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	Giovanni Michelotti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Giovanni Michelotti (1921-1980) was one of the most prolific designers of sports cars in the 20th century.
		Born in Turin, Italy, Michelotti worked for a number of design houses and owned his own design studio in Italy.
		He influenced numerous car designs, including a number of Triumphs, the Maserati Spyder, BMW 700, Alpine A106, DAF 55, the Leyland P76 and the Reliant Scimitar SS1.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Giovanni_Michelotti (105 words)

	Michelotti
		Giovanni Michelotti was born in Turin, Italy in 1921.
		Michelotti was one of the most prolific designers of sports cars in the twentieth century.
		Michelotti played a part in many car designs, including a number of Triumphs, the Maserati Spyder, BMW 700, Alpine A106, Daf 55, and the Reliant Scimitar SS1.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/mi/Michelotti.html (76 words)

	Triumph Spitfire Resource Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
		Giovanni Michelotti was born in Turin in northern Italy in 1921.
		Michelotti continually demonstrated cutting edge design in his cars, producing in 1972 a turbo BMW, and the Pulsar based on a Fiat chassis.
		Giovanni Michelotti died in 1980, his design studio is now run by his son, Edgardo.
	www.geocities.com /MotorCity/3122/Michelotti.html (367 words)

	gm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
		Michelotti was born in Turin in the late 1920's, the son of a coachbuilder who was later to work for Pininfarina.
		Michelotti was by now getting known and had moved from annoymity to notability, getting his name on his designs, and 1957 saw some of his most prolific yet diverse styling ideas.
		Michelotti had a stand at the 1974 Turin Show and produced three contrasting designs in the shape of a four-door gull-wing version of the Lancia Beta, with pop-up headlights, a Fiat 126 Egg model and his own Ferrari, based on the 4.4 litre V12 and featuring, yet again, his Targa-style roof.
	www.200025pi.co.uk /gm/gm.htm (1175 words)

	Auto&Design - 154 - People in history - Giovanni Michelotti, a great free-spirited designer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
		Giovanni Michelotti is one of the most important people in the history of Italian coachbuilding and yet one of the least known.
		Giovanni Michelotti is considered to have been one of the most prolific of Italian designers in the 50's and 60's.
		Thereafter, Michelotti found some quite unexpected partners such as the young Dutch manufacturer DAF which entrusted him with the design of the 44, with the aim of expanding its sales in Europe.
	www.autodesignmagazine.com /articoli/es/154/michelotti.htm (318 words)

	Michelotti prototypes
		Michelotti’s long standing association with Triumph started in 1956 when, during the development of their new small car (at the time, known as “Zobo”), they were approached by a jobbing Italian stylist, who offered to produce a body style for this car for the sum of £3,000.
		This model would form the basis of the Triumph Herald, and needless to say, Webster was so impressed he used the designer, Giovanni Michelotti, to design all of the company’s subsequent cars (with the notable exception of the Karmann-styled TR6).
		Harry Webster had donated a Triumph 2000 for Michelotti to use for a basis for this car, but when the Triumph chief saw the prototype, he snapped it up for himself and had the car returned to Triumph for evaluation.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /town/way/yuw18/austin-rover/micheprotof.htm (355 words)

	Triumph Stag - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A removable hardtop was a popular factory option for the early Stags, and was later supplied as a standard fitment.
		The car started as a styling experiment literally cut and shaped from a 1963-4 Triumph 2000 pre-production saloon, which had also been styled by Michelotti, and loaned to him by Harry Webster, Director of Triumph Engineering from the early to late 1960's.
		The car's popularity is possibly due to its comparative rarity, its unique timeless Michelotti styling, and that, while the car was liable to engine problems, many surviving vehicles are lacking in the rust and electrical problems that beset many British cars of the period.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Triumph_Stag (1196 words)

	ScimWeb: Giovanni Michelotti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
		In the following years and decades, Michelotti not only presented his 'own' cars, but was responsible for hundreds of cars, were he often wasn't mentioned at all, cause they were build at other bodywork factories like Vignale, Ghia, Bertone, and even a lot directly by the big car manufacturers (incl.
		Unforgettable cars by Michelotti are for example the Vignale bodied Ferraries of the early 50th, as well Triumph's like the 'Herald' and 'Triumph 2000', the 'Maserati 5000', 'BMW 700', 'Alpine A106'.
		The last car who left the doors at Michelotti, before Giovanni died and his son Edgardo took over, was the Reliant Scimitar SS1.
	www.scimweb.com /misc/michelotti.html (279 words)

