Carrozzeria Scaglietti () was an Italian

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design and

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company active in the 1950s. It was founded by Sergio Scaglietti in 1951 as an automobile repair concern, but was located across the road from

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outside

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. Scaglietti gained

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's trust and respect both through his bodywork and design skills and for providing a retreat for young Dino Ferrari. Their professional relationship began when Ferrari asked Scaglietti to repair and modify race car bodywork in the late 1940s, which was soon followed by orders for full car bodies in the early 1950s. Scaglietti and Dino Ferrari designed a 166 MM, s/n 0050M, the first Ferrari to have a "headrest" bump. This feature was subsequently used on most racing Ferraris of the 1950s and 1960s. The idea was initially despised by Enzo but championed by Dino, and 0050M's design became an overall success. The car became a prototype for the

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range. In the mid-1950s, Scaglietti became the ''

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'' of choice for Ferrari's racing efforts. Many sports racing prototypes were designed and manufactured at their facility. All those exclusively designed by Scaglietti carried the Scaglietti & C. badge while cars built to outside designs did not. The company's 1958 250 Testa Rossa, with its

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-inspired

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, is one of the most famous Scaglietti designs. Several of Ferrari's most coveted models such as the 250 California Spyder, 250 GTO and 250 Tour de France were built by Scaglietti to a

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design. Today, the former Scaglietti works is owned by

and used to produce Ferrari's current line of aluminium bodied cars, including the 488 and F12, using both modern and traditional techniques. In 2002, a special edition of the

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, the 456M GT Scaglietti was named in honor of Scaglietti. This was followed by the 2004 introduction of the

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, a 2+2 GT car produced until 2010. Despite names honoring Scaglietti, both the 456 and 612 were designed by

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. Sergio Scaglietti died at his Modena home on 20 November 2011 at the age of 91.

Designs

Original Scaglietti designs include: * 1950-built

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Barchetta (converted from 275 S and rebodied after 1952) * 1953

Ferrari 166 MM :''See also the Ferrari 166 Inter, 166 Inter GT car'' :''See also the Ferrari 166 MM Berlinetta Le Mans, 166 MM Berlinetta Le Mans'' :''See also the Ferrari-Abarth 166 MM/53'' The Ferrari 166 S was a sports car built by Ferrari between 1948 and 1 ...

/53 (rebodied as Scaglietti Spyder to an Alfredo Ferrari design and restamped as s/n 0050M) * 1953

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, rebodied by Scaglietti from "Autodromo" design. * 1953

/53, s/n 0262M, rebodied from an Abarth spider design in 1954. * 1953

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, rebodied from a burnt

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berlinetta before

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in December 1953. * 1954

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* 1954

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(one original and one further rebodied in 1957 in 'pontoon fender' spyder form) * 1954–5 Ermini 357 Sport * 1955 Ferrari 410 S (Spyders and Berlinetta Speciale) * 1955 Ferrari 857 S * 1955

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* 1955

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* 1956

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* 1956

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* 1956

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* 1957 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce Scaglietti * 1954

Ferrari 375 MM :''See Ferrari 375 F1 for the 375 used in Formula 1 racing, and 375 America, a GT car'' The Ferrari 375 MM, was a sports racing car produced by Ferrari from 1953 to 1955. It was named "375" for the unitary displacement of one cylinder in the 4. ...

Berlinetta (s/n 0402AM) * 1957

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Coupé (s/n 0671SA) * 1957 Ferrari 290 S, 315 S and 335 S * 1957 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder * 1958

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* 1958 Ferrari 312S/412 S * 1958–9 Chevrolet Corvette Scaglietti Coupe * 1960 Cegga 3000S (Cegga 002/60 or Ferrari Cegga 250 TR) * 1967

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GTS/4 NART Spyder Bodies executed to a third party design: * 1956 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta * 1962

Ferrari 250 GTO The Ferrari 250 GTO is a grand tourer produced by Ferrari from 1962 to 1964 for Homologation (motorsport), homologation into the FIA's Group 3 (racing), Group 3 Grand Touring Car category. It was powered by Ferrari's Ferrari Colombo engine#250, ...

* 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Lusso * 1963 Ferrari 250 LM * 1964

GTB * 1968–74 Dino 206 & 246 * 1968 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 'Daytona'

Gallery

File:RL 1958 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa 34.JPG, 1958

, designed and built by ''Scaglietti'' File:1962 Ferrari 250 GTO 34 2.jpg, 1962 250 GTO File:ScagliettiCorvette.JPG, 1959 Scaglietti Corvette File:RL 1958 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Scaglietti.jpg, Carrozzeria Scaglietti badge on a 1958

References

Bibliography

External links

Coachbuild.com Encyclopedia: Scaglietti
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