1966 Bizzarrini P538 [538/003]

1966 Bizzarrini P538 [538/003] in Les aventures de Michel Vaillant, TV Series, 1967 Ep. 8

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dsl ◊ 2010-11-22 22:04	1966 P538 (not P358 or Sport) chassis #3, entered in 1966 Le Mans, retired after 7 laps when a chaotic pit stop broke a water pipe. Same car rebodied in 1968 as Manta concept /vehicle.php?id=190238#Comment835093 . -- Last edit: 2010-11-22 22:26:35
Velocetwo ◊ 2012-09-04 03:50	dsl wrote 1966 P538 (not P358 or Sport) chassis #3, entered in 1966 Le Mans, retired after 7 laps when a chaotic pit stop broke a water pipe. Same car rebodied in 1968 as Manta concept /vehicle.php?id=190238#Comment835093 . This was once thought to be true, but it is not. The Manta was built from spares provided by Bizzarrini to Giugiaro. The only P538 to have a VIN number was the Duke D Aosta car so it is impossible to verify. The P538 located in the Blackhawk collection is the leMans car. On another note the P538 was designed by Giugiaro while at Bertone and was the first sketch by Giugiaro of the Lamborghini Miura. Giugiaro left and Gandini finished the design.

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dsl

◊ 2010-11-22 22:04

1966 P538 (not P358 or Sport) chassis #3, entered in 1966 Le Mans, retired after 7 laps when a chaotic pit stop broke a water pipe. Same car rebodied in 1968 as Manta concept /vehicle.php?id=190238#Comment835093 .

-- Last edit: 2010-11-22 22:26:35

Velocetwo

◊ 2012-09-04 03:50

dsl wrote 1966 P538 (not P358 or Sport) chassis #3, entered in 1966 Le Mans, retired after 7 laps when a chaotic pit stop broke a water pipe. Same car rebodied in 1968 as Manta concept /vehicle.php?id=190238#Comment835093 .

This was once thought to be true, but it is not. The Manta was built from spares provided by Bizzarrini to Giugiaro. The only P538 to have a VIN number was the Duke D Aosta car so it is impossible to verify. The P538 located in the Blackhawk collection is the leMans car.

On another note the P538 was designed by Giugiaro while at Bertone and was the first sketch by Giugiaro of the Lamborghini Miura. Giugiaro left and Gandini finished the design.

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