{"id":461180,"date":"2007-06-01T19:00:41","date_gmt":"2007-06-02T02:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=64175"},"modified":"2025-01-10T21:15:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T21:15:40","slug":"the-mod-squad-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-mod-squad-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mod Squad, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">American sports car racing in the 1950s is perhaps best known for the titanic battles between Italian-built Ferraris and Maseratis and the home-grown specials like the Scarabs and the Ol Yellers. However, down at the opposite end of the spectrum\u2014the H-Mod category for sports racers with less than 750-cc of displacement\u2014also featured fantastic racing with an exotic mixture of Italian and American-built machinery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In our first installment, we examined the American H-Mod racing history of such small-scale Italian manufacturers as Siata, Stanguellini, Giaur and Moretti. In this, the final installment, we explore the H-Mod contributions of Bandini, OSCA, Nardi and Abarth.<br \/>\n<!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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