Just A Car Guy: Bizzarrini

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Saturday, May 31, 2025

a mechanic in Aalten, Netherlands was taking this Bizzarrini 5300 replica on a test drive when a tree ran out in front of him. Head on crash, car is totalled

https://www.hotcars.com/mechanic-wrecks-super-rare-replica-car-worth-fortune

Monday, April 28, 2025

it's not often a Bizzarini is at a car show, an this is still low miles and incredible original condition, here's a

Thursday, August 10, 2023

the Bizzarrini 5300 GT Corsa won its class at Le Mans in 1965, and you can buy a new built one, with a 400Hp 327, for about 2.1 million, if no one outbids you

Giotto Bizzarrini died earlier this year, but his company had been revived in 2020 under new owners. Those owners have announced plans for a super car called the Giotto and have been building this “revival” of the 5300 GT Corsa for the last two years in Europe.

Now the new Bizzarrini company has embarked on a tour of the US, showcasing the 5300 GT Corsa “recreation,” which consists of a single-piece composite body over a steel frame. Inside is a roll cage and fuel cell that meet FIA regulations for racing and, indeed, one of these just competed successfully at the historic race at Spa.

The car is powered by “a period-specific 5300 cubic-centimeter V8.” That engine was in the Le Mans race car in 1965—also known as a 327 small-block Chevy. The 327 cubic inches works out to 5.35857 liters, which could be rounded up to 5.4 or down to 5.3, depending on who was doing the math. The engine makes a claimed 400 hp.

https://www.autoweek.com/news/a44777325/new-bizzarrini-bringing-revived-5300-gt-corsa-to-usa

https://uk.motor1.com/photo/7399072/bizzarrini-us-tour-yellow-5300gt-studio/

Saturday, January 22, 2022

one slick matching helmet

https://www.clubroadster.net/threads/doep-sh-tzzz.1962/post-5585050

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Bruce Meyer and his 63 Bizzarrini Grifo, the Le Mans winner

https://petrolicious.com/films/1965-bizzarrini-a3c-a-le-mans-underdog-story

Monday, November 14, 2016

Bizzarrini

http://www.isobizclub.com/

He worked for Alfa Romeo from 1954 to 1957.

He began working for Ferrari in 1957, eventually becoming controller of experimental, Sports and GT car development. He worked at Ferrari as a developer, designer, test driver, and chief engineer for five years. His developments there included the Ferrari 250 TR, the Ferrari 250 GT SWB (Short Wheelbase Berlinetta or Berlinetta Passo Corto), and the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO.

Bizzarrini, and sales manager Gerolama Gardini and chief engineer Carlo Chiti, were fired by Ferrari during the "palace revolt" of 1961.

This resulted in a complete factory revolt against Enzo, who was trying to give his wife Laura some role in running the business. The employees were NOT going to work for her at all. This included guys that managed all sales, ran the race team, engineered the cars, and developed prototypes.

He became part of Automobili Turismo e Sport (ATS)), a company started by the ex-Ferrari engineers to build a Formula 1 single seater and a GT sport car, the A.T.S. Serenissima.

One of ATS's financial backers, Count Giovanni Volpi, owner of Scuderia Serenissima, hired Bizzarrini to upgrade a Ferrari 250 GT SWB, with chassis number #2819GT to GTO specifications. This resulted in the Ferrari 250 GT SWB Drogo also known as the "Breadvan".

Bizzarrini's engineering company, Societa Autostar, was commissioned to design a V-12 engine for a GT car to be built by another dissatisfied Ferrari customer, Ferruccio Lamborghini. Lamborghini considered the resulting engine to be too highly strung, and ordered that it be detuned.

Between 1964 and 1969 Societo Prototipo Bizzarrini made 140 cars

In 1965 Max Balchowsky was also at Sebring helping the Bizzarrini team. He took all of the pieces of these two Iso/Bizzarrini race cars back to his shop in Southern California with the intention to build one Iso/Bizzarrini from the pieces of the two destroyed cars. This recreated Iso/Bizzarrini race car has never been seen again.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizzarrini
https://www.thrillist.com/cars/20-enzo-ferrari-facts-that-you-might-not-know

Thursday, February 13, 2014

a lifelong passion for cars, since he "borrowed" his dads race car, and once he could race, he competed in the Targa Florio, 15 x Mille Miglia, and had a 25 year racing run, and then found the #004 Porsche

thanks to director Edoardo Vojvoda for bringing this short movie to my attention, and sharing it with us!

Just to point out a teaser, for anyone ont he fence about committing to watching a 16 minute film... the Iso Grifo Competizione... is one of 10 made, and his was found as a basket case int he Canary Islands, but restored by Modena who built it, with the assistance of Bizzarini himself

Saturday, April 28, 2012

1966 Bizzarini P538 Le Mans Roadster

The hammer is marked Thor. Humor, even in tool makers. I like that

Thursday, April 02, 2009

1968 Bizzarrini Duca d'Aosta

One Strada owner’s passion for his car led to the ultimate street Bizzarrini. The Duke of Aosta was in his 20s and resided outside Florence, and the engineer remembers him buying a Strada that he used a lot.
In fact, he liked his Strada so much he approached me, wanting a car that was even more racy. I offered him [P538 003], but he was too tall and didn’t fit.’
And so was born the car you see here, the Duca D’Aosta, designed and built from scratch. Bizzarrini and his men made a P538 chassis and invited the Duke to Bizzarrini’s small factory in Livorno. They took his measurements and went to work making a new car to debut at 1968’s Turin Auto Show.
At around the same former Bertone and Ghia designer Giorgietto Giugiaro (who had just formed ItalDesign) expressed an interest to build a striking show car based on the P538 chassis.