Italian Classics at Techno Classica Essen

1956 Maserati A6G/54 Zagato coupe s/n 2150.

Maserati engine.

1956 Maserati 300 S s/n 3059, winner of the 1956 Nürburgring 1000 Kms with Moss/Behra/Taruffi/Schell. Taruffi and Schell were teammates on this car but, as the other 300 S of Moss and Behra was forced to retire, Ugolini, the Maserati team chief, told Schell to stop immediately to give the wheel to Behra. Moss finished the race to win ahead of Fangio’s Ferrari.

This 1965 Bizzarrini 5300 GT (s/n IA3 0332) was Bizzarrini’s development car during a three year period. When the production of the 5300 GT ceased in 1968, Giotto Bizzarrini converted this car to the latest specification and retained it himself for three decades.

1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce Zagato, one of the 19 examples of the early of the Giuliettas Zagatos.

1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ. Getting hard to find a good original version, so we are told. This one looks pretty good aside from the later period wheels.

1939 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Sport with an alloy body by Touring, 95 hp, 155 km/h.

1959 Abarth 750 GT Zagato : Perhaps only 500 cars were made of this version with the famous Zagato doublebubble roof and covered headlamp. There are only 10 cars located in Europe, the
rest are in the USA.

1924 Lancia Lambda 3rd series Torpedo Tourer. It was part of the famous Harrah Automobile collection in Nevada for many years.

1926 Lancia Lambda short chassis 7th series of an unknown coachbuilder.

This 1955 Lancia Aurelia B24 S Spider America by Pinin Farina features a design influenced by some of the early American cars as the wrap around windshield.

Other styling motifs include a fully disappearing hood, removable sidescreens and split quarter bumpers.

Ferrari Classiche display with the 250 GT SWB s/n 2845 GT, 3rd at the 1961 Tour de France

From behind, the Fiat Allemano is similar to a Maserati 5000 GT bodied by the same coachbuilder.

This 1952 Siata Daina Sport with an alloy body is the only Siata to be coachbuilt by Vignale.