{"id":492090,"date":"2011-11-01T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T19:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=31091"},"modified":"2024-12-02T19:36:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T19:36:36","slug":"alfetta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/alfetta\/","title":{"rendered":"Automotive Art &#8211; Michael Jekot&#8217;s &#8220;Alfetta&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Alfa Romeo\u2019s 158 Artwork<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Michael Jekot paints Juan Manuel Fangio driving Alfa Romeo\u2019s 158 on an Alfa Romeo Spider\u2019s hood.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alfa Romeo 158, also known as the \u201cAlfetta,\u201d dominated Formula One\u2019s first season after WWII. What was it about this car that enabled such domination? The Alfa 158 was by no means a new racecar. Designed by Gioacchino Colombo, the 158 first raced back in the 1930s and then sat in garages for the next five or six years waiting for the war to come to an end. The only update to the car coming into the 1950 season was the addition of a Roots-type supercharger. This single addition boosted the 1.5-liter inline 8-cylinder engine\u2019s power to around 350 horsepower!<\/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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