In loving memory of Dr. Ing. Sergio Sartorelli (1928-2009).
Updated Mar. 7, 2016 - see what's new in the bottom of this page.

Welcome to my Ford OSI 20m TS homepage. This page is about the OSI 20m TS with everything related with it and is specially dedicated to Dr. Ing. Sergio Sartorelli, the OSI 20m TS designer.

I would like to thank dozens of readers from around the world who write me in a regular basis with informations of another found OSI or simply another press article about Officine Stampaggi Industriali. The German and French friends are specially active. I also would like to welcome any reader to mail me with his questions - no mail will be unanswered. And please sign my Guestbook and visit the Forum.

There are cars in the OSI Registry section. Thank you all for helping.

Special thanks to Oliver and Thomas for their constant support.

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OSI 20m TS 50 year celebration
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The OSI-IG club from Germany is going to celebrate the 50 years of the 20m TS model in August 27/28 in the Georghausen Palace, near Cologne where it was first presented in January 10, 1967.

Apparently, the French club already confirmed the presence. I will be there for sure.
I'll give you more details very soon. You can check the OSI-IG site here.


Oliver and I have been talking about the Georghausen Palace press conference for a while. Giacomo Bianco attended the show and maybe because of him, there were dogs and horses in the event. In an earlier interview to Ward's Quarterly he said he preferred horses and dogs over cars. Beautiful mannequins wearing the latest models of the International Wool Secretariat turned it into a  very glamorous event. We know that they took 7 OSIs 20m TS to the show. From all the pictures we could find, the following licence plates were there: K-04789, K-04741, K-JP 499 (red), K-04234, K-04324 and K-04626 (this last one is not clear). Later press articles had K-JP 917 (a metallic dark blue), K-JP 922, K- M 20 and K-RM 910 (dark yellow) but this last one already has the production series headlights' rings. It would be fantastic to find out if any of the cars on the press conference are still around...

Nederlands - EX54HB02529
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This one sent by Thomas is for sale in The Nederlands. The asking price is 12,500 EUR

René Barbate - France - EX54GU02305
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René is restoring his OSI

G.J. Burggraaf - Nederlands - EX54GD01547
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I knew this one for years, I cannot explain why it wasn't already in the website.

Thomas, one of my main informers sent me the details. Check http://home.kpn.nl/g.j.burggraaf/OLdtimers.htm

UPDATE: According to Jan Henk, this one was scrapped. After sandblasting it was simply too bad.

Germany - EX54HA03111
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This one is in terrible shape.

Nikola Sipcic - France - EX54HG02874
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A very nice video of the HG02874 "Sortie de Grange" (barn find) sent by Oliver. Another unit with Jaeger instruments.

Germany - EX54GJ01226
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These are the leftovers of GJ01226.

Germany - EX54GD01414
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It was for sale in Ebay Germany in 2012
This was sent by Thomas.

Belgium - EX54GU02204
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Sent by Thomas, this one is in Belgium
It is the VIN immediately before mine...

Carsten Zimmermann - Germany - EX54HA02963
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Carsten just sent me a really nice mail about his car. He bought it from a Ford dealer in the near of Trier in Germany. Rememeber: this car was for sale on Autoscout for 39.900,00€...

The mileage is now 86.000 Km, and Carsten drove 4000 Km so far. Originally sold in Switzerland, it was imported to Germany in 1985 but this is the first registration in Germany. The instruments are Jaeger. Half of the cars I have recorded with Jaeger instruments were sold in Switzerland. Is there a connection? Also, just like VIN HB02735 the weight of the car is 1500 Kg (760 front/820 rear) and this numbers are punched, not printed, again like 2735. There is a discussion about this on the forum.

Pirelli Cinturato Tyres - Longstone Tyres
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Last week my Pirelli Cinturato arrived from United Kingdom. Finally my car will be on wheels after so long. Check My OSI section.

I bought them on Longstone Classic Tyres from UK and the guys were so helpful that I must share everything with you. They've got this great site http://www.longstonetyres.co.uk packed with information and facts that all the classic car lovers must see.

