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Fiat 1100 BOAT-CAR CARROZZERIA CORIASCO | 1953This 'boat on wheels' is definitely not seaworthy. The Turin bodywork manufacturer Coriasco built this striking Fiat 1100-based vehicle in the 1950s to make publicity for a sailing school in Bologna, the Scuola Nautica Scarani. Coriasco applied all sorts of nautical details to the car, such as portholes, lifebuoys and a varnished wooden deck; the mudguards represent the water and waves.
Source: Louwman Automuseum Netherlands
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When my father-in-law-to-be loaned us his 1979 Oldsmobile Delta 98, my then girlfriend and I were quick to baptize it the "New Jersey," after that famous ship, just because of it's sheer size and the floaty ride it had. This picture made me laugh, and remember that enormous car (you had to turn the motor off while refuelling or it would never leave the pump!)
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It actually looks very impressive. I would have thought any such combination of a boat and a car would look awkward.
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and if someone just happened to drive it into the water, it would sink, as jeremy clarkson would say, like a church?
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Would you mind if I used this as a reference for my Attempts series of drawings? I would link back to the original image in my finished drawing.
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The following is SARCASM!!!
*in a haughty British accent*
Sirs, I represent Madame C. C. Bangbang... My client is pressing charges of fraudulent impersonation. We, the firm of Disney, van Dyke and Andrews respectfully request you remove your... vehicle... from production.
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Does it handle like a jet ski, or like a barge?
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It does handle like a Italian speedboat
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The base is a Fiat 1100. The Turin bodywork manufacturer Coriasco built this boat body for the car as an advertisement for a sailing school in Bologna.
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Thanks for this information. I will apply the original text from the source: Louwman Automuseum Netherlands.
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Is this only cosmetic or will it float? It's so awesome!
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It wasn't meant to float. Tha car (a Fiat 1100) has been given a boat body by Coriasco as an advertisement for a sailing school in Bologna.
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It's a prototype. It never reached production.
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