi \u201cTipo S2\u201d, 1915<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Bianchi\u00a0S2<\/strong> is the car which best reflects the aim of the\u00a0company to build cars for less wealthy people. Thanks to its technical solutions and the introduction of this model, Bianchi proved once again to be a point of reference in the automotive world for the time. The car shown in the museum has a significant historical importance: it was used by the\u00a0General Staff of the Italian Army\u00a0<\/strong>during WWI to observe military operations: the\u00a0letters\u00a0S.M.\u00a0<\/strong>that stands for\u00a0Stato Maggiore\u00a0<\/strong>(General Staff) are engraved on the front leaf-spring.
\nThe car has\u00a0right-hand-drive<\/strong>\u00a0according to a law provision whereby all vehicles had to stay on the extreme right side of the road in order to not frighten the horses and give the right of way to the other means of transportation. At the level crossings, since there were no barriers at the time, the driver had to stop the car and get off to check if there was a train coming and then get back in the car and drive off.
\nThe price of Bianchi cars\u00a0varied from\u00a0\u00a34000\u00a0<\/strong>for the 2-seater\u00a0to \u00a314.000\u00a0<\/strong>for the\u00a0limousine<\/strong><\/a>. Bianchi cars had large success not only thanks to the undoubtedly high quality of the materials and their refined design, but also their customer care.\u00a0Included in the vehicle price there were a\u00a0couple of days of driving school<\/strong>, every model was fitted with a tool box with a wrench, a tape roll and a hand pump. There was also a\u00a0door-to-door servicing:\u00a0<\/strong>specialized mechanics were sent throughout Italy’s Kingdom to repair the customers’ cars. They were paid \u00a315 per day from the company and they also paid them the trip to the destination (second-class train ticket). Board and lodging was provided by the customer.<\/p>\n

Luciano Nicolis<\/strong>\u00a0used to say:\u00a0\u201cAll the cars were\u00a0crank-started\u00a0<\/strong>or\u00a0push-started<\/strong>\u00a0at the time, the hand crank was in front of the car, linked to the crankshaft,\u00a0there was no other way<\/strong>, there was no electric starter. It was difficult and dangerous because the crank could slip from your hand and break your wrist. There still wasn’t the alternator in Italy: the magneto produced the\u00a0electricity for the spark plug\u2026\u201d.<\/em>
\nThe magneto was the first ignition system used in petrol engines.<\/p>\n

The first car to receive and electric starer and electric headlamps seems to be the\u00a01911<\/strong>\u00a0Cadillac Model Thirty.\u00a0<\/strong>The advertisement read: \u201cThe car that has no crank<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n

1980,<\/strong>\u00a0Luciano Nicolis on Bianchi S2 participated to the\u00a0Veteran Rally<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0organized by CRAME.<\/p>\n

Museo Nicolis has a rich display of\u00a0Bianchi<\/strong>\u00a0vehicles:\u00a0bicycles<\/a>,\u00a0motorcycles<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0cars<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\r\n\r\n \r\n