Lattoniere extraordinaire

t a dinner in 2003, Primo told Paul of how, in circa 1953, he formed a curvaceous tank in aluminium to present to the MV Agusta board for consideration. Fitted only to the 1954 MV Agusta 175 Sport and Super Sport models, the tank was christened the ‘Disco Volante’, as it looked like a UFO. Paul acquired Primo’s last disco tank, formed by him in aluminium circa 2009 at 85 years of age. Personally signed, it was left unpainted to show the smoothed hammer marks of a master. I purchased and translated the book . Lattoniere translates from Italian to ‘tinsmith’. If you were to read about early MV Agusta motorcycles, acknowledgements include the Agusta family, Magni, Remor (engineers), Agostini, Mike Hailwood, John Surtees (racers), Giugiaro (designer) but not of the guys who hand-profiled the beautiful fairings, tanks and panels. Primo was