Gilco design

Gilco design
legal form
founding	1947
Seat	Novegro di Segrate , Italy
management	Gilberto Colombo
Branch	production
Website	www.gilcodesign.com

Gilco Panhard from 1954 at the Mille Miglia

Rear of a Gilco Fiat from 1950

Gilco Design is an Italian company that used to manufacture automobiles .

Company history

In 1947 Gilberto Colombo joined the AL Colombo handicraft business founded in 1919 by his father Angelo Luigi Colombo in Milan , which in particular manufactured tubes for bicycle frames. In 1946 he founded a department for vehicle parts called GC, from 1947 Gilco, and in 1948 began with the production of chassis and automobiles. Vehicle production ended around 1955. The company still exists in Novegro di Segrate and manufactures pipes and boats .

vehicles

The company manufactured chassis and complete vehicles. Engines from Alfa Romeo , Ferrari , Fiat , Giannini , Lancia , Maserati , Nardi and Panhard drove the sports and racing cars . In 1963 the company produced the chassis for the Ghia 230 S .

In 2012, two Gilco vehicles took part in the Mille Miglia : a Gilco Fiat 1100 Sport from 1950 with start number 148 and a Gilco Panhard 750 Sport Mille Miglia from 1954 with start number 204.

literature

• George Nick Georgano : The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile, Volume 2 G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 (English)

Web links

Commons : Gilco Design  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Company website (Italian) (accessed February 12, 2012)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
2. ↑ ^{a b} start number 204 ( Memento from May 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Start number 148 ( Memento from May 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive )