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Models at the Fiat Centro Storico

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The girls dressed in perfect Eighties style admire a selection of Fiat car models including the Mephistopheles in the 1924 version and the 130 HP racer, winner of the GP de l’ACF 1907, both models by Bruno Reggiani; and (front row, left) the 1899 3 ½ HP, model by Silvio Morselli.

Text by Aldo Zana
Photos by Fiat Centro Storico and Acerbi family
From the Archives, December 2018

Once upon a time no one even remotely thought about preserving a sample of the cars produced by a factory. Fiat complied with this dominant attitude until the late Thirties, when some managers were stricken by illumination: if we have not saved the originals, why not build scale models? [Read more…] about Models at the Fiat Centro Storico

Jonathan Sharp at Centro Storico Part 2 Postwar

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Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp

We spent the morning at the Centro Storico Museum, as we related in last week’s Part 1 and below in Part 2. But it now was time to eat in Italy.

So where does an Italian working for Fiat go to take lunch? A nice little trattoria hidden down a small side street in Turin? No. Signor Hardouin has graciously arranged for us to eat at the Mirafiori factory where most of the workers eat. [Read more…] about Jonathan Sharp at Centro Storico Part 2 Postwar

Jonathan Sharp at Fiat’s Centro Storico

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Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp

After our first day or so in Turin (see Scaglietti in Turin) and the visit to the Scaglietti exhibition, the next day went well, in fact I would say very well. As previously planned, Signor Hardouin from the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Press office arrived bang on time to pick us up from the Hotel Lingotto, paying our respects to the fascinating Siata Amica as we went out the door. [Read more…] about Jonathan Sharp at Fiat’s Centro Storico

Scale Models at the Fiat Centro Storico

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The girls dressed in perfect Eighties style admire a selection of Fiat car models including the Mephistopheles in the 1924 version and the 130 HP racer, winner of the GP de l’ACF 1907, both models by Bruno Reggiani; and (front row, left) the 1899 3 ½ HP, model by Silvio Morselli.

Text by Aldo Zana
Photos by Fiat Centro Storico and Acerbi family

Once upon a time no one even remotely thought about preserving a sample of the cars produced by a factory. Fiat complied with this dominant attitude until the late Thirties, when some managers were stricken by illumination: if we have not saved the originals, why not build scale models? [Read more…] about Scale Models at the Fiat Centro Storico

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