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Founder
Giovan Battista Farina was an Italian automobile designer, the founder of the Carrozzeria Pininfarina coachbuilding company, a name associated with many of the best-known postwar sports cars. His nickname, "Pinin" (the youngest/smallest (brother), in Piedmontese), referred to his being the baby of the family.
Who-is-Who in MMS, History of machines, history of mechanical engineering, machine design
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variant spelling:
Farina, Giovanni Battista (nickname Pininfarina)
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Curriculum vitae
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* 02.11.1893
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Torino
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born
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1905
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He started working in his brother's body shop at the age of 12
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1928
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He become Director of “Stabilimenti Farina”
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1930
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He found his company “S.S. Carrozzeria Pinin Farina”
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1952
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He started collaborate with Ferrari Company
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1959
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He retired and left the company to his son and son-in-law
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1961
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He officially changed his surname in Pininfarina
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† 1966
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Lausanne
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died
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