Solved - als_05 - Fiat 507 mobile library by Introzzi

als15 · May 11, 2010, 02:33:11 AM

No, not near Varese. Nor Milan. Try in the countriside of another city very close to them...

pnegyesi · May 11, 2010, 06:27:58 AM

Carozzeria Sirio?

als15 · May 11, 2010, 08:28:55 AM

Another little clue: is mentioned in one of my books (of course, talking about another car) and is a very long-life small coachbuilder, somehow still active today, as far as I know...

pnegyesi · May 11, 2010, 08:39:06 AM

Carozzeria Riva?

als15 · May 11, 2010, 08:51:26 AM

No again...
It (he) had a wide range of activities, but the period when has been most known are the '70s, with some ambulances and armoured cars.

Allemano · May 11, 2010, 09:09:44 AM

Carrozzeria Viberti?

als15 · May 11, 2010, 09:25:46 AM

Nope: Viberti is based in Turin...
We are looking near Como (

).

pnegyesi · May 11, 2010, 10:57:11 AM

Well, Carozzerria Riva is located near Como. I am out of this race though as there are no other Italian coachbuilder mentioned in my list, who is/was located nr Como

als15 · May 11, 2010, 01:40:06 PM

I cant believe: this name is not so famous as Pininfarina or Bertone, but as well not more strange than Riva...
As I said, is also in one of my books and made (and I think still makes) ambulances, commercial vans and mobile-shops.

75america · May 11, 2010, 01:58:53 PM

Officine Introzzi?
According to Google maps indeed still active.

als15 · May 11, 2010, 02:10:46 PM

The first and most difficult part of the puzzle is gone!
Now, let's find the base-model.
Another clue: even if the body is definitely new, the rims are original...

75america · May 11, 2010, 02:24:04 PM

I know nothing about pre-war stuff. Even if it is Italian.

Is based on a 514, 515, 521, 522 or 524 Fiat?

als15 · May 11, 2010, 02:28:00 PM

Older: previous generation of models.

75america · May 11, 2010, 02:32:53 PM

Quote from: als15 on May 11, 2010, 02:28:00 PM
Older: previous generation of models.

You know, Fiat only started car production in 1899

2B, 1T ?

als15 · May 11, 2010, 02:36:18 PM

I know... but just a step behine is enough... old but not older than a generation before 514-520...

75america · May 11, 2010, 02:39:44 PM

So in the line 501/502/503, 505/507, 510

als15 · May 11, 2010, 02:42:17 PM

Of course.

But not in the early models: in the "midlife" restyling". This narrows the choice: they would be actually 3, but you forgot to mention the 512... so is one ot the other 2...

75america · May 11, 2010, 02:47:59 PM

I'll go for 503. I think the wheelbase of a 507 is a bit too large...

als15 · May 11, 2010, 03:06:09 PM

No, it's indeed a 507, made in 1927-'28 and re-bodied as a mobile library by Introzzi in mid-30s.
The point is however your, beacuse it was narrowed to 50-50 guess.

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