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Pinin Farina 1893-1966In his lifetime Pinin Farina made a tremendous cultural contribution to car building and design. Battista Farina was born on November 2nd, 1893 in Turin, Italy. As the youngest of 11 children he was nicknamed 'Pinin'. As a boy he worked in his brother's workshop. He designed the body of the Fiat Zero when he was 17. In 1920 he went to Detroit where Henry Ford offered him a job which he turned down to return to Italy. In his partnership with Vincenzo Lancia he designed many cars, including the Aprilia.
When Nash Kelvinator, in 1951, contracted Pinin Farina to design and build several models, it was the first time a European coachbuilder was used by an American car company. In 1961 Pinin Farina became Pininifarina, both surname and family business, under the mandate of the Itialian president. Battista Farina died in Lausanne on April 3rd, 1966 at the age of 73.
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One of the recognitions
of the beauty of Pinin Farina's design was the exhibit, as 'a moving sculpture', of the
1947 Cisitalia (202) at the Museum of Modern Art (
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