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Bizzarrini Utes. p. A. was an Italian automotive manufacturer inside 1960s founded by past Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and ISO professional, Giotto Bizzarrini. The company built a small amount of highly developed and superior sport and racing cars before failing in 1969. Notable models include your 5300 GT Strada plus the P538S.Originally Prototipi Bizzarrini ersus. r. l., the name was changed to Bizzarrini S. p. A. in 1966. The Bizzarrini marque continues to be revived with a number of concept cars in the actual 2000s.Giotto Bizzarrini was born in Livorno, Italy in 1926. His father was a rich landowner who originated in a family with strong roots in Tuscany plus the city of Livorno. His grandfather, also named Giotto Bizzarrini, was a biologist who had worked with Guglielmo Marconi on his or her inventions, especially the radio, following which one in the Livorno Library sections was named The Bizzarrini Selection.Bizzarrini graduated as an engineer from the University of Pisa throughout 1953. He taught briefly just before joining Alfa Romeo within 1954. He worked for Alfa Romeo through 1954 to 1957. He began working with regard to Ferrari in 1957, eventually becoming controller of experimental, Sports and GT automobile development. He worked at Ferrari to be a developer, designer, test driver, and chief engineer with regard to five years. His developments there involved the Ferrari 250 TR, the Ferrari 250 GT SWB (Quick Wheelbase Berlinetta or Berlinetta Passo Corto), and the 1962 Ferrari three hundred GTO.

Bizzarrini has been fired by Ferrari over the "palace revolt" of 1961. He became part connected with Automobili Turismo e Activity (ATS)), a company started because of the ex-Ferrari engineers to make a Formula 1 single seater and a GT sport car, the A. T. S. Serenissima.One of ATS's fiscal backers, Count Giovanni Volpi, owner of Scuderia Serenissima, hired Bizzarrini to up grade a Ferrari 250 GT SWB, with chassis number #2819GT in order to GTO specifications. This resulted in the Ferrari 250 GT SWB Drogo generally known as the "Breadvan".Bizzarrini's engineering company, Societa Autostar, was commissioned to design and style a V-12 engine for the GT car to always be built by another discontented Ferrari customer, Ferruccio Lamborghini. Lamborghini considered the resulting engine to get too highly strung, and ordered that that be detuned.

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Bizzarrini worked since 1964 pertaining to Iso Rivolta and created three models: Iso Rivolta GT, Iso Grifo both A3L along with A3C versions. His work was to produce a pressed steel framework chassis for Iso cars. Renzo Rivolta hired him as consultant to the Iso Gordon GT challenge which became the Iso Rivolta GT. The Iso Gordon GT prototype got its start from the Gordon-Keeble. The Gordon Keeble GT had been designed in 1960 by Giugiaro. Bizzarrini tested the car or truck and was impressed by the powerful V8 Corvette engine as well as the rear De Dion tube useful for the GT:'Rivolta had me test the prototype. I liked its De Dion tubing and especially the Corvette engine. It was the new I had driven a single. It was superior to help Ferrari's engines, having the same power but which has a more immediate throttle response. 'The Iso Rivolta GT ended up being a Giugiaro designed several seater with beautiful body, speed, comfort and handling, and was a effective car for ISO with 799 units sold. Powered by a 327ci Chevrolet Corvette V8 engine that has a classic De Dion backed suspension design with constrained steel monocoque bodywork more than pressed steel frame framework. Unveiled to the press in 1963, production continued until 1970.The Iso Grifo A3L has been a monstrous idea for the super coupé, the L coming via Lusso. The result of the brilliant Giugiaro and Bizzarrini doing work together, it was based over a shortened Iso Rivolta GT framework and was debuted for the 1963 Turin show. The Grifo epitomised this 1960s Italian style with its handsome low and large handmade bodywork. It was the fastest production car tested by Autocar Magazine in 1966 which has a top speed of one hundred sixty mph (260 km/h). Later versions of the actual Grifo were powered by a big block Chevrolet Corvette 435 bhp (324 kW; 441 PS) serp. These 90 handbuilt units are distinguishable with the raised "pagoda style" info bonnet. Some of these Iso Grifo 7 Litri models were rebuilt later with a whole lot larger engines.

The thought of Bizzarrini was to operate the 3AL cars for opposition. The competition versions on the Grifo were named Iso Grifo A3C, C for Competizione or maybe Corsa. A new lightweight riveted lightweight alloy body was designed in addition to built by Piero Drogo. It was an in a hostile manner designed machine, oriented to endurance races. It uses normal ISO underpinnings but the engine was moved further in the chassis frame than the Grifo A3L, protruding well into your driver's cabin, fitted with hot cameras and fed by four big Weber carburettors, giving more than four hundred bhp (298 kW; 406 PS).

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Around 29 A3C sport cars were built within the ISO name. Five of these up to 29 cars were bodied inside plastic/fiberglass by Piero Drogo in Carrozzeria Sports Cars with Modena. A3Cs were widely competed. Some cars entered the 1964 and 1965 Le Mans 24 hour, 1965 Nürburgring 1000 as well as 1965 Sebring. It achieved a Le Mans class win in both years and a 9th overall in 1965 with no factory support. A3Cs were one on the fastest cars on LeMans' Mulsanne Straight in both years.

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