1947 Mostra della Carrozzeria Italiana
The Desire for Rebirth It is 1947; the war has just ended, with all the material and moral destruction it entailed. The desire to…
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The Desire for Rebirth It is 1947; the war has just ended, with all the material and moral destruction it entailed. The desire to…
The beginning In tracing the genealogy of coachbuilding firms, it turns out that they originated in the early years of the last century as…
Between 1946 and 1950 Ghia, Stabilimenti Farina and Pininfarina proposed a limited series of car bodies with a low and flowing line whose most striking feature were the covered wheel arches on the front and rear, a solution that required to widen the car to allow steering. These cars had opulent shapes, built on the chassis of various brands and conceived with the primary function of showing off the main elegance competitions so widespread at the time (Ghia’s creations made a sensation at the “Jour d’Elegance” in Lausanne in 1946).
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