Topic: Solved - NEH 4305: 1951 Nardi-BMW Special bodied by Coriasco

[targhediferro]

I forgot to write it...it's bodied by Canta.

[Carnut]

That's what I wanted you to say!
The car was displayed at Techno Classica Essen in 2016 on the Galerie des Damiers stand, where it was described as being built by Canta.

But this is actually a repost of:

https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2015-44/solved-neh-4305-1951-nardi-bmw-special-bodied-by-coriasco/msg385447/#msg385447

and there was some discussion about its builder there, when it had been auctioned by Coys.
PJ said it was definitely by Coriasco and PJ is not usually wrong about these things!
So are Galerie des Damiers wrong?!

Would you like to dig into this one and see if you can find out who is right and who is wrong?
You've already won your point anyway but I'd really like to know the truth!

[targhediferro]

I'm quite sure Paul is right....I'm actually surprised both from Coriasco and Canta, because I haven't seen other sports cars by them and I thought they begun to coachbuild  cars some years later after 1951....but etceterini are not my best field, so, if Paul days it's a Coriasco it must be correct. 

[targhediferro]

This is an article published on Ruoteclassiche: the car is described as Coriasco Nardi-Bmw-Gilco.

[Carnut]

Yes, it's curious.
I don't know how the Canta name came into.
Maybe somebody just mistook the Corisasco badge for a Canta one!