Iso Grifo A3/C Drogo - 1965
- Giotto Bizzarrini built 20 Iso Grifo A3C race cars with the rare Drogo riveted alloy body
- Lightweight aluminum Drogo riveted body designed and built by Carrozzeria Sport Cars Modena
Engineer Giotto Bizzarrini is legendary for his early accomplishments as project engineer for three of the most important cardevelopments in Italian automotive history : the Ferrari 250 GTO, Lamborghini’s original 3500GT V-12 engine and Renzo Rivolta’s Iso Grifo. By 1964 those were in Bizzarrini’s past, and he opened his own company, “Prototipo Bizzarrini S.a.r.l., Progettazione e Construzioni Automobili,” in Livonia, well away from Italy’s automotive capitals of Modena and Bologna. There he began building extra-high performance versions of the Iso Grifo, but in limited numbers and with a different mission, for the A3C, as it was designated, was for racing. All told, Bizzarrini built 20 Iso Griffo A3/C coupes using lightweight riveted aluminum alloy bodies fabricated by Piero Drogo’s Carrozzeria Sports Auto. Interestingly, these Giugiaro-designed bodies used over 7.000 rivets ; although the practice was nothing new in a race car, other Italian designers heaped scorn on the very idea. Bizzarrini was unmoved; his new lightweight machine had a top speed of 168 MPH thanks to its slippery shape and the 327/365 HP Corvette engine inside.
Chantilly Arts & Elegance Richard Mille
Château de Chantilly
Chantilly
France - Frankrijk
September 2016
Iso Grifo A3/C Drogo - 1965
- Giotto Bizzarrini built 20 Iso Grifo A3C race cars with the rare Drogo riveted alloy body
- Lightweight aluminum Drogo riveted body designed and built by Carrozzeria Sport Cars Modena
Engineer Giotto Bizzarrini is legendary for his early accomplishments as project engineer for three of the most important cardevelopments in Italian automotive history : the Ferrari 250 GTO, Lamborghini’s original 3500GT V-12 engine and Renzo Rivolta’s Iso Grifo. By 1964 those were in Bizzarrini’s past, and he opened his own company, “Prototipo Bizzarrini S.a.r.l., Progettazione e Construzioni Automobili,” in Livonia, well away from Italy’s automotive capitals of Modena and Bologna. There he began building extra-high performance versions of the Iso Grifo, but in limited numbers and with a different mission, for the A3C, as it was designated, was for racing. All told, Bizzarrini built 20 Iso Griffo A3/C coupes using lightweight riveted aluminum alloy bodies fabricated by Piero Drogo’s Carrozzeria Sports Auto. Interestingly, these Giugiaro-designed bodies used over 7.000 rivets ; although the practice was nothing new in a race car, other Italian designers heaped scorn on the very idea. Bizzarrini was unmoved; his new lightweight machine had a top speed of 168 MPH thanks to its slippery shape and the 327/365 HP Corvette engine inside.
Chantilly Arts & Elegance Richard Mille
Château de Chantilly
Chantilly
France - Frankrijk
September 2016