Sergio Pininfarina dies after long illness.
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I agree, as I've owned a few of his designs, and currently the last model of the Alfa Spider Veloce design that came out of the Pininfarina shop.
Pininfarina was the honored company at a Concorso Italiano day held on the Pebble Beach Concours weekend about 3-4 years ago that we attended. His son was the presenter of trophies to the winners, and received a great ovation from the crowd watching the parade of concours winning cars.
Sergio/company was responsible for the design and production of the Ferrari 275 GTS, which has always been one of those cars I'd buy "IF I WON THE LOTTERY". But, since I never buy lottery tickets, it's unlikely I'll ever own one!
Gary--
Pininfarina was the honored company at a Concorso Italiano day held on the Pebble Beach Concours weekend about 3-4 years ago that we attended. His son was the presenter of trophies to the winners, and received a great ovation from the crowd watching the parade of concours winning cars.
Sergio/company was responsible for the design and production of the Ferrari 275 GTS, which has always been one of those cars I'd buy "IF I WON THE LOTTERY". But, since I never buy lottery tickets, it's unlikely I'll ever own one!
Gary--
Last edited by Gary Knox; 07-03-2012 at 03:12 PM.
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Requiescat In Pacem, indeed.
In the late 60's I caught a glimpse of a beautiful car going the other way on the Dixie Dieway north of Fort Knox, pulled a uie and chased it down for a better look. From the glimpse, I knew it was Italian and thought I was chasing a Ferrari. I caught up with a Fiat 124, the first i'd ever seen.
The man designed beautiful cars.
In the late 60's I caught a glimpse of a beautiful car going the other way on the Dixie Dieway north of Fort Knox, pulled a uie and chased it down for a better look. From the glimpse, I knew it was Italian and thought I was chasing a Ferrari. I caught up with a Fiat 124, the first i'd ever seen.
The man designed beautiful cars.