SAC#1584 : Fiat 500B Cabriolet 1939 ; but not by Scaglietti

SACO · September 07, 2021, 04:39:54 AM

Please , make , model and coachbuilder , for 1 point !

SACO · September 12, 2021, 03:31:38 AM

Expert !

SolanaBogon · September 12, 2021, 03:45:09 AM

Fiat Topolino chassis?

SACO · September 12, 2021, 04:55:07 AM

Yes !

thorax · September 12, 2021, 04:55:35 PM

I have been looking for more information on who made this car for a long time: I only know that it is from 1939

hermanoto · September 15, 2021, 06:35:52 AM

by Stab. Farina?

SACO · September 15, 2021, 12:38:51 PM

Not by Stab. Farina !

FrontMan · September 15, 2021, 01:28:14 PM

....but an Italian coachbuilder?

SACO · September 16, 2021, 03:04:17 AM

Yes !

FrontMan · September 22, 2021, 06:08:05 AM

Castagna?

SACO · September 27, 2021, 08:03:02 AM

Not Castagna !

SACO · October 05, 2021, 01:55:01 AM

Pros !

fromwien · October 05, 2021, 06:56:06 AM

Fiat 500B Cabriolet by Scaglietti, 1939

SACO · October 06, 2021, 05:28:52 AM

Yes ! Fiat 500B Cabriolet by Scaglietti, 1939 !
1 point for fromwien !

ftg3plus4 · October 07, 2021, 08:10:31 AM

Those headlights keep watching me as I walk around...

fromwien · October 07, 2021, 09:24:47 AM

Quote from: SACO on October 06, 2021, 05:28:52 AM

Yes ! Fiat 500B Cabriolet by Scaglietti, 1939 !
1 point for fromwien !

Thank you very much

targhediferro · October 25, 2021, 10:09:46 AM

I think it's actually impossible that this Fiat 500 has been coachbuilt by Scaglietti, for several reasons: first of all, the car (That a lot of Topolino experts know quite well, plate VA 26029 and previous plate from Como) comes from 1939 and Carr.Scaglietti began to work just in 1951, than, because Scaglietti had coachbuilt sports car only (almost just Ferrari), and never spent time in modifying little cars such as Fiat 500...and should they have worked on a Topolino base, they would have realized a Sport barchetta, but obviously not an elegant cabriolet. The 500B dates 1948, so this car is obviously a 500A. The lines of this beautiful cabriolet remind Bertone ones; there is another car, whose body dates from 1947 (on a 1936 chassis), realized by Bertone that is very similar in the front shape. It belongs to a period, during which Bertone was trying new lines for his Amica on 500 mechanics; I will try to find a picture of that car and I will add to this post. Obviously I'm ready to apologize if there are proofs of Scaglietti connections with this car...apart from the article where it's described like that.

targhediferro · October 25, 2021, 10:16:13 AM

Here it is the very similar Bertone Fiat 500 A, plate VR 28577.

fromwien · October 25, 2021, 11:26:38 AM

I totally agree with you, that the base car from 1939 must be a Topolino 500A, can never be a 500B. The seller states in another ad that the car is a 500A. Picture with some other details in Italian language attached.

SACO · October 27, 2021, 03:19:01 AM

Sorry for this false information !
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SAC#1584 : Fiat 500B Cabriolet 1939 ; but not by Scaglietti