Maurice Fabry was a driver for Itala in 1906 and 1907 - drove an Itala in the 1906 Grand Prix de l'ACF/Le Mans.
In the contemporary Italian press he is quoted as Maurice Fabry, in the French press as Fabry or Fabri without first name.
On the other hand there was Ernesto Giuseppe Fabbri, a brother in law of the Hotchkiss driver Elliott Fitch Shepard (Shepard drove for Hotchkiss in the 1906 GP de l'ACF and the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup, for Clément-Bayard in the 1907 GP de l'ACF - was the son of Col. Elliott Fitch Shepard and grandson of William H. Vanderbilt - Shepard's sister Edith was married to Ernesto Fabbri).
Ernesto Fabbri was born in New York (born 1874, died 22 April 1943 in Florence). At the turn of the century he spent most of his time in Florence/Italy.
Two individuals? Or was Maurice Fabry a nom de course of Ernesto Fabbri?
Fabry - 1906 Itala driver
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Posted 06 October 2004 - 09:10
Maurice Fabry is listed as British (GB next to the name) in the results of the 1905 Coppa Florio as transcribed in Carli, 70 anni di gare automobilistiche in Italia, ACI 1967.
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Posted 06 October 2004 - 14:27
Thanks for the info, Alessandro.
Since Ernesto Fabbri had no British connections, this would be an evidence that Fabry was not = Fabbri.
Since Ernesto Fabbri had no British connections, this would be an evidence that Fabry was not = Fabbri.
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Posted 06 October 2004 - 22:27
Fabry is an unlikely surname for a British driver.
A driver called Fabry (presumably the same chap) was placed 12th in an Itala in a 4000km Touring event run by the Milan AC in May 1905 and 16th in the 1907 Kaiserpreis.
A driver called Fabry (presumably the same chap) was placed 12th in an Itala in a 4000km Touring event run by the Milan AC in May 1905 and 16th in the 1907 Kaiserpreis.
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Posted 07 October 2004 - 07:55
Fabry :
- The 1000-kg Itala racer appeared for the first time in the 1905 Circuit des Ardennes (7 August 1905), and was driven by Fabry. In my eyes this means that Fabry was either a technician or involved in the financial backing of Itala.
- The next race of the Itala was the Coppa Florio on 4 September 1905, just four weeks later. There were three Italas at the start, Fabry achieved the fastest lap and Raggio won the race. This means that Fabry was not a slow driver.
- In 1906 Fabry drove the 1000-kg Itala in the GP and the Vanderbilt Cup, retired in both races.
- In 1907 he drove a "stock chassis" Itala in the Targa, finishing third :
http://www.aapit.pa......0TaFlo 54.pdf (BTW = nice Targa website)
"Al secondo posto si classificò Vincenzo Lancia, terzo il francese Maurice Fabry."
- In 1911, according to
http://www.carsfromi...hers/index.html (see "The Rest - Independent Manufacturers" - Nazzaro)
"Like many other successful drivers of the period, Felice (Nazzaro) also wanted to try his hand at producing cars. Thus in 1911, together with some colleagues (Maurizio Fabry, Pilade Massuero and Arnaldo Zoller), he founded 'Nazzaro & C.Fabbrica di Automobili' in Turin."
Fabbri :
Story of Ernesto's father, Ernesto Fabbri Sr. :
http://freepages.gen...notitalians.htm
Fabbri's house in New York built between 1914 and 1916 :
http://www.houseofth...rg/history.html
- The 1000-kg Itala racer appeared for the first time in the 1905 Circuit des Ardennes (7 August 1905), and was driven by Fabry. In my eyes this means that Fabry was either a technician or involved in the financial backing of Itala.
- The next race of the Itala was the Coppa Florio on 4 September 1905, just four weeks later. There were three Italas at the start, Fabry achieved the fastest lap and Raggio won the race. This means that Fabry was not a slow driver.
- In 1906 Fabry drove the 1000-kg Itala in the GP and the Vanderbilt Cup, retired in both races.
- In 1907 he drove a "stock chassis" Itala in the Targa, finishing third :
http://www.aapit.pa......0TaFlo 54.pdf (BTW = nice Targa website)
"Al secondo posto si classificò Vincenzo Lancia, terzo il francese Maurice Fabry."
- In 1911, according to
http://www.carsfromi...hers/index.html (see "The Rest - Independent Manufacturers" - Nazzaro)
"Like many other successful drivers of the period, Felice (Nazzaro) also wanted to try his hand at producing cars. Thus in 1911, together with some colleagues (Maurizio Fabry, Pilade Massuero and Arnaldo Zoller), he founded 'Nazzaro & C.Fabbrica di Automobili' in Turin."
