OK...Im trying to piece together the history of the Moto Torino and need some help filling in the blanks and the photo posted on the Frua car has got me thinking
In the backround the car appears to be the Moto Torino...if this is the case, which it sure looks to be, would it be safe to assume that Hubert Brundage was involved with it?
I dont have the Coachbuilts book in front of me, but from what I remember, the car was first delivered to the US, then shipped to Italy for the conversion and then came to Florida in about 1961. The current owner of the car bought it from a fellow who bought it in 1962 from O'Brien Motors in St Petersburg Florida. OBrien Motors was certainly within Brundage's territory as the South Eastern VW distributor, which could explain how it got there.
The car has no markings on it stating Moto Torino, and the VW birth certificate just states that it was shipped to the US as a regular Beetle.
I feel quite confident that the car is the exact same car, but I would like to find more concrete proof that it is. Perhaps Bob Schail or Keith Seume that wrote the book have more photos or information...does Bob frequent the list? Can someone that knows him ask him?
There are some blanks to be filled in and any help with filling them would be greatly appreciated!