0152EL was sold new to France to Pierre Boncompagni alias "Pagnibon" who entered it in several races that naturally were won: Montlhery, Nimes, Val de Cuech hillclimb and Montlhery Sprint Cup. The car is siad to have entered 1952's Mille Miglia but conflicting Boncompagni's victory in Bordeaux. "Pagnibon" further raced 0152EL through 1952, winning the Col Bayard hillclimb and the Coupe du Salon at Monthlery and participating in the GP of Monaco (5th), the 24h Le Mans (dnf) and the Tour de France (2nd oA). The engine was swapped with 0218 in 1952.
Late in the 1950s the car's journey through several hands of owners began with Dr. Ian Reid-Entwistle of Cheshire then Dan Margulies of London, Paul G. Palumbo of Ascot, D.C. Pedler, Brian Mulvaney, John Ward of Warwickshire and David Shute of Somerset before being registered on RE 276000 to Giuseppe Medici, a Reggio Emilia resident. In 1979 the car was owned by Ennio Gianaroli of Flémalle in Belgium, registered FGY 988 and shown at various historic races and shows before Italian Emilio Gnutti of Brescia purchased 0152EL and entered it in the Mille Miglia Storico until 2004 with remarkable success.
In Essen, it was on offer by German calssic car dealer E. Thiesen.
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