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.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
1968 Bizzarrini Duca d'Aosta
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
The beauty of designs, part 2 of "online Concours de Elegance" I started last July, here are the post WW2 vehicles
1992 Vector W8 Twin Turbo
1989 Dodge Conquest TSI
1948 Cadillac Series 62 Saoutchik Cabriolet
2008 Morgan Aeromax
2007 Dodge Demon
2007 Giugiaro
1966 AMC Marlin
1967 AMC Marlin 
1954 Kaiser Darrin
1967 Toyota 2000GT
1958 Renault R2168 Galion
1949 Delahaye D1630 Autocar
1953 Austin A35 2-door
1948 Wimille Coupe Prototype No. 2 , reminds me of http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/12/emile-claveau-designer-of-innovative.html
Kaiser 1949 Vagabond
2007 Zagato Diatto Ottovu Project
1969 AMC AMX III
1956 Firebird II GM concept car, part of the Futurama touring cars display
De Tomaso 1969 Mangusta
Italia Design 1968 Bizzarini Manta
1959 Fiat 500 Bianchina 
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Bizzarrini bodied, Corvette engined
Notice that the tach and speedo aren't in front of the driver, tells me that they arent important in enjoying the drive. Love the smell of hot leather in the sun, it just produces it's luxurious scent. Love it.
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