one Siata 200S was custom built with a 392 and a T10 (wasn't that what the Facel Vega had too? Seems like a popular choice!)

 S.I.A.T.A. (Societa Italiana Auto Transformazioni Accessori) designed this chassis for John Perona (born Entrione Giovanni Perona) in Chiaverano, a Province of Turin, Italy. 

John had immigrated to the United States and in 1931 opened El Morocco, a speakeasy at 154 East 54th Street in New York City. After prohibition was repealed, the El Morocco became one of the hottest nightclubs in New York attracting society, politicians, and celebrities. 

John Perona was a big personality and wanted the most beautiful and powerful sports car on the boulevard, and he got his wish! The chassis of the car traveled the international car show circuit for a year before the aluminum body styled by Nuccio Bertone was fitted and was also featured in the September 1952 issue of Road & Track

http://www.autoarch.com/1952SIATA200CS.html

https://www.rcnmag.com/fresh-finds/one-of-one-siata-chrysler-200cs

the car’s long-time custodian was able to purchase the car out of a garage in Indiana in 1983, he had been obsessed with this particular car ever since he saw the chassis in the 1952 issue of Road & Track, and quickly seized the opportunity to purchase the car he had dreamed about for decades.

After the car left Italy the engine had been replaced with a 392 hemi, and the SIATA “truck box” transmission had been replaced by a Borg-Warner T10. It has Borrani 16” wire wheels, pop-up headlights, and a two-piece low-cut Lexan windshield 

Since its restoration, the car has been seen and raced at prestigious events such as Pebble Beach, Monterey Historic races, Nassau Vintage Speed Week, Walter Mitty Challenge and more.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1952-siata-200cs/

of all the places for a 1955 Siata 300 BC to spend decades in a garage, this one was in a small town near Cleveland!

This car was raced in the mid-1950s by an Ernst Ruffini, a Cleveland native, who frequented many of America’s iconic racing haunts such as Cumberland, Lawrenceville, Watkins Glen, and Road America.

When it was no longer remain competitive in it's racing class, it then traded hands several times in Cleveland’s enthusiast circle, last doing so in 1960, and eventually landing in its current place of rest.

https://www.hagerty.com/media/car-profiles/rare-barn-find-siata-ends-50-year-slumber-with-hope-for-restoration/

1952 Siata 208 CS Spider Corsa Bertone

 

the Siata duo at Greystone Concours of Beverly Hills

this first one in blue and yellow is the 1952 Siata 300 BC

this is the one I didn't get good photos of at Palm Desert Spring Classic, it's a 1951 Siata Diana 1400

eye catching Siata

1955 Siata 208s (two liter won the peoples choice at the Art Center College Car Classic 2012

The Siata has been regarded as a less expensive alternative to the Ferrair of the same era. Steve McQueen owned a '53 http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/12/steve-mcqueens-1953-siata-208s-spyder.html

1951 Siata Gran Sport

Steve McQueen's 1953 Siata 208S Spyder

Found on http://driven.urbandaddy.com/