Gabriella Besanzoni's Isotta's together again.

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Isotta-Fraschini adept Malcolm Forest from Brazil sends a report from the 17th bi-annual meet of the Veteran Car Club of Brazil on the weekend of 17th of June. Location of the event was the stylish Ouro Minas Grand Hotel, in the resort town of Araxa. On display we see Malcolm Forest's Isotta project roadster with a bit more to the right yet another fine couple of Isotta's. This little Isotta tête-à-tête was far from being a coincidence as you may understand. Malcolm writes: "Perhaps the highlight of the show was the presence of three Isotta Fraschini of the four originally owned by Italian opera singer, Gabriella Besanzoni (click). Famous for her roles in Bizet's Carmen with Enrico Caruso, Gabriella Besanzoni married Brazilian entrepreneur Henrique Lage in 1925 and moved to Rio de Janeiro where they lived in a magnificent estate (click), today a city monument and park, right under the statue of Christ, the Redeemer and the Corcovado mountain. The couple owned at least four Isotta-Fraschini. Of these, a 1925 Castagna body Cabriolet d'Orsay (full convertible town car) 8 A, a 1926 Castagna tourer 8 A SS and a 1927 8 A SS roadster undergoing restoration. Three of the only four Isotta-Fraschini still in existence in Brazil were shown. The Gabriella Besanzoni cars were reunited for the first time in almost 80 years." (photos and text Malcolm Forest)

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