THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE CAR
Coachbuilding, design & conversions
PRICE & SALES RECORD
Vehicle value
- Original price
- Not documented
- Latest recorded sale
- Not documented
01 / THE STORY
History & context
The Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Sala represents the collaboration between Isotta Fraschini’s prestigious straight-eight chassis and the Milanese coachbuilding tradition. During the interwar period, specialist firms produced a wide variety of formal and open bodies on the Tipo 8A, reflecting the preferences of individual clients and the role of independent coachbuilders in luxury-car manufacture.
An institutional record maintained by Lombardia Beni Culturali documents an Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Coupé de Ville with bodywork by Fratelli Sala, dating from approximately 1926–27. This provides a concrete historical connection between the coachbuilder and the model. The documented car belongs to a named collection, but its precise body configuration and chassis identity must not automatically be extended to every Sala-bodied Tipo 8A.
This Carrozzieri Italiani record retains the broader Tipo 8A/Sala identity. The former archive year and claims about a particular chassis require additional corroboration, so no exact production date or body total is imposed here. The coachbuilder relationship is preserved at model-family level pending further period documentation.
IN THE ARCHIVE
Coachbuilders & design studios
02 / TECHNICAL IDENTITY
Specifications & construction
Production & construction
- Production type
- Limited
- Production notes
- Lombardia Beni Culturali institutionally documents a Tipo 8A bodied by Fratelli Sala in 1926–27. This closes the generic Tipo 8A/Sala relationship, but does not independently establish this legacy route's former 1928 date, body subtype, chassis or production count.
Engine & performance
- Engine configuration
- Inline-8
- Specification notes
- Canonical year cleared. NO_AUTO_INHERIT preserved; the legacy engine field is not treated as independently verified.
Design & manufacture
- Coachbuilder / Body Builder · Documented
- Sala
- Manufacturer · Documented
- Isotta Fraschini
06 / EVENTS & AWARDS
Events & awards
No events or documented awards are currently recorded for this vehicle.
07 / THE VEHICLE IN DETAIL
Photo gallery 1 photographs
08 / FROM THE ARCHIVE
Archive
References held in the vehicle dossier. Their inclusion does not establish that every historical claim has been independently verified.
| Reference | Source type |
|---|---|
| Lombardia Beni Culturali — Isotta Fraschini 8A Coupé de Ville Sala www.lombardiabeniculturali.it | Regional cultural heritage catalogue |
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