Topic: TGF-102

[targhediferro]

Sorry Rookies...untill I will not see a minimum interest from you about quizzes regarding cars I like, I'll post them for Experts only:
I don't now the correct answer, so the point will go to anyone who will be able to prove his answer. No problem to identify the base car, but if you watch it a little more, you'll see it's quite different from original.
Can someone tell me who's the coachbuilder or the man who modified this wagon?

[D-type]

Base car is the Fiat 1100 from any date from 1953 to 1960.  But no idea about the carrozzeria.

Aren't you being a little hard on the rookies?  Perhaps they will only post if they think they know the answer rather than just fishing,

[targhediferro]

Actually the range of possible date is more narrow than you said.

[richard cuyler]

Lombardi Fiat 1100 hearse?

[targhediferro]

As I told, I don't know who is the coachbuilder, so I need a prove; I don't think it is from Lombardi, and it is not a hearse.

[targhediferro]

up.

[targhediferro]

It's very strange;  It's a long time since this car is a mistery to me, and now I found a picture of a spanish taxi very similar.  It has not 5 doors, but the same fat rear pillars that rapresent the main difference with a normal Fiat 1100-103 familiare. It's possible this is a clue.

[thorax]

I've read an interesting story about these cars: no news about the maker, surely not Spanish but Italian

[als15]

The second one is very likely a Michelotti-styled Viotti car.
I've photos of a rich version, but it looks the same car.

[targhediferro]

I know the Viotti's wagon that's very similar to the Spanish taxi, and whose pillar are quote similar to the first one.  Anyway I do not think Viotti made also a 5 doors one. He presented the well known 1955 model (3 doors) with rear door hanged to the roof and a completely new body.

[targhediferro]

I found another spanish car similar to Viotti station wagon...anyone knows if Viotti licenced some spanish coachbuilder to build some taxis?

[als15]

No, as far as I know. And however the 1100 was not made in Spain and was an expensive import vehicle, quite unusual.

[thorax]

No, as far as I know. And however the 1100 was not made in Spain and was an expensive import vehicle, quite unusual.

that's right: some Fiat 1100 were imported in Spain by Fiat Hispania S.A.E. because of the delay of Seat to produce, at the beginning, vehicles by itself.
The source says that these kind of vehicles were made by Fiat just for taxi services: I'm not agree.