	Range Rover development story
		T was early in 1964 when Giovanni Michelotti asked Triumph design chief, Harry Webster, whether it would be possible possible for the company to donate a used example of the recently-launched Triumph 2000.
		Given the relationship between the Michelotti and Triumph was rock solid by this time, Webster said that he would gladly hand over one of the company’s race support cars after it had finished with the car.
		Michelotti was never even given the opportunity to publicly show the car at the Turin Motor show, such was Triumph's keenness to keep the stylish car to itself.
	www.austin-rover.co.uk /stagstoryf.htm (2589 words)

	The Italian Designs
		During the mid-1950s BMC – in particlular, Leonard Lord – looked to Italy to inject its models with a little style, apparently prompted by a remark made by the Duke of Edinburgh about the staidness of their model range.
		While BMC's quest led them to Pininfarina's door, Triumph were forming an alliegance with Giovanni Michelotti, who would eventually influence the design of their entire range.
		Giovanni Michelotti produced this handsome two door cabriolet to act as a showcase for his talents.
	www.austin-rover.co.uk /italiansf.htm (696 words)

	Stag Page
		The Stag was originally conceived in the mid 1960's by Giovanni Michelotti.
		It was from the successful six-cylinder Triumph 2000/2.5 saloon-car family that the Stag evolved.
		Michelotti intended his smart convertible as a one-off "Motor Show Special", for he built it on an old 2000 saloon underframe.
	members.tripod.com /trstag/stag.html (385 words)

	Duchassaing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
		Duchassaing befriended the Italian lawyer and amateur-paleontologist Giovanni Michelotti (1812-1898) during a three months stay of the latter in the West Indies in 1855.
		Michelotti offered part of the material to the museum of the Hollandsche Maatschappij van Wetenschappen in Haarlem, the Netherlands, in the course of a deal to have the monograph published in the journal 'Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij van Wetenschappen' (Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1864).
		This Haarlem material was later (in 1866) borrowed and eventually donated to the museum of the Amsterdam zoo 'Artis', and in 1939 along with the other preserved specimens was taken over by the University of Amsterdam when it became the Zoological Museum of the University of Amsterdam.
	www.science.uva.nl /ZMA/Invertebrates/Coel/duchassaing.htm (584 words)

	Stag History
		Stylist Giovanni Michelotti who had strong links with the Triumph company and had already penned the designs for popular Herald and 2000 saloons amongst others.
		Around 1964, Michelotti asked Triumphs Engineering Director, Harry Webster for a surplus works vehicle to use as the basis for a show car with which to display his talents at the forthcoming Turin Motor Show.
		Webster and Michelotti where on good terms and a well used 2000 saloon was earmarked for the Italian designer with the proviso that if Triumph liked the design they would get first refusal on it.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /adrians_stag/page7.html (695 words)

	SUPERCARS.NET - 1968 DAF 55 Siluro
		Michelotti was one of the successful independent car designers in the fifties and sixties.
		The Siluro was treasured by Michelotti and he kept the car in good order untill his untimely death.
		After years of meticulous work by the museum staff, the DAF 55 'Siluro' by Michelotti is back in it's original glory and has finally, 37 years after its debut in Geneva.
	www.supercars.net /cars/3116.html (491 words)

	Giovanni Michelotti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
		Giovanni Michelotti was the creator of the 2000 design, both in Mk.1 and Mk.2 guise.
		Michelotti served as house designer for Triumph during a long period, being responsible for many other distinctive Triumph designs:
		Triumph 2000 and 2.5 PI The Complete Story by Graham Robson contains a complete and entertaining description on the development of the 2000, including many of the vastly different suggestions that was considered before the final result was reached.
	home.powertech.no /egilkv/t_miche.html (215 words)

	GT6
		This vandalism of nameplates was bad enough, but worse was to come in the 1980s when a Honda was re-badged as Triumph Acclaim and sold in Britain- similar to what happened recently to MG F. But, back to the late 1950s: Triumph management wanted a new range of volume-selling cars.
		The Spitfire was designed by Giovanni Michelotti as a small, basic 2 seater using (in the Triumph manner) mainly existing mechanical components.
		The truth is that Michelotti designed the GT6 soon after the Spitfire was approved for production, and Triumph approved the design, believing that a small sports car with a roof, more interior comfort than a Spitfire and, most of all, a much more powerful engine would sell extremely well, especially in America.
	www.gt6.com /triumph/issue10/article.asp (1221 words)

	Car of the Month Archive - March 2005
		The story behind this car is short but odd: the prolific car designer Michelotti, responsible for the looks of about 1200 different models of cars amongst which most of the Triumph and BMW models from the 1960s, was hired as a freelance designer by the Dutch car and truck manufacturer Daf in 1965.
		Michelotti kept the Siluro in his personal collection until his death in 1980.
		Never the less the Siluro is a great landmark for both Michelotti and Daf: it shows the artistry of Michelotti and that Dafs could look exiting and fresh.
	www.ritzsite.net /Archive/0503.htm (831 words)

