Thursday, January 31, 2013

1967 - 1968 OSI-Ford 20 M TS Coupé (05)

1967 - 1968 OSI-Ford 20 M TS Coupé (05)
i 20 car photo
Image by Georg Schwalbach (GS1311)
The Officine Stampaggi Industriali (OSI) was a coachbuilding company founded in 1960 in Turin by former president of Ghia Luigi Segre and Arrigo Olivetti (from Fergat company).

The short lived company made some custom built cars based on Alfa Romeo, Fiat and Ford models. Probably its best known model outside Italy was the Ford 20M TS Coupé based on the German Ford Taunus 20M. The car was designed by Sergio Sartorelli, better known as the designer of the Type 3 based Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Type 34. Approximately 2,200 of the Ford 20M based coupés were produced, of which approximately 200 were thought to have survived through till 2010.

The company also built the Ford Anglia Torino designed by Giovanni Michelotti: 10,007 examples of this model were sold in Italy.

OSI car production ended at the end of 1968, but the company remained active as a producer of steel pressings and industrial equipment.

(Wikipedia)

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Officina Stampaggi Industriali, abgekürzt O.S.I., ist der Name einer ehemaligen italienischen Karosseriebaufirma mit Sitz in Turin. OSI stellte Personenwagen für verschiedene Automobilhersteller her. In der Typenbezeichnung der selbst entworfenen Karosserien wurde als gemeinsame Markenbezeichnung das Kürzel "O.S.I." verwendet.

Das wahrscheinlich bekannteste Fahrzeug in Deutschland war das OSI-Ford 20 M TS Coupé, von dem 1967 bis 1968 ca. 2.200 Stück hergestellt worden sind. Für den zeitlosen Entwurf des OSI-Ford zeichnete 1965 Sergio Sartorelli verantwortlich, der auch den großen VW Karmann-Ghia entworfen hat. Es wurden 870 Wagen mit Zweiliter-V6 und 409 mit 2,3-Liter-V6 zu Preisen von 14.900 DM bzw. 15.200 DM in Deutschland zugelassen. 1968 musste die Firma wegen finanzieller Probleme schließen.

Von einst ca. 2.200 Stück haben nur etwa 200 OSI-Ford 20M TS bis heute überlebt.

(Wikipedia)


1967 OSI-Ford 20 M TS Coupé (03)
i 20 car photo
Image by Georg Schwalbach (GS1311)
The Officine Stampaggi Industriali (OSI) was a coachbuilding company founded in 1960 in Turin by former president of Ghia Luigi Segre and Arrigo Olivetti (from Fergat company).

The short lived company made some custom built cars based on Alfa Romeo, Fiat and Ford models. Probably its best known model outside Italy was the Ford 20M TS Coupé based on the German Ford Taunus 20M. The car was designed by Sergio Sartorelli, better known as the designer of the Type 3 based Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Type 34. Approximately 2,200 of the Ford 20M based coupés were produced, of which approximately 200 were thought to have survived through till 2010.

The company also built the Ford Anglia Torino designed by Giovanni Michelotti: 10,007 examples of this model were sold in Italy.

OSI car production ended at the end of 1968, but the company remained active as a producer of steel pressings and industrial equipment.

(Wikipedia)

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Officina Stampaggi Industriali, abgekürzt O.S.I., ist der Name einer ehemaligen italienischen Karosseriebaufirma mit Sitz in Turin. OSI stellte Personenwagen für verschiedene Automobilhersteller her. In der Typenbezeichnung der selbst entworfenen Karosserien wurde als gemeinsame Markenbezeichnung das Kürzel "O.S.I." verwendet.

Das wahrscheinlich bekannteste Fahrzeug in Deutschland war das OSI-Ford 20 M TS Coupé, von dem 1967 bis 1968 ca. 2.200 Stück hergestellt worden sind. Für den zeitlosen Entwurf des OSI-Ford zeichnete 1965 Sergio Sartorelli verantwortlich, der auch den großen VW Karmann-Ghia entworfen hat. Es wurden 870 Wagen mit Zweiliter-V6 und 409 mit 2,3-Liter-V6 zu Preisen von 14.900 DM bzw. 15.200 DM in Deutschland zugelassen. 1968 musste die Firma wegen finanzieller Probleme schließen.

Von einst ca. 2.200 Stück haben nur etwa 200 OSI-Ford 20M TS bis heute überlebt.

(Wikipedia)


1967 OSI-Ford 20 M TS Coupé (01)
i 20 car photo
Image by Georg Schwalbach (GS1311)
The Officine Stampaggi Industriali (OSI) was a coachbuilding company founded in 1960 in Turin by former president of Ghia Luigi Segre and Arrigo Olivetti (from Fergat company).

The short lived company made some custom built cars based on Alfa Romeo, Fiat and Ford models. Probably its best known model outside Italy was the Ford 20M TS Coupé based on the German Ford Taunus 20M. The car was designed by Sergio Sartorelli, better known as the designer of the Type 3 based Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Type 34. Approximately 2,200 of the Ford 20M based coupés were produced, of which approximately 200 were thought to have survived through till 2010.

The company also built the Ford Anglia Torino designed by Giovanni Michelotti: 10,007 examples of this model were sold in Italy.

OSI car production ended at the end of 1968, but the company remained active as a producer of steel pressings and industrial equipment.

(Wikipedia)

- - -

Officina Stampaggi Industriali, abgekürzt O.S.I., ist der Name einer ehemaligen italienischen Karosseriebaufirma mit Sitz in Turin. OSI stellte Personenwagen für verschiedene Automobilhersteller her. In der Typenbezeichnung der selbst entworfenen Karosserien wurde als gemeinsame Markenbezeichnung das Kürzel "O.S.I." verwendet.

Das wahrscheinlich bekannteste Fahrzeug in Deutschland war das OSI-Ford 20 M TS Coupé, von dem 1967 bis 1968 ca. 2.200 Stück hergestellt worden sind. Für den zeitlosen Entwurf des OSI-Ford zeichnete 1965 Sergio Sartorelli verantwortlich, der auch den großen VW Karmann-Ghia entworfen hat. Es wurden 870 Wagen mit Zweiliter-V6 und 409 mit 2,3-Liter-V6 zu Preisen von 14.900 DM bzw. 15.200 DM in Deutschland zugelassen. 1968 musste die Firma wegen finanzieller Probleme schließen.

Von einst ca. 2.200 Stück haben nur etwa 200 OSI-Ford 20M TS bis heute überlebt.

(Wikipedia)


04_20_10
i 20 car photo
Image by jcbonbon
3-wheel car seen while driving home from work! (don't worry, I was a passenger while taking the photo)


Photo-A-Day #803 06/20/07
i 20 car photo
Image by BenSpark
Here is my just part of my collection of transformers. I spent the better part of 3 hours setting up the Decepticons. More at The BenSpark. I took this with my XShot, get your XShot discount. Head to http://xshotpix.com and put an XShot in your cart then just enter SparkRocks when you checkout. Hurry though, the promo code lasts till July 15th.

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