STANGUELLINI / ITALY

STANGUELLINI / MODENA / ITALY  ( 1937 - 1965 ) 

Francesco STANGUELLINI ran the Fiat dealership in Modena from 1908. He also raced cars on the S.C.A.T. and CEIRANO. His son Vittorio STANGUELLINI took over the business in 1932. He began tuning Fiat cars for racing in 1937. The first car under his name, the Stanguellini 750 Sport Nazionale, was built in 1937. The models were mostly offered as an open roadster, rarely as a closed coupé. From 1958, Stanguellini had the majority of the bodies built by Carrozzeria Gransport in Modena, with individual bodies also coming from Motto and Ala d'Oro. The company was very successful in car racing, particularly in the 1950s. Production was discontinued in 1965. 

Production numbers were always low and an original emblem is hard to find.  There are reproductions on the market, but they are flat, whereas the original is slightly curved.

 

Size	5.0 cm
Year	1947 - 1965
Estimate

 

 

 

backside without makers mark

 

 

c. 1960 advertisement showing the correct position of the emblem

 

1947 STANGUELLINI race car seen in Padova /Italy in 2022

 

 

 

 Very few STANGUELLINI vehicles were produced. But there was a drawing of the  STANGUELLINI emblem, which was made by the Swedish boy Gustaf Moeller back in the 1950s. Gustaf lived near the ferry port in Helsingborg / Sweden and drew the emblems of the waiting cars there. What a great hobby that still helps and delights us a hundred years later:

 

 

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