1951 Siata 1400 Limousine Stabilimenti Farina

1951 Siata 1400 Limousine in Beat the Devil, Movie, 1953

Class: Cars, Limousine — Model origin:

00:05:31 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
stronghold ◊ 2006-03-29 21:25	Lancia.??
sixcyl ◊ 2006-03-29 21:32	I agree, on the left picture, it seems to be the grill of a Lancia Appia ...
stronghold ◊ 2006-03-29 21:33	sixcyl wrote I agree, on the left picture, it seems to be the grill of a Lancia Appia ... ..yes that was my thinking ..but I had not seen a limousine before.?
Junkman ◊ 2006-03-30 00:41	stronghold wrote ..yes that was my thinking ..but I had not seen a limousine before.? It's most likely a conversion. These chrome 'gills' on the front wing were often used by noted coachbuilder Dario Casale on his funeral cars, so he might hav had a hand in this. Maybe a mourning car? Mybe a matching funeral coach existed (sigh..)?
pilou ◊ 2006-03-30 09:18	It is a special limousine body on the Lancia Aurelia base ca 1954.Will have to search for coachbuilder.Certainly not an Appia .these were far too small for the exercise!
Animatronixx ◊ 2008-01-16 01:17	There seems to be a coachbuilder´s badge on the front fender, but I can´t identify.
bellabarbas ◊ 2010-08-10 18:32	Is not a Lancia Aurelia but a Siata 1400 Limousine bodied by "Stabilimenti Farina" : http://img838.imageshack.us/i/1400siatalimousine.jpg/