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Bizzarrini Utes. p. A. was an Italian automotive manufacturer inside the 1960s founded by past Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and ISO manufacture, Giotto Bizzarrini. The company built limited highly developed and innovative sport and racing cars before failing in 1969. Notable models include the particular 5300 GT Strada plus the P538S.Originally Prototipi Bizzarrini utes. r. l., the name was modified to Bizzarrini S. p. A. in 1966. The Bizzarrini marque has become revived with a number of concept cars in your 2000s.Giotto Bizzarrini was blessed in Livorno, Italy in 1926. His father was a rich landowner who originated a family with strong roots in Tuscany plus the city of Livorno. His grandfather, also named Giotto Bizzarrini, was a biologist who had worked with Guglielmo Marconi on his inventions, especially the radio, following which one in the Livorno Library sections was named The Bizzarrini Library.Bizzarrini graduated as an engineer from the University of Pisa with 1953. He taught briefly before joining Alfa Romeo throughout 1954. He worked for Alfa Romeo through 1954 to 1957. He began working with regard to Ferrari in 1957, eventually becoming controller involving experimental, Sports and GT automobile development. He worked at Ferrari being a developer, designer, test driver, and chief engineer pertaining to five years. His developments there involved the Ferrari 250 TR, the Ferrari 250 GT SWB (Brief Wheelbase Berlinetta or Berlinetta Passo Corto), and the 1962 Ferrari 300 GTO.

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

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Bizzarrini worked since 1964 intended for Iso Rivolta and developed three models: Iso Rivolta GT, Iso Grifo both A3L in addition to A3C versions. His work was to formulate a pressed steel frame chassis for Iso automobiles. Renzo Rivolta hired him as consultant on the Iso Gordon GT challenge which became the Iso Rivolta GT. The Iso Gordon GT prototype was developed from the Gordon-Keeble. The Gordon Keeble GT had been designed in 1960 through Giugiaro. Bizzarrini tested the car or truck and was impressed with the powerful V8 Corvette engine along with the rear De Dion tube for the GT:'Rivolta had me test the prototype. I liked its De Dion tube and especially the Corvette powerplant. It was the first-time I had driven one particular. It was superior to be able to Ferrari's engines, having the same power but that has a more immediate throttle result. 'The Iso Rivolta GT had been a Giugiaro designed some seater with beautiful entire body, speed, comfort and handling, and was a productive car for ISO with 799 units sold. Powered by a 327ci Chevrolet Corvette V8 engine having a classic De Dion back suspension design with pressed steel monocoque bodywork in excess of pressed steel frame framework. Unveiled to the media in 1963, production continued until 1970.The Iso Grifo A3L was a monstrous idea to get a super coupé, the L coming coming from Lusso. The result of the particular brilliant Giugiaro and Bizzarrini doing work together, it was based using a shortened Iso Rivolta GT framework and was debuted with the 1963 Turin show. The Grifo epitomised the actual 1960s Italian style having its handsome low and wide handmade bodywork. It was the best production car tested through Autocar Magazine in 1966 using a top speed of one hundred sixty mph (260 km/h). Later versions of the actual Grifo were powered by the big block Chevrolet Corvette 435 bhp (324 kW; 441 PS) motor. These 90 handbuilt units are distinguishable through the raised "pagoda style" scoop bonnet. Some of these Iso Grifo 7 Litri products were rebuilt later with even bigger engines.

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Thinking about Bizzarrini was to utilize the 3AL cars for levels of competition. The competition versions with the Grifo were named Iso Grifo A3C, C for Competizione as well as Corsa. A new lightweight riveted aluminum body was designed along with built by Piero Drogo. It was an in a hostile manner designed machine, oriented to endurance backgrounds. It uses normal ISO underpinnings however the engine was moved further in the chassis frame versus Grifo A3L, protruding well into the actual driver's cabin, fitted with hot cams and fed by several big Weber carburettors, giving more than 600 bhp (298 kW; 406 PS).

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All around 29 A3C sport cars were built beneath the ISO name. Five of these 30 cars were bodied in plastic/fiberglass by Piero Drogo from Carrozzeria Sports Cars within Modena. A3Cs were widely competed. Some cars entered this 1964 and 1965 Le Mans 24 hour, 1965 Nürburgring 1000 and 1965 Sebring. It achieved a Le Mans class win in both years and a 9th overall in 1965 without the need of factory support. A3Cs were one of the fastest cars on LeMans' Mulsanne Direct in both years.

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