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Carrozzeria '''Riva ''', or ''Mario '''Riva''' & Sons'', started in 1949 in [[Carzaniga Merate]], [[Como]] at the postwar period and has been very eclectic, ranging from boats to buses from competition and created a nice little line of 'garden vans' on the [[Fiat 500]]C [[chassis]] . It must, however, its notoriety to a fuoriserie set on the chassis of the [[Fiat 1100]]B, the ''Berlinetta Monza'', it was so successful that it is used on different [[chassis]]. Over the years, the preparation of specialized vehicles funeral, when in the sixties they became one of the leading Italian manufacturers. | Carrozzeria '''Riva ''', or ''Mario '''Riva''' & Sons'', started in 1949 in [[Carzaniga Merate]], [[Como]] at the postwar period and has been very eclectic, ranging from boats to buses from competition and created a nice little line of 'garden vans' on the [[Fiat 500]]C [[chassis]] . It must, however, its notoriety to a fuoriserie set on the chassis of the [[Fiat 1100]]B, the ''Berlinetta Monza'', it was so successful that it is used on different [[chassis]]. Over the years, the preparation of specialized vehicles funeral, when in the sixties they became one of the leading Italian manufacturers. | ||
| − | Carrozzeria Riva from Merate (Como) hasn’t always been connected to car production. Journalist and racer Giovannino Lurani Cernuschi came to Riva for the maintenance of his cars, and sometimes he asked Riva to build him a car, e.g. the 'Nibbio' record car from 1935. On a basis of a Gilco-Cattaneo chassis [[Lurani]] also let build some [[Alfa Romeo]]s. The Gilco-Cattaneo tube frame was designed by the technician Guido Cattaneo in cooperation with the specialised company of [[Gilco]], who also delivered the tube frames for the first [[Ferrari]]s. Cattaneo still had some pre-war Alfa 2500 SS engines and placed these on the Gilco-Cattaneo chassis. Some of these Alfa Romeo-Cattaneos got a body by [[Colli]], but also Riva has made one or two cars after a Lurani design. So is the model on the above picture, a car that won the big Prize of Honour in the Concours d'Elégance of the Lido di Venezia, held in September 1950. After this period Riva stopped the production of car bodies and concentrated on reparation and transformation of existing bodies. | + | Carrozzeria Riva from Merate (Como) hasn’t always been connected to car production. Journalist and racer Giovannino Lurani Cernuschi came to Riva for the maintenance of his cars, and sometimes he asked Riva to build him a car, e.g. the 'Nibbio' record car from 1935. On a basis of a Gilco-Cattaneo chassis [[Lurani]] also let build some [[Alfa Romeo]]s. The Gilco-Cattaneo tube frame was designed by the technician Guido Cattaneo in cooperation with the specialised company of [[Gilco]], who also delivered the tube frames for the first [[Ferrari]]s. Cattaneo still had some pre-war Alfa 2500 SS engines and placed these on the Gilco-Cattaneo chassis. Some of these Alfa Romeo-Cattaneos got a body by [[Colli]], but also Riva has made one or two cars after a Lurani design. So is the model on the above picture, a car that won the big Prize of Honour in the Concours d'Elégance of the Lido di Venezia, held in September 1950. After this period Riva stopped the production of car bodies and concentrated on reparation and transformation of existing bodies. [http://www.autopuzzles.com <small>Source</small>] |
Revision as of 14:33, 13 July 2010
Carrozzeria Riva , or Mario Riva & Sons, started in 1949 in Carzaniga Merate, Como at the postwar period and has been very eclectic, ranging from boats to buses from competition and created a nice little line of 'garden vans' on the Fiat 500C chassis . It must, however, its notoriety to a fuoriserie set on the chassis of the Fiat 1100B, the Berlinetta Monza, it was so successful that it is used on different chassis. Over the years, the preparation of specialized vehicles funeral, when in the sixties they became one of the leading Italian manufacturers.
Carrozzeria Riva from Merate (Como) hasn’t always been connected to car production. Journalist and racer Giovannino Lurani Cernuschi came to Riva for the maintenance of his cars, and sometimes he asked Riva to build him a car, e.g. the 'Nibbio' record car from 1935. On a basis of a Gilco-Cattaneo chassis Lurani also let build some Alfa Romeos. The Gilco-Cattaneo tube frame was designed by the technician Guido Cattaneo in cooperation with the specialised company of Gilco, who also delivered the tube frames for the first Ferraris. Cattaneo still had some pre-war Alfa 2500 SS engines and placed these on the Gilco-Cattaneo chassis. Some of these Alfa Romeo-Cattaneos got a body by Colli, but also Riva has made one or two cars after a Lurani design. So is the model on the above picture, a car that won the big Prize of Honour in the Concours d'Elégance of the Lido di Venezia, held in September 1950. After this period Riva stopped the production of car bodies and concentrated on reparation and transformation of existing bodies. Source
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