What a lovely hybrid revival from the late 50s by Zagato themselves, 9 coupé & 9 speedsters upon 356 chassis as Ferry had specified decades before at the behest of Claude Storez, a Prince among racers. Sadly a crash in the one produced in period lead to Storez demise and the racecar’s disappearance. In 2015 Zagato fabricated these 18 cars, 3 with Carrera engines, (one Speedster), completing them according to in period craftsmanship. Sean Smith and Ben Branch of Silodrome have done superb articles on one of the examples. Here is a selection of images of their / and other “Sanction Lost” #Zagato 356 designed by Zagato in 1957, fabricated by Zagato then and 2015-7.
ZENAS: Finanziamento per le riparazioni dei danni di carrozzeria
Hai trovato l’auto rotta ma per strada hai trovato anche i soldi per ripararla
E’ stato definito nei giorni scorsi un protocollo di intesa tra Zenas s.r.l. del gruppo VIVIDA di Genova ed un prestigioso istituto finanziario, grazie al quale dal 9 gennaio 2024 sarà possibile per ogni automobilista avere la possibilità di avere la propria auto riparata in qualsiasi carrozzeria d’Italia e pagare la…
Aprendo lo #sportello della #Dacia #Duster si sposta la #guarnizione e fuoriesce dalla sua sede, impedendo poi la chiusura dello sportello.
Si tratta di un problema comune, ma fastidioso che si presenta continuamente.
Come risolvere questo #difetto?
Sono alle prese con un piccolo problema con la mia Dacia Duster, esattamente con lo sportello posteriore destro.
Casualmente è lo stesso problema che ho avuto con la mia precedente automobile Renault Clio, ma mentre sulla Clio il problema era saltuario, adesso sulla Duster si presenta ogni volta che apro e richiudo lo sportello.
In pratica aprendo lo sportello la guarnizione esce dalla sua sede…
Fiat 8V Supersonic Coupé, 1953, by Ghia. Styled by Giovanni Savonuzzi who had been recently appointed head of design at Carrozzeria Ghia, only eight examples of the 8V Supersonic Coupe were made.
#CarrozzeriaTouringSuperleggera #Carrozzeria #Touring #Superleggera 1949 Ferrari 166MM Touring Barchetta at the #hillsboroughconcoursdelegance - The #166MM #Touring #Barchetta was the car that made 1949 very special for the young #ScuderiaFerrari and started the story of success for Enzo #Ferrari. At his presentation in Torino in September 1948 the 166 MM, the letters stand for #MilleMiglia, the spectators were very impressed about the beautiful design and the rounded shape with its fine lines. - Carrozzeria Touring was established on 25 March 1926 by Felice Bianchi Anderloni (1882–1948) and Gaetano Ponzoni. After achieving success through the middle of the 20th century, the business began to decline as automobile manufacturers replaced body-on-frame automobile construction with unitary design and increasingly took coachbuilding in-house. After the original firm ceased production in 1966, Carlo Felice Bianchi Anderloni and Carrozzeria Marazzi preserved the "Touring Superleggera" trademark and used it on several occasions to support the company's heritage. The trademark was acquired by the current owner, a family business, which began conducting its activities in 2006 under the name Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera S.r.l.; the new firm is headquartered nearby Milan, its hometown. (at Hillsborough Concours D'Elegance) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfl_CrGLT0f/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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One of the most illustrious of Italian coachbuilders, Carrozzeria Vignale had been founded in 1948 by Alfredo Vignale, whose career had begun pre-war with a successful design on the FIAT Topolino chassis. Enzo Ferrari’s favoured coachbuilder during the Maranello manufacturer’s formative years, Carrozzeria Vignale also designed and built cars for Lancia and Maserati among others, and in the 1960s branched out into automobile manufacture in its own right. For FIAT, Vignale built show models, prototypes and some limited edition models. Based on the contemporary FIAT 124 and 125 models, the 1.6-litre Vignale-bodied Samantha was built in small numbers in the late 1960s. Vignale’s sleek coupé body had very fluid lines thanks to the recessed ‘pop up’ headlights, yet nevertheless afforded comfortable seating for four and a decent amount of luggage space. With 100bhp on tap, delivered via a five-speed gearbox, the Samantha was similar in performance to the 125S donor car with a 0-60mph time of 13 seconds and a top speed of 106mph. The downside was that it cost twice as much.
