{"id":35922,"date":"2018-02-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/120th-birthday-of-enzo-ferrari\/"},"modified":"2020-10-02T10:34:26","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T10:34:26","slug":"120th-birthday-of-enzo-ferrari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/120th-birthday-of-enzo-ferrari\/","title":{"rendered":"120th Birthday of Enzo Ferrari"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We write the 18th<\/sup> of February 1898. In north Italian mountains of the region Emilia-Romagna farmer’s wife Adalgisa and locksmith Alfredo bear their son Enzo Anselmo. Nothing special so far. Also the fact that due to bad weather he was listed in birth records two days later isn’t too strange for those times. But young Enzo became very famous in the following years, only outbid by the fame of his founded company wearing his last name: Ferrari.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After his school days Enzo Ferrari was an apprentice in the locksmith workshop of his father which he should take on later. Within this time he developed a big interest in technology in general and cars specially. He offered repair jobs in his fathers facilities for oncoming motorists and bought engines to understand how they work and better them. Finally he sent an application as works driver to Fiat in Torino but was rejected as he hadn’t educational background in this area. 1919 he built an own race car with his own money and some investments from friends. He drove in some local races and showed his driving abilities next to his knowledge how to tune engines. Within months he got an employment with CMN (Costruzioni Meccaniche Nazionali) as works driver.<\/p>\n\n\n

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