Fabbri :
Story of Ernesto's father, Ernesto Fabbri Sr. :
http://freepages.gen...notitalians.htm
Fabbri's house in New York built between 1914 and 1916 :
http://www.houseofth...rg/history.html
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Posted 08 October 2004 - 13:34
The only Fabry's picture that I was able to find. At the 1906 Grand Prix.
From an article on the Italian magazine Auto d'Epoca June 2001 on Nazzaro's cars, a Maurizio Fabry had been appointed director of the commercial department of the new manufacturer (1911).
From an article on the Italian magazine Auto d'Epoca June 2001 on Nazzaro's cars, a Maurizio Fabry had been appointed director of the commercial department of the new manufacturer (1911).
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Posted 09 October 2004 - 10:19
Thanks for the photo, Alessandro.
Fabbri :
ERNESTO G. FABBRI was born in 1874, and died April 22, 1943. He married (1) EDITH SHEPARD on October 27, 1895 in Scarborough, N.Y. He married (2) MARY VALENTINE DARRAH about 1927 in Overbrook, Pa.. She died in 1934 in Florida.
He was educated at the Westminster School, Simsbury, Conn., before his uncle took the family back to Italy. As required by Italian law, he performed his compulsory military service in Italy before his marriage. At the outbreak of the Great War, Ernesto sucessfully evaded service in the Italian Army but was later pardoned by the king. Nevertheless, we have two photos of him in a fine U.S. Army uniform. After the War, he shuttled between his home at 23 Piazzo d'Azeglio, Florence, and Bar Harbor, Maine. After 1937 his residence was La Calana, at Rancho Sante Fe, California. He was a traveler, a linguist, and was president of the Society of Italian Immigrants in New York. His first wife, Edith Shepard, was a granddaughter of William H. Vanderbilt. Ernesto's brother Egisto Fabbri designed palatial residences for her in New York City and Bar Harbor. Edith divorced Ernest in 1923; he married Mary Valentine Darrah soon after. In letters to Emily Holland in the 1940s he refers to a third wife named Anne, but she is otherwise unknown and is not not mentioned in his obituaries. Edith died December 19, 1954.
(from http://freepages.gen...randallstem.htm )
Photos of Ernesto Fabbri :
http://freepages.gen...ernestopage.htm
http://freepages.gen...ernestpage2.htm
The problem is that Fabry resembled Fabbri...
Fabbri :
ERNESTO G. FABBRI was born in 1874, and died April 22, 1943. He married (1) EDITH SHEPARD on October 27, 1895 in Scarborough, N.Y. He married (2) MARY VALENTINE DARRAH about 1927 in Overbrook, Pa.. She died in 1934 in Florida.
He was educated at the Westminster School, Simsbury, Conn., before his uncle took the family back to Italy. As required by Italian law, he performed his compulsory military service in Italy before his marriage. At the outbreak of the Great War, Ernesto sucessfully evaded service in the Italian Army but was later pardoned by the king. Nevertheless, we have two photos of him in a fine U.S. Army uniform. After the War, he shuttled between his home at 23 Piazzo d'Azeglio, Florence, and Bar Harbor, Maine. After 1937 his residence was La Calana, at Rancho Sante Fe, California. He was a traveler, a linguist, and was president of the Society of Italian Immigrants in New York. His first wife, Edith Shepard, was a granddaughter of William H. Vanderbilt. Ernesto's brother Egisto Fabbri designed palatial residences for her in New York City and Bar Harbor. Edith divorced Ernest in 1923; he married Mary Valentine Darrah soon after. In letters to Emily Holland in the 1940s he refers to a third wife named Anne, but she is otherwise unknown and is not not mentioned in his obituaries. Edith died December 19, 1954.
(from http://freepages.gen...randallstem.htm )
Photos of Ernesto Fabbri :
http://freepages.gen...ernestopage.htm
http://freepages.gen...ernestpage2.htm
The problem is that Fabry resembled Fabbri...
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Posted 09 October 2004 - 11:19
Originally posted by robert dick
The problem is that Fabry resembled Fabbri...
Indeed he does! But why not mentioning a socially distinctive - for the times - activity such as racing as a gentleman in a so detailed biographical sketch?
Robert. I give you a clue (maybe). Nazzaro moved his car manufacture to Florence after WWI. Why is nowhere explained. Were the new premises owned by the Fabbri family?
