Carrozzeria Allemano

Allemano Carrozzeria by Automobili
legal form	Corporation
founding	1929
resolution	1965
Seat	Turin , Italy
Branch	Body shop

The Carrozzeria Allemano was an Italian coachbuilder who produced on behalf of customers special bodies for predominantly Italian chassis. The company achieved particular fame for its versions of the Maserati 5000 GT .

Company history

The Carrozzeria Allemano dates back to 1927. At that time, Serafino and Mario Tricò founded a workshop called Allemano e Tricò , which primarily dealt with the repair of automobiles. When Tricò left in 1929, the company was renamed Carrozzeria Allemano. In the first few years the company was still a pure repair shop. From 1935 onwards, Serafino Allemano designed his first automobile bodies, which were built in-house. The chassis came mainly from Fiat and Lancia . During the Second World War , the production of bodies for civil vehicles came to a standstill. Allemano started operating again in 1950, now supported by his nephew Mario. Allemano designed the majority of the bodies himself; some superstructures were also designed by Giovanni Michelotti . Due to the increase in self-supporting bodies, it became increasingly difficult in the early 1960s to profitably manufacture special bodies for exclusive automobiles. There was also a loss of personnel. Allemanos experienced workshop manager Roberto Vece left the company in 1961 to found the body construction company Grosso e Vece together with Giuseppe Grosso . In the course of 1965 Allemano stopped the body shop.

Vehicles with Allemano bodies

Bodywork for Fiat

For Fiat, Allemano produced numerous coupé and convertible bodies for the models 600 , Fiat 850 and 1100 . Three Fiat 1100TV Spiders were built at Allemano based on designs by Michelotti. In addition, Allemano built some special bodies for Abarth , here in particular for the Abarth 750 , as well as for the Lancia Aurelia and the Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 . The vehicles remained unique or were only produced in small series.

Ferrari 166

Ferrari 166 with Allemano body

Allemano was also active in the field of high-quality sports cars. In 1948 Allemano designed a Spyder body for the Ferrari 166 Sport . Who was a racing car, which initially equipped with exposed wheels and for the Formula 2 -Inserts the Scuderia Ferrari was designed and for sports car racing. Two copies received an extended wheelbase. One of these chassis was equipped by Allemano with a Spyder body in the pontoon style, the other received a coupé body. The Allemano Spyder was initially used by Clemente Biondetti and Igor Trubetzkoi in sports car races, later Bruno Sterzi and Nando Righetti took over the car. In 1950 it was used by Stefano La Motta, who suffered a fatal racing accident with it. The Allemano car was completely destroyed and not rebuilt.

Allemano and Maserati

Maserati A6G / 54 2000 GT with Allemano body (1956)

Maserati 5000 GT with Allemano body

Allemano has been bodying a number of Maserati chassis since the early 1950s . At that time, Maserati did not have its own body department, but offered the cars with the bodies of different carrozziere.

The Maserati A6G / 54 made the start . The model was offered with superstructures from Allemano, Frua and Zagato . In Maserati's sales documents, Fruas Spyder were referred to as Tipo A, Fruas Coupés as Tipo B, Allemanos Coupés as Tipo C and Zagatos Coupés as Tipo D. In contrast to the Frua and Zagato bodies, Allemanos bodies were emphatically conservative. Allemanos notchback coupés should primarily appeal to customers with an interest in luxury vehicles. It is generally assumed that Allemano's contribution was limited to the artisanal production of the cars; the body design, however, is attributed to Giovanni Michelotti . A total of 21 coupés with Allemano bodies were built.

A standout sports car of the early 1960s was the Maserati 5000 GT . It was a street sports car whose 5.0 liter eight-cylinder engine was related to the power unit of the Maserati Tipo 450S racing model . The project served the purpose of using unused racing engines and positioning the Maserati company in the luxury class. A total of 34 chassis of the 5000 GT were built. Almost every well-known Italian carrozziere supplied a body for the chassis; Most of these structures, however, remained unique. Allemano, on the other hand, supplied the majority of the bodies of the 5000 GT. A total of 22 chassis received bodies from Allemano between 1961 and 1964. It is generally accepted that the design of the car was not developed by Serafino Allemano himself, but by Giovanni Michelotti. Allemanos' share was then limited to the manual production of the bodywork. Allemano's Maserati version was presented at the Turin Motor Show in 1961; the first copy was given the unofficial name "Indianapolis", which was to commemorate Maserati's victories at the Indy 500 races in 1939 and 1940. In 1961 Allemano built four 5000 GTs, twelve in 1962, four in 1963 and two more in 1964.

ATS 2500 GT

Allemanos last works include the bodies for the sports car 2500 GT from Automobili Turismo e Sport (ATS). The GT designed by Carlo Chiti was the second road car in the world with a mid-engine , after the René Bonnet Djet by René Bonnet . There are different details regarding the body design. Some sources attribute the design to Giovanni Michelotti , but mostly it is assumed that Franco Scaglione designed the vehicle. A total of four copies of the 2500 GT were probably made. All superstructures were made by Allemano. At the same time, ATS built up to five performance-enhanced versions with the designation 2500 GTS, whose body was similar to that of the GT. Their bodies were also manufactured by Allemano.

More vehicles

Panhard Dyna with Allemano body

In addition, Allemano also built other chassis at the customer's request. In the 1950s, the company built individual bodies for a Jaguar XK140 , an Aston Martin DB2 / 4 or a Panhard Dyna X .