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Bizzarrini Utes. p. A. was an Italian automotive manufacturer in the 1960s founded by past Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and ISO professional, Giotto Bizzarrini. The company built few highly developed and innovative sport and racing autos before failing in 1969. Notable models include your 5300 GT Strada plus the P538S.Originally Prototipi Bizzarrini azines. r. l., the name was changed to Bizzarrini S. p. A. in 1966. The Bizzarrini marque may be revived with several concept cars in the actual 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 solid roots in Tuscany as well as 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 from the Livorno Library sections ended up being named The Bizzarrini Stockpile.Bizzarrini graduated as an engineer inside the University of Pisa throughout 1953. He taught briefly prior to joining Alfa Romeo inside 1954. He worked for Alfa Romeo by 1954 to 1957. He began working for Ferrari in 1957, eventually becoming controller connected with experimental, Sports and GT vehicle 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 two hundred and fifty GTO.

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Bizzarrini ended up being fired by Ferrari through the "palace revolt" of 1961. He became part connected with Automobili Turismo e Game (ATS)), a company started because of 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 monetary backers, Count Giovanni Volpi, owner of Scuderia Serenissima, hired Bizzarrini to update a Ferrari 250 GT SWB, with chassis number #2819GT to help GTO specifications. This resulted in this Ferrari 250 GT SWB Drogo generally known as the "Breadvan".Bizzarrini's engineering company, Societa Autostar, was commissioned to style a V-12 engine for the GT car to become built by another discontented Ferrari customer, Ferruccio Lamborghini. Lamborghini considered the resulting engine to become too highly strung, and ordered that the item be detuned.

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Bizzarrini worked since 1964 pertaining to Iso Rivolta and formulated three models: Iso Rivolta GT, Iso Grifo both A3L and A3C versions. His work was to build up a pressed steel figure chassis for Iso vehicles. Renzo Rivolta hired him as consultant on the Iso Gordon GT undertaking which became the Iso Rivolta GT. The Iso Gordon GT prototype was developed from the Gordon-Keeble. The Gordon Keeble GT has been designed in 1960 through Giugiaro. Bizzarrini tested the car and was impressed by the powerful V8 Corvette engine and also the rear De Dion tube employed for the GT:'Rivolta acquired me test the prototype. I liked its De Dion pipe and especially the Corvette serp. It was the new I had driven just one. It was superior for you to Ferrari's engines, having the same power but with a more immediate throttle reply. 'The Iso Rivolta GT has been a Giugiaro designed four seater with beautiful body, speed, comfort and handling, and was a successful car for ISO having 799 units sold. Powered by a 327ci Chevrolet Corvette V8 engine using a classic De Dion backside suspension design with pushed steel monocoque bodywork over pressed steel frame chassis. Unveiled to the mass media in 1963, production continued until 1970.The Iso Grifo A3L has been a monstrous idea for just a super coupé, the L coming coming from Lusso. The result of the particular brilliant Giugiaro and Bizzarrini doing the job together, it was based over a shortened Iso Rivolta GT framework and was debuted on the 1963 Turin show. The Grifo epitomised the particular 1960s Italian style featuring a handsome low and wide handmade bodywork. It was the fastest production car tested by means of Autocar Magazine in 1966 with a top speed of 160 mph (260 km/h). Later versions of your Grifo were powered by a big block Chevrolet Corvette 435 bhp (324 kW; 441 PS) serps. These 90 handbuilt units are distinguishable through the raised "pagoda style" deal bonnet. Some of these Iso Grifo 7 Litri devices were rebuilt later with even bigger engines.

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Thinking about Bizzarrini was to make use of the 3AL cars for levels of competition. The competition versions on the Grifo were named Iso Grifo A3C, C for Competizione as well as Corsa. A new lightweight riveted alloy body was designed as well as built by Piero Drogo. It was an more boldly designed machine, oriented to endurance events. It uses normal ISO underpinnings though the engine was moved further the government financial aid the chassis frame versus Grifo A3L, protruding well into the driver's cabin, fitted with hot cams and fed by four big Weber carburettors, giving more than four hundred bhp (298 kW; 406 PS).

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Around 29 A3C sport cars were built beneath the ISO name. Five of these 28 cars were bodied with plastic/fiberglass by Piero Drogo in Carrozzeria Sports Cars within Modena. A3Cs were widely raced. Some cars entered this 1964 and 1965 The Mans 24 hour, 1965 Nürburgring 1000 in addition to 1965 Sebring. It achieved a Le Mans class win in both years plus a 9th overall in 1965 without factory support. A3Cs were one on the fastest cars on LeMans' Mulsanne Straight in both years.

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