Italian Coach-built Specials

[Darin Bastedo]

While the ferrari Berlinetta Lusso is a nice car it's far too common, and has no significant race history, and while I love the Ferrari GTO there are just far too many of them. This is my new #1. The 1963 Michelotti Jaguar Le Mans. A one of a kind coachbuilt show car built on the remains of a wrecked Jaguar D-type whose best Le Mans Finish was third. Fast, beautiful and rare, this baby is for me!

Edited July 18, 2010 by Darin Bastedo

[elan]

Well it's time to get building, when you are done maybe to could cast the body in resin for those of us with no scratch building skills.

[Modelmartin]

That is pretty cool. A GTO is not exactly a "belly-button" car but this one is even less so. I hope you do it up right.

[Darin Bastedo]

That is pretty cool. A GTO is not exactly a "belly-button" car but this one is even less so. I hope you do it up right.

It will quite a while before this one gets built a lot of drawings and planning must be done first.

Edited July 16, 2010 by Darin Bastedo

[Junkman]

I just love Italian coachbuilt one-offs. Provided your consent, I suggest to extend this thread and start collecting them here. This could probabaly end up being the only thread in the world on the subject.

I take the liberty to add one of my favourites, the Corvette Rondine by Pinin Farina:

Please feel free to delete this post if you don't like my idea.

Edited July 16, 2010 by Junkman

[Darin Bastedo]

I just love Italian coachbuilt one-offs. Provided your consent, I suggest to extend this thread and start collecting them here. This could probabaly end up being the only thread in the world on the subject.

I take the liberty to add one of my favourites, the Corvette Rondine by Pinin Farina:

Please feel free to delete this post if you don't like my idea.

Sounds good to me I'll even edit the topic title. I have a few more coach built special I'd like to post also.

[LDO]

Ulf Norinder's 250 GTO rebodied by Drogo. (Body later removed from GTO chassis and put on a less valuable Ferrari)

[Modelmartin]

Vignale, usually known for some pretty exotic ferraris and other Italian sports cars did make a VW Beetle! This went to Mexico when new!

Here is a Saoutchik Bugatti T50. The Bugatti is about a '32 but the body was built in the early '50s.

Same deal here but a T57SC (same chassis as the Atlantic coupe) with a mid '50s Ghia Body.

Edited July 18, 2010 by Modelmartin

[Jon Cole]

I suspect one would need to be a bit of an automotive historian to know the difference between a rare factory car, and a coach built one off. I'm not. So I will post what I suspect may be rare coach built cars:

Sigma Grand Prix

Ghia Ferrari

Ferrari Rainbow Bertone

A really BIG coach:

Or this coach: