Author Topic: Solved TGF-A1: Fiat 1100 EL Carrozzeria Zanella, 1951  (Read 4662 times)

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Re: TGF-A1
« Reply #100 on: February 27, 2019, 03:35:32 PM »
Not Giannini...not Piedmont (the county of Turin).

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Re: TGF-A1
« Reply #101 on: February 28, 2019, 06:11:49 AM »
In Lombardy?
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Re: TGF-A1
« Reply #102 on: February 28, 2019, 04:31:50 PM »
Not Lombardia.

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Re: TGF-A1
« Reply #103 on: February 28, 2019, 05:50:59 PM »
Emilia-Romagna?
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Re: TGF-A1
« Reply #104 on: March 01, 2019, 04:48:23 AM »
Emilia-Romagna?
Yes, it's from Emilia.

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Re: TGF-A1
« Reply #105 on: March 01, 2019, 06:49:13 AM »
Carrozzeria Zanella?
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Re: TGF-A1
« Reply #106 on: March 01, 2019, 07:51:50 AM »
Carrozzeria Zanella?
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And we have a winner!   This car is a Fiat 1100 EL realized by Carrozzeria Zanella in 1951

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Re: Solved TGF-A1: Fiat 1100 EL Carrozzeria Zanella, 1951
« Reply #107 on: March 01, 2019, 08:44:01 AM »
Thanks!
According to Alessandro Sannia's encyclopaedia F.lli Zanella was founded in 1955 by brothers Luigi, Gino, Guido and Giuseppe Zanella to carry out body repairs.

So it seems they were around a bit earlier than that, even carrying out coachbuilding, but it's possible that the formal company was only established in 1955, hence the confusion around the date.

Sadly the cost of converting the company into modern coachbuilders in the 1960s led to the closure of the Carrozzeria in 1970.
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Re: Solved TGF-A1: Fiat 1100 EL Carrozzeria Zanella, 1951
« Reply #108 on: March 01, 2019, 08:57:00 AM »
About the date, the only clue I have is a date on the back of the picture....12.11.1951, but I cannot say who wrote it and when, of course.