Isotta Fraschini 8C "Monterosa", 1946 rolling test chassis

Started by grobmotorix, May 18, 2011, 01:06:34 PM

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grobmotorix

Who knows this car - or better: what kind of prototype is it?

grobmotorix


shamrock

PROTOTYPE OF THE BURMEY STREAMLINER

grobmotorix

It might have looked like that, but it is not the Burney, nor british anyway.

barrett

IIRC, it's a post war Isotta Fraschini? I guess the 8C

grobmotorix

Very good!

It is indeed a rolling test chassis for the postwar Isotta Fraschini 8C "Monterosa"

The car was planned to get many different body styles due to its modular design.
I´ve got a magnificent (reprint) brochure of the 8C in my collection.
So I´ve scanned and photoshopped it to show you all the planned body options in one image: