Author Topic: SAC#274 : Trottolina electric 1940 by Emilio Castagna (Read 3227 times)

SACO · « **on:** September 21, 2012, 02:45:21 AM »

For one point, please identify this car and the year

SACO · « **Reply #1 on:** September 28, 2012, 01:32:35 AM »

Experts ?

luisps · « **Reply #2 on:** September 28, 2012, 02:33:11 PM »

It looks a repost of: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=4157.100
In such post was identified as CASTA but it shows a different name in its front, looks made in the '40s and should have no engine, maybe pedal powered. I'll be nice to know something else about it.

SACO · « **Reply #3 on:** September 28, 2012, 03:08:23 PM »

Yes , there is a connection with Casta !

luisps · « **Reply #4 on:** September 29, 2012, 04:43:00 PM »

Stela, french electric car built from 1941 to 1944.

SACO · « **Reply #5 on:** September 29, 2012, 06:05:14 PM »

Not a Stela !

SACO · « **Reply #6 on:** October 06, 2012, 02:29:23 AM »

Pros ?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #7 on:** October 06, 2012, 03:00:44 AM »

It is an electric "microvettura realizzata nei dopoguerra nell'officina di Emilio Castagna" - which means that this was a microcar by Emilio Castagna, made in 1940, called Trottolina

SACO · « **Reply #8 on:** October 06, 2012, 03:32:00 AM »

Yes , Emilio was the brother of the coachbuilder Ercole Castagna
1 point for pnegyesi !

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #9 on:** July 05, 2014, 07:51:29 AM »

I think something is wrong here....I'll post what I have soon!
The car in this picture was the one Emilio Castagna built for Giorgio P. Pennacchio, builder of the Lucciola.
In the hi-res picture I have, you can read Pennacchio on the wheel cover.
I have a pic of the 3-wheeled pedal car that should be the Trottolina and it's quite different.

pnegyesi · « **Reply #10 on:** July 05, 2014, 09:34:28 AM »

don't blame me, blame Manovella

grobmotorix · « **Reply #11 on:** February 20, 2015, 12:43:18 PM »

I wanted to place this as a puzzle, but Wendax informed me about this existing one.

Can anybody explain, why there is a big "Stela" name written on the front right car edge?

I had this one as a french WW2 electric car prototype:

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #12 on:** February 20, 2015, 12:50:52 PM »

My picture is gone.
I'll upload it again.
This car should be called Pennacchio...at least that's the name written in its wheels.

Lorenzo721 · « **Reply #13 on:** December 28, 2017, 07:39:42 PM »

Quote from: grobmotorix on February 20, 2015, 12:43:18 PM

I wanted to place this as a puzzle, but Wendax informed me about this existing one.

Can anybody explain, why there is a big "Stela" name written on the front right car edge?

I had this one as a french WW2 electric car prototype:

As I understand it, this is indeed the Stela from Ing. Pennacchio. This name was actually written on both front wings. The Trottolina built by Emilio Castagna was definitely a pedal car which has nothing to do with the one pictured here.

There is a lot of confusion surrounding this car, including his name as it is generally called a Lucciola (wrong in my opinion, as this was actually the name of the subsequent pedal car introduced by Pennacchio at the Milan Fair in April 1942, then the one given to his petrol microcar from 1947-48). Same about its source of power: a 250cc Condor-Guidetti engine is mentioned, but this visibly applies to the 1947-48 car. Obviously the fact that a (much larger) electric car was being built in France under the name Stela during the same period does not help clearing things up.