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The Fina-Sport was built by Perry Fina of Fina Imported Motor Car Co., New York City. In the early 1950s Perry Fina's specialty was building and tuning fine imported cars.
The Fina Sport was advertised as "An Exclusive Car to please the man of discriminating taste." Built on a modified 115 inch Ford chassis with a 210 horsepower or 300 horsepower Cadillac V-8 engine, Cadillac Hydromatic transmission and an aluminum body by Vignale. Vignale was an Italian automobile coach builder company who built their first body on a Fiat in 1948.
The Fina-Sport combined Italo-American products. Features of the Fina-Sport included Continental mounted spare wheel and tire, 6:50 x 16" tires, wire racing wheels with knock-off hubs, radio, heater, defroster, 6000 rpm tachometer, fully adjustable airplane type reclining seats, two sets of Marchal lights, competition type steering wheels, panoramic wrap-around windshield, automatic windshield washer, electric windshield wiper, optional power brakes, a 3.31:1 rear axle and an estimated top speed of 120 mph and a Rochester four barrel carburetor,the Fina-Sport cost $9800 in the early 1950s.
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