 

What's new
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Last Changes:

Mar 7, 2016 - EX54HB02529 in Registry.

Mar 2, 2016 - EX54GU02305, EX54GD01547 and EX54HA03111 in Registry.

Jan 23, 2016 - EX54HG02874 in Registry.

Jan 13, 2016 - EX54FB01139, EX54GJ01226, EX54GD01414 and EX54GU02204 in Registry.

Sep 19, 2015 - EX54FG01296 added to Registry.

Aug 27, 2015 - EX54HA02771 and EX54HA02881 in Registry.

Jun 29, 2015 - EX54GJ01983 in Registry.

Jun 18, 2015 - EX54HG02885 in Registry.

Apr 21, 2015 - EX54HA02989 in Registry.

Apr 6, 2015 - EX54GE01588 in Registry. Started a new Parts Shops section

Feb 2, 2015 - EX54GJ01934, EX54FG01322, EX54HB02741, EX54FR01059

Oct 17, 2014 - EX54GU02352 and EX54HA02963 in Registry

Sep 29, 2014 - EX54GU02262, EX54GU02131 and EX54HB02534 in Registry.

May 22, 2014 - EX54FA01126 and EX54HB02678 in Registry.

May 19, 2014 - EX54FR01305 and EX54HB02512 in Registry.

April 30, 2014 - EX54GD01441, EX54FG01368, EX54FA01156, EX54FB01110 and EX54GJ02075 in Registry.

Nov 12, 2013 - EX54GE01629 in Registry.

Nov 5, 2013 -  EX54HR02753 in Registry.

Sep 16, 2013 - EX54GD01428 in Registry.

Aug 22, 2013 - EX54HR02846 in Registry.

Jun 15,  2013 - EX54FR01053 in Registry. Started a forum.

May 26, 2013 - EX54HR02917 and EX54GJ01931 in Registry.

Mar 28, 2013 - EX54GU02264 in Registry.

Mar 26, 2013 - EX54GD01548 in Registry.

Mar 18, 2013 - EX54HB02612 in Registry.

Feb 28, 2013 - Seven more cars in Registry.

Nov 17, 2011 - EX54GU02251 and EX54GU02332 in Registry.

Oct 27, 2011 - EX54Hx03106 in Registry.

Oct 13, 2011 - Some pictures of 2011 OSI-IG meeting in Frankfurt. One more entry in Q&A.

Jul 29, 2011 - Included EX54GT01923 and EX54HR03101 in Registry. Included EX54HA03002 in VIN and Registry. New Q&A section. A couple of pictures of the heads after treatment in "My OSI" section.

Feb 19, 2011 - Included EX54GD01546 in VIN and Registry.

Dec 26, 2010 - Included EX54GJ01925 in VIN and Registry.

Dec 05, 2010 - Included EX54GF01412 in VIN and Registry.

Nov 23, 2010 - Included EX54GU02188, EX54GU02358, EX54GU02377 and EX54HB02763 in VIN and Registry.

Oct 05, 2010 - Included EX54GU02221, EX54HG03124 and EX54HB02735 in VIN and Registry.

Sep 26, 2010 - Included EX54HB02613 in VIN and Registry.

Sep 17, 2010 - Included EX54FA01212 in VIN and Registry.

Aug 16, 2010 - Included EX54HB02745 in VIN and Registry.

Jul 07, 2010 - Included EX54Gx02416, EX54HL03040 and EX54GP02508 in VIN and registry.

Jun 23, 2010 - Included EX54FG01265 in VIN and Registry.

Jun 16, 2010 - Included EX54FM01029 in VIN and Registry.

May 31, 2010 - Included EX54GD01555 in VIN and Registry. A new picture in Sibona-Basano section.

May 18, 2010 - Included EX54FG01157 in Registry, some extra info on Sergio Cattaneo.

May 11, 2010 - Included EX54GD01466 in VIN and Registry. 