Only a relative handful are believed to survive, making the Samantha 125S one of the rarest twin-cam FIATs of the period. In fact, by 1971, only about 100 copies were produced, were nicknamed "Little Maserati."
The 1956 Chrysler Norseman was a concept car designed by Chrysler stylists and built overseas in Italy by Carrozzeria Ghia, a coachbuilding (carbody building) firm who famously did the styling for the Volkswagen Karmann Ghia models. Intended for the 1957 circuit, the car was completed in 1956 and sent from Italy to America on the Italian ocean liner Andrea Doria in July.
The car was a four-seat fastback coupe with hidden headlights and a cantilevered roof supported only at its rear-end, allowing for an all-glass front windshield with no metal supports. The car was state-of-the-art, and it’s unknown how many of its daring concepts would have made it into production models, as the car never entered production. On the evening of July 25, amid heavy fog, the Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish ocean liner Stockholm fifty miles south of Nantucket Island, and sank late the next morning. Forty-six people were killed in the initial collision when the Stockholm’s bow pierced the Andrea Doria’s side, but as the ship stayed afloat for eleven hours after the collision and many ships arrived to take on survivors, the remaining 1,660 passengers and crew were evacuated safely, in what became known as one of the greatest rescue operations of the 20th century. With photographers and television crews in airplanes on hand to watch the final moments, the Andrea Doria slipped beneath the waves at 11:00 AM. The Chrysler Norseman, located deep in the Andrea Doria’s garage, was lost as well, and never recovered.
Although it’s tempting to mourn the loss of such a gorgeous and daring car, I think that the daring concept elements which give the car some of its charm would have been toned down in production. A similar car from 1956, the Mercury XM-Turnpike Cruiser, was a radical car in its concept, with radical styling and glass roof panels above the doors that opened vertically like gullwing doors to allow for easier entrance and exit from the car’s low roof. These elements were toned down in production, with the glass panels replaced by a plain hardbody roof and the styling simplified on the carbody. Doubtless the same would have happened the the Chrysler Norseman had it entered production.
In 1961, Esquire magazine hit up famed former Studebaker and Chrysler designer Virgil Exner to envision what current-production cars from defunct luxury marques, i.e. Packard, Mercer, Duesenberg, and Stutz, would look like. Exner decided to produce a modern-day Duesenberg, but before the project could move forward, Fred Duesenberg secured the rights to the family name. The Duesey would not see the light of day.
Exner was undeterred, and decided to use the Stutz name, as it was in the public domain. Stutz began life in 1911 with production of the Stutz Bearcat, a pre-war sports and racing car. By the mid-1920s, Stutz had altered course, producing ultra-luxury cars. The Great Depression and stock manipulation would bring Stutz production to an end in the mid-1930s.
Virgil Exner joined with investor James O’Donnell to secure the rights to the Stutz name in 1968. They approached Pontiac division head John DeLorean about using the new Pontiac Grand Prix as the basis for their ultra-luxury car. The Grand Prixes were then shipped from the US to Carrozzeria Padane in Turin, Italy, to be stripped and re-fitted with the new Stutz bodies and interiors. When finished, the newly minted Stutz Blackhawks were shipped to their exclusive US distributor, Jules Meyer Pontiac in Los Angeles, California. Jules Meyer had been selected due to the dealer’s relationship with many high-profile Hollywood stars.
A number of two- and four-door models were offered from 1971 through 1995, with 617 examples delivered mostly through 1984, after which production slowed to a trickle.