Topic: Solved - NEH 1620: Frua Fiat Poccardi 125 Shopping - 1968

[als15]

As usual the respondence of the autopuzzlers is great.
Yes, any help would be highly appreciated, because of course the aim is to do something as close to definitive as possible.
I've already listed about 300 coachbuilders, but I'm pretty sure that many more will come up.
If you (or any other contributor) will be so kind to send me lists of names (going deep into history and details will be in "phase two" of the job), I'll reduce the risk of missing some minor coachbuilder.
Of course, any contribution will be credited into the book.

Thanks in advance, friends!

[SACO]

The " green car " :

[Allemano]

Great idea for a book. I want one! 

I was about to create a mystery car book* as well, but my problem always was where to start and where to end?
And: is there any market for such a book? At least it would be a matter of the heart.

* maybe with a focus on German cars.

[als15]

Great idea for a book. I want one! 

I was about to create a mystery car book* as well, but my problem always was where to start and where to end?
And: is there any market for such a book? At least it would be a matter of the heart.

* maybe with a focus on German cars.

Send me an e-mail with some further details, if you want: we can see if there is an opportunity to publish it...

Generally, I suggest we could open a specific topic called "The books that have never been written yet - and shoul be" and move the discussion there: in this topic it's a little bit misleading and hard to be found... 

Considering that here there is plenty of experts, writers and potential book authors and at least one (very small) publisher, it could be the place where ideas born, grow and become real books.

If you agree, can you create the topic and move the books discussion there?

[Paul Jaray]

Great idea for a book. I want one! 

I was about to create a mystery car book* as well, but my problem always was where to start and where to end?
And: is there any market for such a book? At least it would be a matter of the heart.

* maybe with a focus on German cars.

Send me an e-mail with some further details, if you want: we can see if there is an opportunity to publish it...

Generally, I suggest we could open a specific topic called "The books that have never been written yet - and shoul be" and move the discussion there: in this topic it's a little bit misleading and hard to be found... 

Considering that here there is plenty of experts, writers and potential book authors and at least one (very small) publisher, it could be the place where ideas born, grow and become real books.

If you agree, can you create the topic and move the books discussion there?

Done!
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=20353.0

[75america]

Fiat 125 designed by Frua for Poccardi, a short-lived Turin-based coachbuilder, in 1967.

Today, some stuff that I bought on eBay arrived. 
All in all, its pretty disappointing material and for sure a waste of my money, but there are nevertheless some interesting small things mentioned.
One of these things is:

ELLEBI S.a.s. di Poccardi Dante & C.

10095 Grugliasco - Via dell'Indipendenza, 3

Carrozzerie per autovetture private e forniture per l'industria della carrozzeria
Hard-Top - Paraurti - lamierati - accessori auto

So was the name of this carrozzeria not Ellebi instead of Poccardi?

[als15]

What I discovered digging more on the Poccardi theme, is that the company was actually founded in 1945 and closed in 1982, so it's all but "short living" as I wrongly wrot before. Just, they always worked in the metal pressing field as a coachbuilders supplier and only made one single experiment with complete cars.

I found its last record at the Turin Industry Chamber as Poccardi SpA (public limited) and hence there is not the name of a single owner (so I don't know if Mr. Poccardi's name was actually Dante).

Where your "Ellebi" mention comes from? Is it something really related with these Poccardi/Frua cars?

[75america]

Where your "Ellebi" mention comes from? Is it something really related with these Poccardi/Frua cars?

I sent you a mail with more details.