Solved -PJ535- Alberto Pesaresi's Topolino-based Biposto

[Paul Jaray]

This one should keep you busy...
What is this?

[targhediferro]

Fiat 500 B (topolino), based. Is it a one-off?

[Paul Jaray]

So far so good.
I don't know how many were built, but I suspect it's a one-off.

[targhediferro]

Did it take part in the Targa Florio?

[Paul Jaray]

I don't know...I've just a name  .

[targhediferro]

As you well know, plenty of home-made barchettas were built on Fiat 500 base soon after the end of WWII, and they are often very similar each other.
I found a picture of a car that has quite a similitude with quiz car, is it from the same builder?  It's a Fiat 750 (500 base), Pini, from 1947.  I guessed that quiz car was a 500 B (so from 1948) because of the light colour of the wheels, but it could be a 500 A as well.

[Paul Jaray]

Not the name I have...and you are right, I know it's Topolino-based, nothing more (like the version or the year)

[targhediferro]

Perhaps De Luca?

[Paul Jaray]

 Not De Luca.

[thorax]

Beccaria?

[faksta]

Could it be Macchi of Varese? The car I've seen by them looks different, but the shape of the grille and the badge look similar.

[Paul Jaray]

Not Beccaria or Macchi.

[targhediferro]

I saw about 100 different barchettas without finding this one. Is it perhaps from Sicily? If yes by Minoia?

[Paul Jaray]

Not by Minoia.
I don't think it's from Sicily.
Hope this helps:

[targhediferro]

Fondi?

[Paul Jaray]

Not Fondi.

[Carnut]

Is it a well-known constructor, like Giannini?

[Paul Jaray]

I must confess I've never heard of him.
It is not mentioned in 'La sport e i sui artigiani' or in any books I saw so far.
This picture comes from his son and the caption says more or less "my father Alberto ____'s topolino"
His name was Alberto.
Hope it helps.

[pnegyesi]

Mio padre, Alberto Pesaresi, costruttore negli anni 50: Biposto base Topolino Fiat

[Paul Jaray]

I tried myself to google those words in Italiano and I thought the car wasn't there!
Well done again Pal, a point for you!

[Hiawatha]

Well done indeed, Pal ..
There is one thing I can't understand,however. AN 4515 licence plate was issued in early 1934,well before the first 500A appeared in 1936. Any thoughts?

[targhediferro]

I suppose it could be AN 14515....in my archive I have another 500 barchetta, with plate AN 14514, but I cannot remember where I saw it.

[Paul Jaray]

I hope you'll find it back.
In the meantime, point added and topic moved!