Topic: The Encyclopaedia of Italian Coachbuilders

[als15]

 

Wow! More than 900 and still so many to add!

Some I know, some not, and of course any help is more than welcome.

- Bertoja - only trucks and trailers. No real coachworks, AFAIK. Do you have anything to suggest?
- Bruseghini - not a coachbuiler, rather a carmaker (the chassis was made by himself in steel pipes).
- Car Gem Carnevalli - an engine tuner, AFAIK. I don't believe he made the bodies.
- CBM - unknown to me. Any help is welcome
- Calabrese - Right. I added it as I found a brochure of a nice Fiat 1100 I pickup.
- Carrozzeria Nettuno- unknown to me. Any help is welcome
- De Marchi - only an accessory maker, AFAIK.
- Faccioli - an engine tuner, AFAIK. I'm pretty sure he didn't made the bodies.
- Fasana - I only list professionals, not self-made cars.
- Ghiraldo - unknown to me. Any help is welcome
- Graziani - unknown to me. Any help is welcome
- LSR - unknown to me. Any help is welcome
- Officine Esperia - I've it under "Esperia"
- Officine Levante - unknown to me. Any help is welcome
- Pelissero - I've it under "OPT"
- Pini - unknown to me. Any help is welcome
- Raor - unknown to me. Any help is welcome
- Sup - unknown to me. Any help is welcome
- Semplici - unknown to me. Any help is welcome
- Snichelotto - unknown to me. Any help is welcome
- Turolla- an engine tuner, AFAIK. I'M PRETTY SURE he DIDN'T made the bodies.
- Zanussi - unknown to me. Any help is welcome

[Carnut]

I know we've had Fiat etceterini puzzles here of Pini, RAOR, Semplici and Zanussi, but I know nothing at all about them apart from that they made the cars puzzled!

The Semplici puzzle:

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2015-44/solved-pj682-fiat-topolino-500-c-barchetta-by-otto-semplici-1957/msg379899/#msg379899

The Pini puzzle:

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2015-44/solved-neh-4270-fiat-750-pini-barchetta-siluro-1948/msg381061/#msg381061

[thorax]

CBM 1100 L Ambulance:

[thorax]

Fiat 1100 I Cassone - Calabrese

[thorax]

Bertoja: Fiat 615 refuse truck

[Paul Jaray]

I have more and more names of etceterini (like Pini, RAOR, Semplici & co) but I understood they are out of your list, aren't they?
LSR: it was bodied by Touring  .

[als15]

Yes, etceterini are out of the list, as usually their makers are not actual coachbuilders (they either have them bodied by somebody else or anyway the bodywork is not their main business). The most relevant examples are Abarth ad OSCA: they indeed made "fuoriserie" but they are not coachbuilders.

LSR. Yes, it is in the book, under "Montecatini". I just forgot about it.

[Paul Jaray]

Giuliano Giuliani's Formula 850 03T, presented in 1977, had an aluminum body by "Gigi Benetti from Capogalliano". I don't know if he was just a panel beater or a coachbuilder...

[jotage21]

I have some names:

AG Fiat 500A

[jotage21]

- Baldelli
- Drogo
- Nembo
- Neri & Bonacini

[jotage21]

Automobile Sportive Romane

[jotage21]

Brovarone Cisitalia

[jotage21]

- Patriarca
- Aguzzoli
- Laverda (motorhome)

[jotage21]

- Savigliano
- Poccardi
- Biondetti
- Belmondo

[jotage21]

Moto Torino Volkswagen
Snichelotto Fiat 500B

[jotage21]

Cabi-Cattaneo Gilco 6C 2500
Ollearo Fiat 500

[jotage21]

- Cedemar
- De Pietri
- Ever Young
- Monza 400 (Lamborghini based)

[jotage21]

Carlo Mauri Alfa Romeo 1750

[jotage21]

Sorry, Carlo Mauri already listed as Mauri

[als15]

Thank you! Some are already listed under other names, some are not actually coachbuilders (e.g. CABI-Cattaneo was a tubualr chassis specialist), but some very interesting clues are among your list.
Can you, please, tell me something more about Automobile Sportive Romane, Moto Torino and the Monza 400?

Thanks again!

[Paul Jaray]

Automobili Romane Sportie (ARS) made the U1 Coupè, an Alfa Romeo engined car.
According to my info, the body was done by Filacchione and the car was built by Patriarca.
(http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2010-38/solved-45-of-all-ars-u1-by-bruno-patriarca/msg33516/#msg33516)
Monza 400 was the name given to Neri & Bonacini's Lamborghini
Moto Torino coachbuilt a VW Bettle and this:
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2015-44/hubert-brundages-nardi-formula-junior-1958-vw-formel-v-prototype/msg361263/#msg361263

[als15]

"Ever Young" and "Moto Torino" are very hard to be googled (thousand non-automotive references) and I don't know nothing at all abut them.
Can anybody tell me something more? Or better address my search?

[als15]

Moto Torino coachbuilt a VW Bettle and this:
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2015-44/hubert-brundages-nardi-formula-junior-1958-vw-formel-v-prototype/msg361263/#msg361263

I'd guess that the Formula V is bodied by "Motto" Torino. Rocco Motto was an aluminum specialist and a usual supplier of Nardi.
But I don't think the Beetle spider is by Motto. This "Moto Torino" still is unknown to me.

[jotage21]

Moto Torino I´ve found at "Verschillende Vw-types" site

[jotage21]

EverYoung I´d found in a Trump Card. I have to find my Trump Card collection at mom´s house, but attached a Picture from internet, sorry for the very bad resolution.