{"id":76262,"date":"2020-01-18T17:38:27","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T16:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-museonicolis.leaduser.it\/en\/isotta-fraschini-1929-tipo-8a\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T11:02:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T10:02:49","slug":"isotta-fraschini-1929-tipo-8a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/isotta-fraschini-1929-tipo-8a\/","title":{"rendered":"Isotta Fraschini, 1929, Tipo 8A"},"content":{"rendered":"

Isotta Fraschini “Tipo 8A”, Carrozzeria Castagna, 1929<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The \u201cSociet\u00e0 Milanese d\u2019Automobili Isotta Fraschini<\/strong>\u201d was founded in Milan in 1900 by a group of enthusiasts and soon became one of the most prestigious Italian luxury car manufacturers.
\nThe Tipo 8<\/strong>, presented in 1919<\/strong>, was one of the first production cars in the world fitted with an inline-8 engine<\/strong>.
\nThe Tipo 8A<\/strong>, evolution of the Tipo 8, is a particularly luxurious model and about a third of the cars produced were shipped to the US, heading to a small amount of wealthy lucky owners.
\nThe dimensions were monumental; the interior were sophisticated lounges, lavishly decorated with crystal, silver and briar<\/strong> and upholstered with elegant Damasque cloths.
\nThe body type is a Laundalet Imperial \u201cTrasformabile<\/strong>\u201d (\u201cconvertible\u201d), typical on most prestigious cars, with the rear opening roof and the two-tone paint.
\nThe 8A is the car used by Norma Desmond in \u201cSunset Boulevard\u201d. Many people owned this iconic car like Billy<\/strong>\u00a0Bis,<\/strong> the 70s comic hero of the magazine Intrepido.
\n<\/strong>But also Rodolfo Valentino, Gabriele D\u2019Annunzio, Benito Mussolini, <\/strong>and other international characters you can read on the attached document.<\/p>\n\r\n\r\n \r\n