Swedish title
Sold without technical control

Running car but to be restored
One of 19 built
Mass-produced mechanics

At the 1957 Turin Motor Show, Fiat presented the 1200 Granluce, which was supposed to replace the 1100-103, launched in 1953 and which was a huge success until the middle of the 1960s (and even until 2000, with the Indian-made Premier Padmini!). It was also intended to replace the high-performance and luxurious Turismo Veloce (1100-103 TV). Equipped with a 1,221cc engine developing 55 bhp, its bodywork was closely derived from the 1100-103 with an updated roof. While the prototype had "suicide" front doors, the production version had four doors that opened in the "normal direction". Around 400,000 Fiat 1200s were produced up to 1960, with various body styles, including the very elegant Trasformabile designed by Fabio Luigi Rapi, head of the sezione carrozzerie speciali at Fiat, initially for the 1100-103 TV. In 1959, the Fiat 1200 Trasformabile was replaced by the 1200 spider bodied by Pinin Farina. The Turin coachbuilder, located just a stone's throw from the Fiat factory (Gian-Battista Pinin's father, Joseph, was in fact a Fiat employee), had a close relationship with the Italian giant and had already worked on a large number of Fiat 6 C 1500s and 1100 S berlinettas, and as early as 1953 on the Fiat 1100 TV. In 1957, Pinin Farina presented a 4-seater coach (with quarter windows) and a 2-seater coupé at the Geneva and Turin Motor Shows, available with either an 1100 or 1200 base. Their innovative design, close to the Lancia Appia, Flaminia and Ferrari 250 GT coaches and coupes, was later used on the Ferrari 250 GTE and, on a larger scale, on the Peugeot 404 coupé. A two-seater prototype was bought by Enzo Ferrari himself, shortened and reworked by Carrozzeria Scaglietti di Modena, fitted with Dunlop disc brakes and the 854 engine, to become the prototype of the ASA 1000 GT, the famous Ferrarina. According to experts, there were nineteen Fiat 1100 and 1200 Pinin Farina 2 and 4-seater coupes built with this design.
The car illustrated here is one of these very rare Pinin Farina versions, built as a 4-seat coupé on a Fiat 1200 base. According to the brochure of the time, "the most important difference" with the 2-seater coach "is in the roof which, being larger, allows interior space for four people. The front seats are separate and independent: when the backrests are folded forward the seats themselves move forward automatically to allow easier access to the rear seats." The bodywork, like the doors, is made of steel, except for the rear trunk, which is made of fibreglass! The dashboard, "special, is painted in anti-reflex varnish." Chassis #423 052 was sold new in Sweden. Its second owner, Mr. Nicklasson, passed a final technical inspection in 1970, before storing the car for several decades. Originally light blue, it was repainted red, presumably before its long layover. The car, rediscovered in 2017, was restarted just before the sale. It is now in an advanced state of use, and although it is still running, it will need a restoration commensurate with its rarity and historical interest.

This car will be sold by auction by AGUTTES Auction House, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, on June the 20th, 2021.
The digital catalog is available by the following link
https://www.aguttes.com/en/catalog/113642?

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