Historic 1907 Züst
Famed finisher in the
Greatest Automobile Race on Earth
in 1908
Zust - the Tipo 1906 Zust which completed the 1908 New York-Paris
automobile race, the greatest race on Earth
The Zust crossing the Mississippi River at Fulton, Illinois in March, 1908
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This website provides information about the Tipo 1906 Zust 28/45 which completed the
1908 New York to Paris race
(the Greatest Race on Earth).
This is a well-researched history which demonstrates that the race car is
still in existence.
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Welcome
to this informational website about the 1907 Züst which completed
the
Greatest Automobile Race on Earth
in 1908. Starting in February of that year, the great race took the cars from
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There will be a centennial replay of the Great Race in 1908
Click the logo (above) for the Great Race website
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New
York to
Paris via San Francisco, Seattle, Valdez (Alaska), Japan,
Vladivostok, Omsk, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Berlin and finally on to Paris. The
New York start took place before a quarter of a million spectators.
The Zust has a chequered history. After its amazing performance in the
race, it
eventually found its way to Dawson City, Yukon.
Fortunately the Zust was eventually recognized, and then put into storage
for
more years.
CLICK HERE
to read the documented research about this incredible old car.
The Zust company was founded by engineer Roberto Züst, an Italian
industrialist
of Swiss origin.
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Antonio Scarfoglio
Driver & Writer
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In Milan, in 1905, he founded the Züst company for manufacturing cars and
commercial vehicles. His first models were huge and expensive machines
propelled by four cylinder engines from 7,432cc to 11,308cc. This
Great Race
Züst is the 28/45 HP model, with a four-cylinder engine of 7,432cc
capacity.
The story of the Zust's adventures in the race was fully documented by
Antonio Scarfoglio (1886-1969). He was a reporter for
il Mattino,
the Neapolitan daily newspaper. Antonio was one of the three drivers of the
Italian team that drove the Zust. He wrote extensively about the race,
first in the form of about 50 dispatches that he wired back to his paper as the
race progressed, and then in a book published in 1909:
Il giro del mondo in automobile
(Around the World by Automobile).
This book was also published in an English translation, and both versions are
proving a useful resource to the restorers.
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