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OSI 1963-1968 - Start as Ghia branch

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Created in 2013

Reading time 3min

Written by:

Roger Gloor

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Bruno von Rotz

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OSI Alfa Romeo 2600 Berlina De Luxe (1966)

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OSI (1964) - Werbung aus dem Jahre 1964 -

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OSI Spider (1964) - von Michelotti entworfen und Serie gebauter Sportwagen mit mechanischen Organen des Fiat 1100 D - Genfer Automobilsalon 1964

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Alfa Romeo 2600 OSI De Luxe Berlina (1966) - sehr elegante Limousine von Officine Stampaggi Industriali - Genfer Autosalon 1966

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Alfa Romeo 2600 OSI (1967) - mit Nummer G3 im Concours d'Elégance an der Schloss Bensberg Classics 2015

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Alfa Romeo 2600 OSI (1967) - mit Nummer G3 im Concours d'Elégance an der Schloss Bensberg Classics 2015

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Ford OSI 20M TS (1966) - vielbewunderte schnittige und elegante Stilstudie mit Fastbackheck - Genfer Autosalon 1966

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Ford Osi 20M TS Coupé (1966) - an der Techno Classica 2014

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Osi 20 M TS am Treffen für Freunde nostalgischer Autos 2011 in Neuheim - schöne Silhouette des OSI mit Ford-Technik

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Osi 20M TS am Treffen für Freunde nostalgischer Autos 2011 in Neuheim - schönes Coupé auf Ford-Basis mit 2,3-Liter-Sechszylinder

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OSI Silver Fox (1967) - am Autosalon von Turin 1967

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Summary

There were around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of them have disappeared. Officine Stampaggi Industriali = OSI, founded by Ghia and Fergat, is also one of these vanished brands. They produced series models, one-offs, small series models, beach cars and concept studies, including Italy's first GRP bodies.

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While the Bertone and Pinin Farina body factories were already building large series of Alfa Romeo special models, Ghia, another famous Turin car design company, lacked production capacity. In 1960, Ghia and Fergat (a subsidiary of Olivetti) jointly founded Officine Stampaggi Industriali = OSI in order to be able to produce the promising enthusiast models Fiat 2300 S Coupé and Innocenti 950 Spider under Ghia boss Luigi Segre. Fiat station wagons (1300/1500) and, from 1964, the Ford Anglia Torino (without the inward-sloping rear window of the original Anglia at the time) were also built in the 21,000 m2 of factory space and two production lines on the opposite side of the road from Ghia.

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