	MY-CARS.TK
		Giovanni Michelotti was born in Turin in 1921.Disigning cars is smomething he completely tought himself, he never went to school or a traing for it.
		Michelotti not only designed cars but also domestic apliances, (the almost inevitable) scooters but also yachts and coaches.
		Giovanni Michelotti died in 1980 at the age of 59, he designed about 1200 cars!
	home.planet.nl /~kroen000/page17.html (157 words)

	triumph-history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
		Giovanni Michelotti, designer of the Spitfire plus other Triumphs, was born in Turin in northern Italy in 1921.
		Triumph produced the fun and affordable Spitfire for 18 years, during which time over 314,000 were built.
		A 1970 design "facelift" by Michelotti freshened the car's look for the new decade, and accompanying chassis and suspension tweaks improved handling.
	homepages.ihug.co.nz /~gjbrown/webauthor/triumph-history.htm (580 words)

	DAF passenger cars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
		In the second half of the sixties Michelotti was at the height of his career.
		Somewhere along the way Michelotti's designs started to resemble each other more and more and the 44 clearly showed the lines of the 1967 Triumph Herald.
		Because of the room the Variomatic transmission took up in the rear and the need of a usable boot, the DAF 44 had to be higher than the Herald and this upset the balance of Michelotti's otherwise sound design.
	www.ritzsite.demon.nl /DAF/DAF_cars_p5.htm (337 words)

	Club Triumph Eastern - Homepage
		The Spitfire was designed by Giovanni Michelotti based upon the Triumph Herald frame, drive train and suspension.
		The original design survived through three series and was updated by Michelotti with the MkIV for the 1971 model year.
		The Spitfire's design remained basically the same but was modernized in appearance and some modifications were made to the rear suspension for cornering stability.
	www.clubtriumph.biz /spitregister.htm (585 words)

	RM Auctions Inc.
		Built in almost negligible numbers by the finest craftsmen and artisans in Italy, clothed in individually designed and specified coachwork by Italy’s leading coachbuilders, the 5000 GT was the defining statement of automotive taste, style and exclusivity.
		Briggs Cunningham’s 5000 GT must have been one of the first complete cars built by Michelotti in the new facility, and it is a magnificent creation, completely different in both layout and style from the other 5000 GTs.
		One of only 34 Maserati 5000 GTs built, and the only one bodied by Michelotti, this is a very special opportunity to acquire the most exclusive gran turismo of its period, built for and first owned by America’s greatest sportsman of the second half of the 20th Century, Briggs Swift Cunningham.
	www.maserati-alfieri.co.uk /alfieri125a.htm (2418 words)

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		Michelotti offered part of the material to the museum of the Hollandsche Maatschappij van Wetenschappen in Haarlem, the Netherlands, in the course of a deal to have the monograph published in the journal 'Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij van Wetenschappen' (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864).
		This Haarlem material was later (in 1866) borrowed and eventually donated to the museum of the Amsterdam zoo 'Artis', and in 1939 along with the other preserved specimens was taken over by the University of Amsterdam when it became the Zoological Museum of Amsterdam.
		The history of the Duchassaing & Michelotti collection was traced and described in great detail by Wiedenmayer (1977: 249-253).
	ip30.eti.uva.nl /zma2/contentpage.php?navig=introduction&id=3&add_on=true (623 words)

	Triumph
		But the similarities with other British sports cars was soon evident, such as the four speed gearbox, 948 cc engine fitted with twin SU H1 carbys and an output of 42 bhp.
		Originally based on the TR3A chassis and running gear with a larger engine (though the 1991cc unit was available optionally to qualify for 2.0-liter class racing) and new all-synchromesh gearbox.
		The Stag started life some time around 1964 as a Triumph 2000 (Triumphs family saloon) and was styled by Giovanni Michelotti.
	www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au /car_info_triumph.htm (454 words)

	Petersen Automotive Museum
		By the time this car was built Giacinto Ghia had been deceased for nearly ten years and Carrozzeria Ghia was being run by Luigi Segre.
		Among the designers working there during this period were Giovanni Michelotti, Pietro Frua, Giovanni Savonuzzi, and Felice Boano.
		This car was one of two built on a Cadillac chassis for the 1953 Paris Auto Salon and was purchased new by Aly Khan as a gift for Rita Hayworth.
	www.petersen.org /default.cfm?DocId=1813&CarID=248 (96 words)

	TR6 was a Triumph among radicals Chicago Sun-Times - Find Articles
		The Triumph TR4 arrived in 1961 with a radical new body styled by Italy's famous Giovanni Michelotti, who designed Ferraris.
		Michelotti had other projects, so West Germany's Karmann coachbuilders - best known for the custom body Volkswagen Karmann- Ghia - did the restyling.
		The center and general dimensions of the car's old body were kept.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20000206/ai_n13850810 (604 words)

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