One problem with Busso's book is that bits and pieces of infomation pertaining to a specifric car or design are strewn over various chapters (and I agree that there seem to be conflicting recollections of various people involved in these projects).
I read through the
6C3000 CM thread again and found
this post with a good summary and translation of Busso's comments on the Disco and Disco chassis, where the above mentioned passage is translated as follows:
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It was decided to insist with the 3500. It was not easy for me to convince Satta to have the chassis redesigned by my men. Hruska played a decisive role as he supported my request. The building of a prototype chassis was entrusted to GILCO, and for the bodywork we hired Touring. All that happened in December, 1953. The cost of a multitubular chassis would have been high, and production would not have gone beyond a few dozen. We then started thinking of something smaller, both for engine capacity and complexity, possibly coming back to the old scheme of a chassis with main side tubes.”
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