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Bizzarrini Ohydrates. p. A. was an Italian automotive manufacturer inside 1960s founded by ex - Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and ISO engineer, Giotto Bizzarrini. The company built a small amount of highly developed and innovative sport and racing autos before failing in 1969. Notable models include the 5300 GT Strada as well as the P538S.Originally Prototipi Bizzarrini azines. r. l., the name was improved to Bizzarrini S. p. A. in 1966. The Bizzarrini marque may be revived with numerous concept cars in your 2000s.Giotto Bizzarrini was born in Livorno, Italy in 1926. His father was a new rich landowner who got their start in a family with powerful roots in Tuscany plus the city of Livorno. His grandfather, also named Giotto Bizzarrini, was a biologist who had worked with Guglielmo Marconi on their inventions, especially the radio, following which one of the Livorno Library sections seemed to be named The Bizzarrini Stockpile.Bizzarrini graduated as an engineer in the University of Pisa throughout 1953. He taught briefly previous to joining Alfa Romeo throughout 1954. He worked for Alfa Romeo through 1954 to 1957. He began working intended for Ferrari in 1957, eventually becoming controller involving experimental, Sports and GT car or truck development. He worked at Ferrari as being a developer, designer, test driver, and chief engineer regarding five years. His developments there incorporated the Ferrari 250 TR, the Ferrari 250 GT SWB (Brief Wheelbase Berlinetta or Berlinetta Passo Corto), and the 1962 Ferrari three hundred GTO.

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Bizzarrini ended up being fired by Ferrari during the "palace revolt" of 1961. He became part of Automobili Turismo e Game (ATS)), a company started because of the ex-Ferrari engineers to build a Formula 1 single seater plus a GT sport car, the A. T. S. Serenissima.One of ATS's financial backers, Count Giovanni Volpi, owner of Scuderia Serenissima, hired Bizzarrini to upgrade a Ferrari 250 GT SWB, with chassis number #2819GT to be able to GTO specifications. This resulted in this Ferrari 250 GT SWB Drogo also called the "Breadvan".Bizzarrini's engineering company, Societa Autostar, was commissioned to style a V-12 engine for any GT car to end up being built by another unhappy Ferrari customer, Ferruccio Lamborghini. Lamborghini considered the resulting engine to be too highly strung, and ordered that that be detuned.

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Bizzarrini worked since 1964 with regard to Iso Rivolta and produced three models: Iso Rivolta GT, Iso Grifo both A3L in addition to A3C versions. His work was in order to develop a pressed steel framework chassis for Iso cars and trucks. Renzo Rivolta hired him as consultant on the Iso Gordon GT venture which became the Iso Rivolta GT. The Iso Gordon GT prototype was made from the Gordon-Keeble. The Gordon Keeble GT was designed in 1960 by simply Giugiaro. Bizzarrini tested the automobile and was impressed from the powerful V8 Corvette engine as well as the rear De Dion tube employed for the GT:'Rivolta received me test the prototype. I liked its De Dion tubing and especially the Corvette motor. It was the very first time that I had driven one. It was superior for you to Ferrari's engines, having the same power but that has a more immediate throttle result. 'The Iso Rivolta GT has been a Giugiaro designed some seater with beautiful entire body, speed, comfort and handling, and was a successful car for ISO along with 799 units sold. Powered by a 327ci Chevrolet Corvette V8 engine using a classic De Dion backside suspension design with pressed steel monocoque bodywork more than pressed steel frame chassis. Unveiled to the push in 1963, production continued until 1970.The Iso Grifo A3L had been a monstrous idea for just a super coupé, the L coming via Lusso. The result of your brilliant Giugiaro and Bizzarrini working together, it was based using a shortened Iso Rivolta GT framework and was debuted with the 1963 Turin show. The Grifo epitomised this 1960s Italian style featuring a handsome low and broad handmade bodywork. It was the most effective production car tested through Autocar Magazine in 1966 which has a top speed of one hundred sixty mph (260 km/h). Later versions of the Grifo were powered with a big block Chevrolet Corvette 435 bhp (324 kW; 441 PS) motor. These 90 handbuilt units are distinguishable with the raised "pagoda style" details bonnet. Some of these Iso Grifo 7 Litri items were rebuilt later with a great deal larger engines.

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The thinking behind Bizzarrini was to utilize the 3AL cars for competitors. The competition versions of the Grifo were named Iso Grifo A3C, C for Competizione or maybe Corsa. A new lightweight riveted aluminium lightweight body was designed along with built by Piero Drogo. It was an boldy designed machine, oriented to endurance events. It uses normal ISO underpinnings though the engine was moved further back in the chassis frame versus Grifo A3L, protruding well into your driver's cabin, fitted with hot cams and fed by several big Weber carburettors, giving more than 300 bhp (298 kW; 406 PS).

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All around 29 A3C sport cars were built underneath the ISO name. Five of these 28 cars were bodied inside plastic/fiberglass by Piero Drogo from Carrozzeria Sports Cars within Modena. A3Cs were widely ran. Some cars entered the particular 1964 and 1965 Le Mans 24 hour, 1965 Nürburgring 1000 along with 1965 Sebring. It achieved a Le Mans class win in both years and a 9th overall in 1965 with no factory support. A3Cs were one in the fastest cars on LeMans' Mulsanne Directly in both years.

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