May 02, 2010 - 7 more cars in VIN and Registry thanks to Geir Andersen. Some new stuff in Magazines.

Mar 05, 2010 - Some improvements in History. Mapped Ghia-Monviso picture of 1957 Turin Show

Feb 15, 2010 - Included EX54GU02201 in VIN and Registry. This one is for sale!

Feb 12, 2010 - Included Sylvie Vartan OSI accident in Miscelaneous. Scanned OSI parts catalogue.

Dec 20, 2009 - Included EX54FG01159 and EX54HR03094 in VIN and Registry.

Nov 22, 2009 - Included EX54GU02275, EX54GU02254 and EX54GU02317 in VIN and Registry.

Nov 15, 2009 - Included EX54GD01318 and EX54GD013xx in VIN and Registry. EX54GP02554 in Registry.

Oct 09, 2009 - Included EX54FB01173 and EX54FG01238 in VIN and Registry.

Sep 22, 2009 - Paris meeting in "News and Events".

Sep 20, 2009 - New entry in Parts (Jaeger/Veglia instruments)

Sep 10, 2009 - New entry in "My OSI". Two more postcards in "Gallery" (thanks to Oliver Franz).

Sep 01, 2009 - Included EX54HR02976 in Registry.

Aug 23, 2009 - Included EX54GP02495 in Registry. Updated info about Sibona-Basano in History.

Jul 22, 2009 - Included EX54GU03086 in VIN and Registry.

Jul 17, 2009 - Included EX54GJ02128 in Registry.

Jul 08, 2009 - Included EX54HB02605 in VIN and Registry. Fixed some issues with pictures.

Jul 03, 2009 - Included EX54GU02442 in VIN and Registry. Also a picture of Paul Breuer in History.

Jun 29, 2009 - Included EX54GU02384 in VIN and Registry.

Jun 26, 2009 - Included EX54HB02751 in VIN and Registry, also some cars in "Buying an OSI".

Jun 25, 2009 - Included one more video ("Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob") in Miscelaneous.

Jun 23, 2009 - Included EX54GU02434 in VIN and Registry. Included a picture of Giacomo Bianco.

Jun 17, 2009 - Included EX54GU02441 in Registry and EX54GJ02128 in VIN. Started "Buying an OSI" section.

Jun 01, 2009 - Included EX54GU02307 in VIN and Registry.

May 24, 2009 - Included EX54GJ01898 in VIN and Registry.

Mar 24, 2009 - Included EX54GE01608 in Registry.

Mar 20, 2009 - Included EX54GE01867 in VIN and Registry.

Feb 14, 2009 - Included EX54GU02550 in Registry. Updated EX54GP02521.

Jan 30, 2009 - Included EX54HB02734 in VIN and Registry. Started the Gallery section.

Jan 22, 2009 - Included EX54GJ01940 in VIN and Registry. Included EX54FB01038 in Registry.

Jan 17, 2009 - Improved Virgil Exner Jr. entry in History section, some more photos.

Jan 16, 2009 - Included EX54GU02089 in VIN and Registry.

Jan 13, 2009 - Included EX54GJ01984 in VIN and Registry.

Jan 08, 2009 - Included EX54FA01201, EX54GD01402 and EX54GD01467 in registry and VIN. Also EX54FG01281 in VIN.

Jan 07, 2009 - Included EX54HR02772 and EX54FG01304 in VIN and Registry.

Jan 04, 2009 - Some more magazines scanned.

Jan 03, 2009 - EX54GE01574 added in the VIN section. Started this changes list. Some more details about the 1966 Geneva Show.

                       Identified Gigi Segre and Sergio Coggiola on Ghia picture with help from Mr. Virgil Exner Jr. Listed more magazines.

Dec 30, 2008 - No more advertising in guestbook. Fixed problem in link on guestbook.

Oct 20, 2008 - Started a guestbook.

Mar 02, 2008 - New domain osi20mts.com, abandoned former domain and layout "ford-taunus.net" (since 1999).