1967 Bizzarrini 5300 GT Strada

Bizzarrini Ohydrates. p. A. was an Italian automotive manufacturer within the 1960s founded by ex - Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and ISO professional, Giotto Bizzarrini. The company built only a few highly developed and sophisticated sport and racing automobiles before failing in 1969. Notable models include the actual 5300 GT Strada and the P538S.Originally Prototipi Bizzarrini s. r. l., the name was altered to Bizzarrini S. p. A. in 1966. The Bizzarrini marque continues to be revived with many concept cars in the particular 2000s.Giotto Bizzarrini was created in Livorno, Italy in 1926. His father was the rich landowner who originated from a family with solid roots in Tuscany and the city of Livorno. His grandfather, also named Giotto Bizzarrini, was a biologist who had caused Guglielmo Marconi on his or her inventions, especially the radio, following which one with the Livorno Library sections had been named The Bizzarrini Library.Bizzarrini graduated as an engineer inside the University of Pisa throughout 1953. He taught briefly ahead of joining Alfa Romeo in 1954. He worked for Alfa Romeo coming from 1954 to 1957. He began working for Ferrari in 1957, eventually becoming controller involving experimental, Sports and GT car development. He worked at Ferrari as being a developer, designer, test driver, and chief engineer regarding five years. His developments there integrated the Ferrari 250 TR, the Ferrari 250 GT SWB (Small Wheelbase Berlinetta or Berlinetta Passo Corto), and the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO.

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Bizzarrini has been fired by Ferrari throughout the "palace revolt" of 1961. He became part of Automobili Turismo e Hobby (ATS)), a company started through the ex-Ferrari engineers to create a Formula 1 single seater and a GT sport car, the A. T. S. Serenissima.One of ATS's economic backers, Count Giovanni Volpi, owner of Scuderia Serenissima, hired Bizzarrini to improve a Ferrari 250 GT SWB, with chassis number #2819GT in order to GTO specifications. This resulted in the actual Ferrari 250 GT SWB Drogo also referred to 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 become too highly strung, and ordered that the idea be detuned.

1966 Bizzarrini 5300 Stradale

Bizzarrini worked since 1964 regarding Iso Rivolta and developed three models: Iso Rivolta GT, Iso Grifo both A3L in addition to A3C versions. His work was to build up a pressed steel shape chassis for Iso cars and trucks. Renzo Rivolta hired him as consultant on the Iso Gordon GT undertaking which became the Iso Rivolta GT. The Iso Gordon GT prototype was created from the Gordon-Keeble. The Gordon Keeble GT was designed in 1960 simply by Giugiaro. Bizzarrini tested the car or truck and was impressed with the powerful V8 Corvette engine plus the rear De Dion tube for the GT:'Rivolta got me test the prototype. I liked its De Dion tube and especially the Corvette motor. It was the very first time I had driven one. It was superior to be able to Ferrari's engines, having the same power but having a more immediate throttle response. 'The Iso Rivolta GT ended up being a Giugiaro designed several seater with beautiful system, speed, comfort and handling, and was a effective car for ISO having 799 units sold. Powered by a 327ci Chevrolet Corvette V8 engine that has a classic De Dion back suspension design with pushed steel monocoque bodywork in excess of pressed steel frame chassis. Unveiled to the click in 1963, production continued until 1970.The Iso Grifo A3L has been a monstrous idea to get a super coupé, the L coming through Lusso. The result of your brilliant Giugiaro and Bizzarrini doing the job together, it was based using a shortened Iso Rivolta GT framework and was debuted at the 1963 Turin show. The Grifo epitomised your 1960s Italian style which consists of handsome low and broad handmade bodywork. It was the most effective production car tested by means of Autocar Magazine in 1966 having a top speed of one hundred sixty mph (260 km/h). Later versions of your Grifo were powered by way of big block Chevrolet Corvette 435 bhp (324 kW; 441 PS) serp. These 90 handbuilt units are distinguishable because of the raised "pagoda style" information bonnet. Some of these Iso Grifo 7 Litri devices were rebuilt later with a great deal larger engines.

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Thinking about Bizzarrini was to utilize 3AL cars for opposition. The competition versions in the Grifo were named Iso Grifo A3C, C for Competizione or even Corsa. A new lightweight riveted aluminium body was designed along with built by Piero Drogo. It was an boldy designed machine, oriented to endurance races. It uses normal ISO underpinnings however the engine was moved further back in the chassis frame as opposed to Grifo A3L, protruding well into the actual driver's cabin, fitted with hot cameras and fed by some big Weber carburettors, giving more than 400 bhp (298 kW; 406 PS).

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Around 29 A3C sport cars were built under the ISO name. Five of these twenty nine cars were bodied in plastic/fiberglass by Piero Drogo in Carrozzeria Sports Cars with Modena. A3Cs were widely competed. Some cars entered the actual 1964 and 1965 Le Mans 24 hour, 1965 Nürburgring 1000 and also 1965 Sebring. It achieved a The Mans class win in both years and also a 9th overall in 1965 without factory support. A3Cs were one in the fastest cars on LeMans' Mulsanne Directly in both years.

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