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Salvatore Diomante is an automobile engineer and restorer, best known as Bizzarrini's factory manager in the 1960s.
Diomante resides in Nichelino, Italy and operates Autocostruzioni S.D., where he keeps parts, special tools and original moulds from 
In the eighties, Diomante offered stretched versions of several Italian cars. A long wheelbase Fiat 131 and a
Diomante resides in Nichelino, Italy and operates Autocostruzioni S.D., where he keeps parts, special tools and original moulds from Bizzarrini P538
The P538 or P538S was a rear-engined race car launched in late 1965 or early 1966 by Scuderia Bizzarrini of Livorno, Italy.
The cars used five-speed manual transaxles with gearing specific to the race for which each car was constructed. Braking ...
s and Bizzarrini 5300s. He rebuilds and restores old Bizzarrini cars, as well as other Italian exotic cars.
He usually is called by owners to make spare parts. Some info talk about some new cars and replicas built using original and old sourced parts.
In the eighties, Diomante offered stretched versions of several Italian cars. A long wheelbase Fiat 131 and a Maserati Quattroporte
The Maserati Quattroporte () is a four-door full-size luxury sports sedan produced by Italian automobile manufacturer Maserati. The name translated from Italian means "four doors". The car is currently in its sixth generation, with the first g ...
elongated by 65 cm were some of his efforts. The Quattroporte offered a sumptuous interior and a correspondingly high price tag of 210 million lire. The stretched 131, called the SD 131 Diplomatic, sat on a 60 cm longer wheelbase than usual and was thus nearly 5 metres long. It was a four-door sedan with an added middle row of seats. Diomante also constructed a stretched station wagon version of the Lamborghini LM002
The Lamborghini LM002 aka "Rambo Lambo" is an off-road vehicle manufactured by Lamborghini between 1986 and 1993. The LM002 was an unusual departure for Lamborghini which, at the time, was primarily known for high-performance, hand-built, super/ ...
for the Sultan of Brunei.
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