Italia #134 on private offer

[Italia 227]

https://www.facebook.com/triumphitalia2000/posts/3317025795022470

 

[stuart]

Not keen on that interior at all, do you know what the extra switches below the dash are for?

Stuart.

[tr graham]

agree with stuart  interior not to everybodys taste , but one of the nicer restorations.

graham

[2long]

It is pretty amazing how smart the overall car is, and then there is that interior quilting!  It is almost a good thing for a buyer to see a car with something so visibly off-putting (in my opinion) and yet so fixable.   That car is beautiful, and makes me wonder where it ranks in Michelotti's body of work.

 

Cheers

 

Dan

Edited July 17, 2020 by 2long

[JohnC]

Fair point about the interior, but still a thing of beauty.

[DavidBee]

Am I alone in seeing something Ferrari about the Italia?

[Motorsport Mickey]

Don't think so, maybe the Maserati 350GT styled by Michelotti.

Mick Richards

[stuart]

54 minutes ago, Motorsport Mickey said:

Don't think so, maybe the Maserati 350GT styled by Michelotti.

Mick Richards

Correct, Italia is basically a 2/3rds scale Maserati 3500, when they were new they were displayed together side by side at the New York motor show . 
Stuart.

[DavidBee]

Right, I see. That's the connexion, then. A similar grille, perhaps?

[Italia 227]

19 hours ago, DavidBee said:

Am I alone in seeing something Ferrari about the Italia?

I've always seen a lot of Ferrari 250 Ellena in these cars.

[DavidBee]

On 8/12/2021 at 4:48 PM, Italia 227 said:

I've always seen a lot of Ferrari 250 Ellena in these cars.

Yes! That's it.

[stuart]

On 8/12/2021 at 3:07 PM, DavidBee said:

Right, I see. That's the connexion, then. A similar grille, perhaps?

The Italia grille is a Maserati one cut down.

Stuart.

[DavidBee]

54 minutes ago, stuart said:

The Italia grille is a Maserati one cut down.

Stuart.

I stand corrected. Thanks, Stuart! Ferrari or Maserati are both grand in terms of design influences. I can live with that.

David

[Paul Hogan]

The Italia grille is not a cut down Maserati  grille. its just a pattern alloy pressing. As for the pic of the Ferrari above, you can clearly see influences for the surrey top rear window there. 

hoges. 

[stuart]

11 hours ago, Paul Hogan said:

The Italia grille is not a cut down Maserati  grille. its just a pattern alloy pressing. As for the pic of the Ferrari above, you can clearly see influences for the surrey top rear window there. 

hoges. 

I think you`ll find it uses the same grille section and the brass outer shell is definitely cut down from a larger one .

Stuart.

[Italia 227]

A few notes from marque expert Adrian Sinnott, who believes:

• Grille inserts on show cars were modified Maserati 3500 pieces.
•         True at least for Italia #3, where marks correspond to removed vertical bars.
• Once production began, a separate stamping was created for the Italia insert.
• Graham Proffitt (UK) has made reproductions of both Maserati and Italia grille inserts.

[stuart]

9 hours ago, Italia 227 said:

A few notes from marque expert Adrian Sinnott, who believes:

• Grille inserts on show cars were modified Maserati 3500 pieces.
•         True at least for Italia #3, where marks correspond to removed vertical bars.
• Once production began, a separate stamping was created for the Italia insert.
• Graham Proffitt (UK) has made reproductions of both Maserati and Italia grille inserts.

#27 has the same as it was an early car.

Stuart.