Hemmings Daily: The Fiat 1400, as interpreted by coachbuilders

Following a then all-important tradition, the 1400 was the starting point for a wide array of specially built cars, cars made by the so-called carrozzieri: albeit the latest Fiat adopted a monocoque platform that could be seen as a contradiction in term for the making of fuoriserie, many reasons conjured up to make possible that so many creations were eventually built. Those were times of challenges and troubles for many revered names in the Italian body-building realm, and also some newcomers, despite juvenile [View in Browser | Subscribe]( [Hemmings Daily] Sunday, August 20, 2017 [The Fiat 1400, as interpreted by coachbuilders]( [The Fiat 1400, as interpreted by coachbuilders]( Posted by Hemmings contributor - Following a then all-important tradition, the 1400 was the starting point for a wide array of specially built cars, cars made by the so-called carrozzieri: albeit the latest Fiat adopted a monocoque platform that could be seen as a contradiction in term for the making of fuoriserie, many reasons conjured up to make possible that so many creations were eventually built. Those were times of challenges and troubles for many revered names in the Italian body-building realm, and also some newcomers, despite juvenile ... 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