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Lombardi 1967-1974 - Diversity on a small scale

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Created in 2013

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Roger Gloor

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Lombardi NSU 1200 SS (1971) - 2+2 seats in a wedge-shaped coupé

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Lombardi 850 Grand Prix (1971) - rare version in silver-grey

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Lombardi 850 Grand Prix (1969) - on the Lombardi stand in the hall of special bodies at the Turin Motor Show

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Lombardi 850 Grand Prix (1971) - on the left the Lombardi 500, next to it the Lombardi NSU 1200 SS, then the Monza and the Grand Prix - on the Lombardi stand at the Turin Motor Show

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Lombardi 850 Grand Prix (1971) - Silhouette

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Lombardi 850 Grand Prix (1970) - side view, left

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Lombardi 850 Grand Prix (1970) - Varied rear section

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Lombardi 850 Grand Prix (1968) - Francois Lombardi fitted the 850 with a pretty plastic body

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Fiat 128 'Star' Lombardi at the 1972 Geneva Motor Show - Fiat 128 derivative designed by Lombardi

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Fiat 850 Francis Lombardi (1968) - Rarity with four doors and notchback, for sale for Euro 7500 - Auto e Moto d'Epoca 2014

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Lombardi 850 Grand Prix (1970) - independent model with technology from the Fiat 850

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Lombardi 850 Grand Prix (1970) - the Francis Lombardi trademark on the flank

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Lombardi NSU 1200 SS (1970) - Front view of the rear-engined sports car one-off at the 1970 Turin Motor Show

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Lombardi NSU 1200 SS (1970) - rear view, seen at the 1970 Turin Motor Show

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Lombardi NSU 1200 SS (1971) - wedge shape and air intake openings for the rear engine

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Lombardi VW 1600 SS (1970) - shown at the 1970 Turin Motor Show

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Lombardi VW 1600 SS (1970) - Steering wheel and dashboard of the unique VW-based model

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Lombardi VW 1600 SS (1970) - in the rear was the engine of the VW 1600, which was said to have 85 hp

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Lombardi VW 1600 SS (1970) - with folding headlights and very wedge-shaped bodywork

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Lombardi 850 Grand Prix (1971) - the Fiat derivative at the Turin Motor Show in 1971

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There were around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of them have disappeared. Lombardi is one of these lost brands. Initially, custom-made cars were produced as one-offs, as was the case with many Italian specialty coachbuilders, and soon a wide variety of models were produced in small series.

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Francis Lombardi distinguished himself as a fighter pilot in the First World War, then flew distance records to Africa, founded an aircraft construction company in 1938 and in 1948, also in Vercelli, the coachbuilding company Francis Lombardi. This initially converted Fiat 1100 and Lancia Aprilia into estate cars with rear wooden sides. This was followed by convertibles and extensions to chauffeur-driven limousines based on the Fiat 1400 and later also the 1800/2300. Like many Italian special coachbuilders, Francis Lombardi built his custom-made vehicles individually and to order. It was only with the production of small series of sporty enthusiast coupés and four-door versions of the Fiat tiny cars that Lombardi mutated into its own brand. Its four-door and extended Fiat 600 Lucciola, which had already been designed in the 1950s, was followed in 1964 by the Fiat 850 Quattro Porte with notchback (which Seat took into licensed production in 1967). The four-door Fiat 127 Lucciola followed in 1971.

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