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Giacinto Ghia

Giacinto Ghia

Italian automobile coachbuilder

Giacinto Ghia (18 September 1887 – 21 February 1944) was an Italian automobile coachbuilder and founder of Carrozzeria Ghia.

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Biography

Ghia was a test driver at Rapid and Diatto, prior to being seriously injured in 1915 — the same year he established Carrozzeria Ghia & Gariglio with his partner Gariglio. After his factory was eradicated during an Allied bombing raid in 1943, he died of heart failure while overseeing the rebuilding of his company.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Adler, Dennis (2000). Chrysler. Motorbooks. p. 84. ISBN 978-0760306956.


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