Showing posts with label Zagato. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zagato. Show all posts

Saturday, July 12, 2025

Look at this custom Mustang front end travesty, if you dare. I find it horrid. One of just two fastbacks that was modified by Carrozzeria Zagato in Milan when it was new


Those modifications seem to be front end only, and start with a narrowed grille, a smoothed-out valance, rectangular Carello headlights, a modified bumper with turn signals mounted above it, and a revised hood with an air scoop – plus Zagato Elaborazione badges. 


This modified 1967 Ford Mustang remained with its original owner for much of its life – until 1995, in fact – when it was sold to the current owner. It was repainted back to its original white for a while before being returned to its Holly Green hue as part of a refurbishment in 2019. Since then, it has participated in the 2021 Mille Miglia

Thursday, August 22, 2019

Looks grumpy


this Hillman Imp-based 1963 Zagato Zimp is one of three examples built because it was too expensive, and never went into production. Zagato canceled the project, and gave the three examples it made to employees. All three miraculously survived.

In the early 1960s, Milan-based Zagato sensed a demand for a coachbuilt coupe with a more budget-friendly price than Alfa Romeo-based models. It started with the Imp, Hillman’s answer to the Austin Mini, and its stylists penned a low-slung design characterized by sharp styling cues. It manufactured the body using aluminum to keep weight in check, and deleted the Imp’s flip-up rear window. Many interior parts (including the instrument cluster) were carried over from the Imp to the Zimp.

https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2019/08/19/cars-that-stole-the-spotlight-at-the-2019-concorso-italiano

Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Zagato, a variety of coachbuilt tags they've used, all found while at the Graystone Mansion Concours

 Sorry the above is so small... I forgot to take a closer up photo


pretty cool, each design, and odd that they had revised any of them. They all are good looking.